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Danish-American Well-Being Seminar

Danish-American Well-Being Seminar

In October of 2023, a well-being seminar was conducted for both students, teachers, and anyone invested in the work of creating well-being in higher education. On this page, we have compiled the keynotes and talkshows from that seminar, so that you can use the knowledge and ideas in your own work with student well-being.

Danish-American Well-Being Seminar

In October of 2023, a well-being seminar was conducted for both students, teachers, and anyone invested in the work of creating well-being in higher education. On this page, we have compiled the keynotes and talkshows from that seminar, so that you can use the knowledge and ideas in your own work with student well-being.

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Danish-American Well-Being Seminar 2023

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Danish-American Well-Being Seminar 2023

A new start – Well-being in the curriculum

The well-being of young people is an area that requires particular attention in a positive light with the aim of inspiring higher education to focus on promoting the mental health aspects of learning by cultivating the sense of belonging and purpose implicit in all higher education.

The well-being seminar recognizes that education is a core task for society. The aim is to explore how educational institutions can help create the best conditions for student well-being so that students can meet and master challenges – which they all face – and find the broadest path to learning.

The seminar concludes the Ministry of Higher Education and Science and Innovation Centre Denmark's new, internationally oriented project on how to design a better student life. The project is based on knowledge and experience from elite American universities. Read more about the project here (in Danish): https://ufm.dk/uddannelse/videregaende-uddannelse/temaer/designing-a-happier-student-life-for-better-learning.

The 3 workshops

Blue Book and Idea Box

The Blue Book and Idea Box is a mini-memo where you can find videos of all seminar presentations and talk-shows, as well as a compilation of the new ideas generated by seminar participants.

Download the Blue Book & Idea Box here

Meet the following American and Danish experts

Richard K. Miller

Richard Miller is a President Emeritus at Olin College of Engineering.
He is the founder of the Coalition for Life-Transformative Education, a community of university leaders committed to raising the bar in higher education to focus on improving the outcomes for all college graduates long after they graduate.

Greg Walton

Greg Walton is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Stanford University. He has developed the social-belonging intervention which help students entering a new school see that common challenges - like getting criticized, or feeling lonely - are normal experiences that improve with time, not necessarily evidence that “I don’t belong.” This helps students see belonging as a process, not a fixed quality.

Urmila Venkatesh

Urmilla Venkatesh is a lecturer and life design fellow at Stanford d.school. She designs classes, programs, activities, and conversations that help people surface their hidden skills and tacit values, in order to make conscious - and conscientious - choices. Her aim is to help develop student curiosity to become partners to understandable anxiety.

Richard K. Miller

Richard Miller is a President Emeritus at Olin College of Engineering.
He is the founder of the Coalition for Life-Transformative Education, a community of university leaders committed to raising the bar in higher education to focus on improving the outcomes for all college graduates long after they graduate.

Greg Walton

Greg Walton is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Stanford University. He has developed the social-belonging intervention which help students entering a new school see that common challenges - like getting criticized, or feeling lonely - are normal experiences that improve with time, not necessarily evidence that “I don’t belong.” This helps students see belonging as a process, not a fixed quality.

Urmila Venkatesh

Urmilla Venkatesh is a lecturer and life design fellow at Stanford d.school. She designs classes, programs, activities, and conversations that help people surface their hidden skills and tacit values, in order to make conscious - and conscientious - choices. Her aim is to help develop student curiosity to become partners to understandable anxiety.

Per Michael Johansen

Per Michael Johansen became President at Aalborg University (AAU) in 2014. In 2001 he was awarded the DSc degree in Physics from University of Copenhagen. Before becoming President at AAU, he was Dean and Professor at University of Southern Denmark. Per Michael Johansen is member of several national and international committees and serves on the boards of several companies and foundations.

Xiangyun Du

Xiangyun Du is Ph.D., professor and Director of Aalborg UNESCO PBL Centre, Aalborg University. Prof. Du has been committed to research in educational transformation through pedagogical change in diverse social, cultural, and educational contexts. Her recent research works, highlight the prominence of affordance to academic well-being for undergraduate students, graduate students and academics.

Euan Lindsay

Euan Lindsay is a Professor of Problem Based Learning and Digitalisation in Engineering Education at the Aalborg UNESCO PBL Centre, Aalborg University. He is best known for his work in developing and pioneering new models of engineering education that combine the authenticity of work- and problem-based learning with the flexibility of digitally enabled curricula.

Per Michael Johansen

Per Michael Johansen became President at Aalborg University (AAU) in 2014. In 2001 he was awarded the DSc degree in Physics from University of Copenhagen. Before becoming President at AAU, he was Dean and Professor at University of Southern Denmark. Per Michael Johansen is member of several national and international committees and serves on the boards of several companies and foundations.

Xiangyun Du

Xiangyun Du is Ph.D., professor and Director of Aalborg UNESCO PBL Centre, Aalborg University. Prof. Du has been committed to research in educational transformation through pedagogical change in diverse social, cultural, and educational contexts. Her recent research works, highlight the prominence of affordance to academic well-being for undergraduate students, graduate students and academics.

Euan Lindsay

Euan Lindsay is a Professor of Problem Based Learning and Digitalisation in Engineering Education at the Aalborg UNESCO PBL Centre, Aalborg University. He is best known for his work in developing and pioneering new models of engineering education that combine the authenticity of work- and problem-based learning with the flexibility of digitally enabled curricula.

Rasmus Antoft

Rasmus Antoft is the Dean at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities at Aalborg University. Rasmus is a keen believer in the problem-based work model practiced at Aalborg University and its ability to create engagement, committed teamwork, and a sense of belonging among students. Rasmus is a member of the trade union DJØF’s new “Wellbeing alliance” (“Trivselsalliancen”), which include university management, students and experts from across Denmark.

Rasmus Antoft

Rasmus Antoft is the Dean at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities at Aalborg University. Rasmus is a keen believer in the problem-based work model practiced at Aalborg University and its ability to create engagement, committed teamwork, and a sense of belonging among students. Rasmus is a member of the trade union DJØF’s new “Wellbeing alliance” (“Trivselsalliancen”), which include university management, students and experts from across Denmark.