Well-being
STRATEGIC PROJECT #4
AIMS
➔ To create a positive environment that promotes the all-round development of the members of ITMO.Family;
➔ An optimal balance of emotional, intellectual, physical and creative well-being;
➔ Programs that support and promote sports and a healthy lifestyle, maintain a comfortable environment, promote a culture of conscious consumption, and strengthen social connections and future careers;
➔ Sharing Well-Being practices with the higher education community and the public.
OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT
- To promote healthy living through, among other things, the development of the KronBars student sports club as a sports club open to the wider St. Petersburg community.
- To implement a comprehensive program for social and psychological support and mental health improvement in a fast-paced work and study environment.
- To develop scientific research in the field of well-being and quality of life and use such research findings to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals in St. Petersburg and Russia.
- To create a positive and comfortable environment for research, learning, leisure, and creative activities that uses round-the-clock ergonomic spaces to stimulate discussion and team work and increase overall productivity and effectiveness of work and studies.
- To raise awareness of environmental issues amongst ITMO.Family members and society as a whole through the creation of a series of collective spaces based on green campus principles, the support of students’ green initiatives, the organization of popular science events on conscious consumption, and the implementation of city-wide environmental initiatives.
DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
Health and Sports
- Development of a health and well-being management system (digital happiness profile) – an online platform for daily biological screening (assessment of health, stress levels, mood, etc.) with a recommendation system based on big data and machine learning.
- Creation of a national student sports portal with a management system for student sports clubs, sports teams, competitions, and events.
- Implementation of a project aimed at attracting and supporting talented athletes as prospective students and further supporting them through the KRONBARS.STARS mentoring program.
Professional Success and Socialization
- Design and creation of a comprehensive recommendation-based program for building individual tracks for the personal and professional development of staff within educational organizations (digital self-service program, soft skills for interaction with generation Z, legal and financial literacy, mindfulness practices).
- Creation of a system of communication platforms where students and staff can work with industrial and business partners to develop a shared research and learning agenda.
- Development of a system for attracting members of ITMO.Family and the St. Petersburg community to participate in citizen science projects as research subjects.
Positive Environment and Conscious Consumption
- Implementation of the ITMO.OPEN.Campus project – sharing practices for transforming university spaces based on new educational approaches, current demands of young people, and the green campus model.
- Creation of a platform for multifunctional campus management using advanced authentication methods, artificial intelligence and other digital technologies.
- Creation of a center for certification and analysis of Russian eco-friendly organizations at ITMO University.
Research and Promotion of Top Well-Being Practices
- Research into the therapeutic anxiety-reducing effects of virtual environments developed at ITMO.
- Development of research and educational projects on the issues of well-being, health, and quality of life.
RESULTS
- A new system for the creation of individual lifestyle, education, and career development tracks allows students and staff to reduce emotional and professional burnout;
- ITMO Highpark is the first campus to be built based on the Green Zoom standard.
- Every year, 30% of St. Petersburg residents within ITMO’s target audience participate in events organized as part of the Well-Being project.
- The number of students regularly engaged in physical activity and sports at Russian universities has increased by 10% due to the introduction of the KronBars student sports club model.
- 95% of students, staff, and ITMO.Family members use the digital well-being profile to receive recommendations on improving their productivity;
- Annual rotation of 10% of university staff through involvement of young professionals and increase in the percentage of staff under 39 to 50% (ITMO University is the top employer in Russia in the field of education and science when it comes to unlocking the potential of staff);
- On the international arena, ITMO University is an ambassador of Russia as a country that uses well-being technologies in higher education and academia.
COORDINATOR OF THE PROJECT
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