Lectures and seminars Think Clearly When Frustration Hits
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Research environments are often highly demanding and competitive. Researchers who are high performing and committed to high-quality outcomes regularly face setbacks, uncertainty, and unmet expectations. As a result, frustration is a common affective state during goal-directed performance, when progress is blocked or rewards are delayed. When frustration hits, clear thinking is often the first thing to go. This workshop helps participants recognize that moment early and use frustration as a useful signal rather than letting it drive reactive behavior. The focus is practical and immediately applicable, with attention to individual differences: learning how to respond rather than react to setbacks, ambiguity, and difficult feedback, and using simple strategies to restore focus, motivation, and momentum. Participants also work on building healthier team norms around being stuck, asking for support, and making it easier to recover and move forward without shame or blame.
Target group
PhD students and postdoctoral researchers
About the workshop-leader
Dr. Hannaneh Yazdi holds a Ph.D. in Psychology and Affective Science from Karolinska Institutet, at Department of Psychology and Clinical Neuroscience, where her research explores the mechanisms of frustration, emotion regulation, and individual differences. She is also a keynote speaker passionate about helping people understand and harness their frustrations for growth, clarity, and motivation. Hannaneh combines her academic expertise in both research and extensive teaching in psychology and cognitive neuroscience with nearly a decade of leadership and project management experience at Volvo Cars. Alongside her corporate role, she served as a Diversity and Inclusion Champion with a focus on cognitive diversity and later founded the Human Leaders Community of Practice, a movement promoting human-centered leadership and inclusion. Her TEDx Talk on authenticity and emotional diversity brought her ideas to an international audience. Today, through her “Frustration Detox” coaching and workshops, Hannaneh empowers researchers, leaders, and professionals to see frustration not as a weakness but as a compass for resilience, creativity, and connection. Her mission is simple: to bridge science and human experience so people can not only perform but truly flourish.
Organizers
Co-organize by KI Career Service, KI Postdoc association (KIPA) and KI Doctoral Students' Association (DSA)
Registration
Contact person
Rebecka Keijser
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