BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//The Centre of Excellence for Well-Being Sciences EstWell - ECPv6.15.17.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://estwell.ut.ee/en/ X-WR-CALDESC:Events for The Centre of Excellence for Well-Being Sciences EstWell REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Tallinn BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0300 TZNAME:EEST DTSTART:20240331T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0300 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:EET DTSTART:20241027T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0300 TZNAME:EEST DTSTART:20250330T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0300 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:EET DTSTART:20251026T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0300 TZNAME:EEST DTSTART:20260329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0300 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:EET DTSTART:20261025T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Tallinn:20250825T103000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Tallinn:20250827T163000 DTSTAMP:20260518T025758 CREATED:20250604T134508Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250827T091759Z UID:1747-1756117800-1756312200@estwell.ut.ee SUMMARY:EstWell Annual Conference DESCRIPTION:The annual grand gathering of the members and friends of the Centre of Excellence for Well-Being Sciences \nEstWell Annual Conference Programme* \n*Sessions marked with ENG are held in English; all others are in Estonian. The programme may have changes. \n\n \n \n 25 August\n \n \n \nModerator Merike Sisask \n10.30 Welcome coffee and snacks \n11.00 Introduction to the conference \n11.30 Introduction to the Centre of Excellence\, Andero Uusberg \n12.00 Keynote of the day: Kaytlin Werner – Self-Regulation in Context: Why Managing Our Emotions and Behaviors Isn’t One-Size-Fits-All (ENG) \nWhether we’re managing stress\, resisting temptation\, or working toward long-term goals\, self-regulation is rarely as simple as choosing one strategy\, using it\, and then disengaging – instead\, success often depends on context. In this talk\, I share findings from my research on three key processes: strategy repertoire (the tools we have available when pursuing our goals)\, regulatory flexibility (the benefits of selecting the right tool for the right moment)\, and polyregulation (combining multiple strategies within a single regulation episode). Together\, these studies reveal that there is no single “best” way to regulate our emotions and behaviour. Instead\, effective self-regulation comes from matching the right strategies and tactics to the situation at hand. I’ll close by discussing how these insights can inform the development of personalized\, real-time interventions designed to support people’s regulation efforts in daily life. \nKaytlin Werner’s research integrates the fields of emotion and motivation regulation using experience sampling and experimental methods. After postdoctoral fellowships in Toronto\, Oregon\, and Stanford\, and before starting her professorship in Adelaide\, Kaytlin will join the University of Tartu’s Affective and Regulatory Processes Lab for a year. \n13.00 Lunch \n14.00 Breakthrough projects\, session chair Andero Uusberg \nWhat are the breakthrough projects (LMP) of the Centre of Excellence? How are the ongoing projects progressing\, and what new ones could be initiated? This session serves as an introduction to the LMP workshops on Tuesday. \n15.00 Coffee break \n15.15 New applications\, session chair Taavi Tillmann \nWhat new useful applications have EstWell researchers launched this season? \n\nPersonality app “Personomist”\, Kätlin Anni\nBiosensing in stepped mental health services\, Ivo Fridolin and Merike Sisask\nDatabase of assessment instruments\, Tuuli Ruus\n\n16.15 Poster conference\, session chair Merike Sisask (ENG) \nWhat research results have EstWell PhD students taken out into the world this season? \n18.00 Dinner \n19.00 Outdoor landscape game \n21.00 Board Games \n \n \n \n\n \n \n 26 August\n \n \n \nModerator Uku Vainik \n7.30 Well-being Run & Walk – starting in front of Pühajärve Spa \n9.30 Keynote of the day: Anu Realo (ENG) \nAnu Realo (PhD in Psychology) is a personality and cross-cultural psychologist. She is a Professor at the University of Warwick and Tallinn University\, as well as a Visiting Professor at the University of Tartu. Her research focuses on cultural and individual variation in personality traits\, subjective well-being\, values\, and social capital. She currently leads a major project on sustainable futures\, funded by the European Commission. In her talk\, she will discuss her research on subjective well-being both within and between individuals and cultures. \n10.30 Coffee break \n10.45 New data collections\, session chair Kelli Lehto \nWhat new data collections are being developed by researchers and partners of the Centre of Excellence? \n\nLongEstWell\, Mare Ainsaar\nUpcoming “Cognitive Work” study by the Estonian Biobank\, Uku Vainik\nLongEstWell in the Health Portal\, Peeter Ross and Kadi Lubi\nMental well-being app Mentastic\, Ain Aaviksoo\n\n12.05 Lunch \n13.00 Workshops \n\nWorkshop “Policy analysis – how this is done?” Triin Lauri (ENG)Curious about what makes a policy work? Wondering how to study not just what happens\, but why – and for whom?\n\nThis interactive 1.5-hour workshop explores key tools for analysing policies in welfare and education. It’s designed not just for political scientists\, but for all social researchers interested in real-world effects. \nWe’ll ask:When and why use Difference-in-Differences?What is a Regression Discontinuity Design\, and when does it shine?What’s configurational analysis (like QCA) – and is it for those who think policy is messy? (Spoiler: yes)How can we assess feasibility – and predict whether a policy can or should work?What do Street-Level Bureaucrats have to do with it – and how do they shape what policies actually become? \nNo matter your disciplinary angle – sociology\, education\, economics\, public health – policy questions will find you. This workshop helps you think more clearly about what counts as good evidence\, how to ask sharper questions\, and how to turn insights into useful policy advice. \n2. Workshop “Human-centred and personalised prevention – recipe for success or shortcut to failure?” Karin Streimann\, Triin Vilms (EST)National and international strategies\, development plans\, and funding schemes increasingly highlight the need for novel\, human-centred solutions to prevent and address complex societal problems. Preventive research has also focused largely on the individual or micro-level environment and on developing and testing solutions in those contexts. This approach assumes that complex problems can be prevented or mitigated without changing the surrounding systems. This workshop will discuss: \nHow does the lens of justice and equity relate to human-centred preventive solutions?What are the disciplinary and level-based differences in approaching and influencing problems?Which types of solutions are current research and development focused on\, and where should the future focus lie – on influencing individual competencies and behaviour or on systemic factors such as environmental restructuring\, pricing and tax policies\, or regulations?How can we shift the perspective from human-centred to system-focused prevention? Do we see a need for this\, and what role can we play in this transition? \n3. Workshop “Inclusive Research Design in the Field of Mental Health and Well-Being” Merike Sisask (EST) \nThe Social Health Research Group invites you to take part in a workshop where we will explore how to make research in the field of mental health and well-being inclusive throughout the entire research process – from shaping research questions and designing the study to interpreting the results and achieving societal impact. We will discuss the role of target groups in preparing and conducting the research\, interpreting data\, and disseminating findings. The workshop draws on specific experiences from international projects (DigiGen\, MENTBEST\, MINDWORK) as well as doctoral theses that have employed creative and participatory approaches. We will address the benefits and limitations of participatory research\, and highlight the importance of researchers’ creative and reflective thinking. The workshop offers space for exchanging experiences and supports participants in exploring questions and dilemmas that have emerged in the context of their own research. \n14.30 Break \n15.00 New insights into well-being from a micro perspective\, session chair Jekaterina Reut \nWhat have we newly learned about the psycho–physiological mechanisms of well-being? \n\nHealth behaviour and emotional experience\, Kenn Konstabel\nMeasuring molecular markers of mental health\, Jekaterina Reut\nLanguage models and emotion regulation\, Andero Uusberg\nHow do language and music tune the brain?\, Kairi Kreegipuu\n\n16.30 Coffee break \n16.45 Breakthrough project meetings \nParallel discussions for those interested in breakthrough projects\, sign-up during the conference \n18.30 Dinner \n20.00 Party \n \n \n \n\n \n \n 27 August\n \n \n \nModerator Uku Vainik \n7.30 Well-being Run & Walk – starting in front of Pühajärve Spa \n9.30 Keynote of the day: Henk van Steenbergen (ENG) \nHenk van Steenbergen studies the interplay of emotion\, motivation\, stress\, and cognitive control using both psychological and neuroscientific methods. He is Associate Professor at Leiden University and head of the Affective\, Motivation and Action Lab. Research in health psychology has long suggested that positive emotions have numerous beneficial effects on health and cognition\, which may be partially attributed to their stress-buffering capabilities. In this talk\, I will highlight recent studies from my lab that demonstrate how positive emotions can mitigate stress and expand the mind. I will show how exposure to virtual nature positively impacts stress-related physiology and helps buffer stress reactivity when participants face stressful tasks. In line with the idea that positive affect can open the mind and broaden the scope of attention\, I will then present evidence for the role of endogenous opioids in this modulation. Finally\, I will demonstrate how a unique micro-level perspective on studying stress can enhance our understanding of the temporal dynamics of integral affect triggered by cognitive tasks. This approach aids in comprehending how stress arises and potentially predicting and understanding resilient functioning.   \n10.30-10.45 Coffee break \n10.45-12.15 New approaches to familiar problems\, session chair Rene Mõttus \nWhat have we newly learned about the large-scale patterns of well-being? \n\nGenetic links between adult ADHD symptoms and well-being and health\, Triinu Varvas\nHow to Support Well-Being through Urban Nature? Book Presentation “Söödav Linn 2: 15 aastat Eesti linnaaianduse arengut”\, Bianka Plüschke-Altof\nMapping school-based prevention ecosystems\, Eike Siilbek\nHealth meaning-making in social media\, Katrin Tiidenberg\n\n12.15 Hotel check-out \n12.30 Lunch \n13.30 Workshops \n\nWorkshop “Digital agile testing for interventions” Taavi Tillmann (ENG)Digital health and well-being services can be implemented on a spectrum. On one end\, we have rigorous evidence-based purists who want large trials before any roll-out. On the other\, there are those advocating for earlier implementation based on public demand\, political momentum\, expert opinion\, or perceived low risk.\n\nMost real-world cases land somewhere in between – with opportunities to test what works. Digital interventions allow us to run multiple agile experiments in quick succession due to short feedback cycles. \nTaavi will share a case of running four agile trials within four weeks during a London digital service rollout\, showing how tweaks to SMS and postal messages (including “final reminder” phrasing) dramatically improved uptake. The workshop invites participants to explore how we could apply such agile methods when introducing new services. \n2. Workshop “Practical AI tools for researchers – current landscape” Kari Kuulman (EST)Artificial intelligence is no longer futuristic hype – it’s a daily tool that can reshape how we do research. But which tools should we use\, and how can we smoothly integrate AI into research\, teaching\, and supervision workflows? \n15.00 Coffee break \n15.30 PhD students networking session (ENG) / Open Council Meeting \n17.00 End of conference URL:https://estwell.ut.ee/en/event/estwell-annual-conference/ LOCATION:Pühajärve spa hotell\, Pühajärve küla\, Otepää\, 67414\, Estonia END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR