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17 April 2024
Antje participated in the Leibniz Mentoring Program
Antje successfully completed the Leibniz Mentoring Program 2022/23 this year. The Leibniz Mentoring program has brought women in science together for the past ten years. In celebration of this milestone, Antje and her mentor, Prof. Dr. Amelie...
12 March 2024
RuWell team participates in the 2024 BeWell meeting
Our colleagues, Arbnora Shala, Johnson Kansiime and our project leader Dr. Antje Jantsch yet again had the pleasure to participate in this year’s Berlin Network of Research on Wellbeing (BeWell) meeting that took place in Magdeburg. Engaging...
01 November 2023
The role of ‘place attachment’ in people’s immobility decisions and well-being – insights from fieldwork in Moldova and Romania
In October 2023, Daniela and Antje completed a one-month research stay in Moldova and Romania as part of the RuWell project. To prepare for the upcoming quantitative surveys in Moldova and Romania, they conducted semi-structured interviews with...
13 October 2023
Daniela and Antje share ethnographic insights on place attachment and rural livelihoods in the Republic of Moldova at an International Scientific-Practical Conference in Chisinau
The Republic of Moldova has been drastically affected by depopulation, especially in rural areas. Nevertheless, in regions with a winegrowing tradition and emerging rural tourism, a large part of the active labor force is motivated to stay and not...
19 September 2023
“A remarkable learning opportunity with immense potential”, Johnson Kansiime on his inaugural poster presentation
Johnson Kansiime, our doctoral student, had a great experience as he conducted his first-ever poster presentation. This was during the International Society of Quality-of-Life Studies (ISQOLS) 2023 Annual Conference, which took place in Rotterdam,...
12 September 2023
Arbnora Shala shares experiences from her first doctoral certificate course held as part of the 17th International Research Workshop
Arbnora Shala, our dedicated PhD Researcher at RuWell, recently participated in the 17th International Research Workshop hosted at Akademie Sankelmark in the north of Germany. This prestigious event was meticulously organized by distinguished...
25 August 2023
A proud moment for RuWell as our project leader earns the ISQOLS 2023 Young Scholar Award
At the climax of the recently concluded International Society of Quality-of-Life Studies (ISQOLS) 2023 Annual Conference, our project leader, Antje, was honoured with the prestigious 2023 Young Scholar Award. ISQOLS is an international society of...
23 August 2023
Antje presents insights on well-being and place attachment in rural Southeast Europe during the ISQOLS Annual Conference
Antje participated in the recently concluded 2023 ISQOLS Annual Conference. She presented preliminary results from an ongoing paper titled “Place attachment, (im)mobility decisions and well-being in rural Southeast Europe.” This collaborative work...
31 July 2023
Presentation at the XXIXth European Society for Rural Sociology Congress in July 2023, Rennes: Ethnographic Perspectives on Well-being and Place Attachment in Rural Moldova
Daniela and Antje presented a paper bringing an ethnographic perspective on the everyday lives and values of rural Moldovans by exploring non-migrating working-class villagers in a winemaking region. What are the interlinkages between place and...
13 June 2023
Master Thesis: Subjective well-being and livability in rural areas: a literature synthesis using World Database of Happiness
Over the past year, our (now former) colleague, Lucas Hoferer, dedicated his efforts to developing a livability concept for rural areas under the framework of the RuWell project. This endeavor served as the subject for his Master’s thesis, which...