Data from the Researcher Mental Health Observatory STAIRCASE Survey

Advanced Materials Department, Jožef Stefan Institute and Jožef Stefan International Postgraduate School and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Toledo; Dr. Nina McClelland Laboratory for Water Chemistry and Environmental Analysis, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Toledo

Ana Slavec

ana.slavec@innorenew.eu

Faculty of Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Information Technologies, University of Primorska; InnoRenew CoE Department, Andrej Marušič Institute, University of Primorska

Andreja Zulim de Swarte

a.zulimdeswarte@umcutrecht.nl

University Medical Centre Utrecht

Anna Khachatryan

annakhachsoc@gmail.com

Independent Researcher

Anna Maria Eleuteri

annamaria.eleuteri@unicam.it

Department of Biosciences and Veterinary Medicine, University of Camerino

Anupoma Haque

dr.anupoma@gmail.com

ProRare Austria

Baiba Jansone

baiba.jansone@lu.lv

Department of Neuromedicine and Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Latvia

Blerina Vrenozi

blerina.vrenozi@fshn.edu.al

Research Center of Flora and Fauna, University of Tirana

Brian Cahill

brian.cahill@hsbi.de

Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences; Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology

Carlos Trenado

carlos.trenadoc@gmail.com

Institute of Clinical Neuroscience and Medical Psychology, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf; Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics

Christiane Schwieren

Christiane.schwieren@awi.uni-heidelberg.de

Alfred Weber Institute of Economics, Heidelberg University

Claudia Iuliana Iacob

claudia-iuliana.iacob@fpse.unibuc.ro

Department of Applied Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Bucharest

Claudia Tejada-Gallardo

claudia.tejada@udl.cat

Department of Psychology, Sociology, and Social Work, Universitat de Lleida

Cornelia Mairean

cornelia.mairean@uaic.ro

Department of Psychology, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi

Darragh McCashin

darragh.mccashin@dcu.ie

School of Psychology, Dublin City University

Deborah Chery

deborah.chery@protonmail.com

Lycée Victor Schoelcher Rectorat de Martinique Direction des Personnels Les hauts de Terreville

Dilara Özel

ozeldilara@gmail.com

School of Education, University of Glasgow

Dimity Stephen

stephen@dzhw.eu

German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies, Berlin

Dragan Mijakoski

dmijakoski@yahoo.com

Institute of Occupational Health of R.N. Macedonia and Faculty of Medicine, Ss. Cyril and Methodius, University in Skopje, Skopje

Elena Ronda

elena.ronda@ua.es

Public Health Department, University of Alicante

Eleonora Ricci

ericci@ed.ac.uk

University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK; National Centre for Scientific Research “Demokritos”, Athens

Eliana Ibrahimi

eliana.ibrahimi@fshn.edu.al

Department of Biology, University of Tirana

Emese Vita

emesevita1@gmail.com

Independent Researcher

Fatjona Kamberi

fatjonakamberi@gmail.com

Scientific Research Centre for Public Health, University of Vlore “Ismail Qemali”

Fernando G. Benavides

fernando.benavides@upf.edu

CiSAL-Centro de Investigación en Salud Laboral, Universidad Pompeu Fabra; Hospital del Mar Research Institute and CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública, Instituto de Salud Carlos III

Francisco Valente Gonçalves

francisco@rumo.solutions

RUMO.Solutions; Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidade Europeia

Gábor Kismihók

gabor.kismihok@tib.eu

TIB – Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology

Gemma Pascual Manich

gpascual@recerca.clinic.cat

Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer

Igor Esnaola

igor.esnaola@ehu.eus

Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, UPV/EHU

Igor Portoghese

igor.portoghese@unica.it

University of Cagliari

Inge van der Weijden

i.c.m.van.der.weijden@cwts.leidenuniv.nl

Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University

Irina Guseva Canu

irina.guseva-canu@unisante.ch

Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, Unisanté, University of Lausanne

Irsida Mehmeti

i.mehmeti@unizkm.al

Catholic University Our Lady of Good Counsel

Ivana B. Petrovic

ipetrovi@f.bg.ac.rs

Department of Psychology, University of Belgrade

Jakub Šindelář

jakub.sindelar@fsv.cuni.cz

Charles University, CZ; Leiden University, NL; Czech Association of Doctoral Researchers

João Miguel Alves Ferreira

naquelepordosol@gmail.com

Institute of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics; Coimbra Institute for Clinical and Biomedical Research, University Coimbra; Center for Innovative Biomedicine and Biotechnology, University Coimbra

Jonila Gabrani

jonila.gabrani@uet.edu.al

European University of Tirana

Karolina Eszter Kovács

karolina92.kovacs@gmail.com

University of Debrecen

Katri Pöllänen

katri.pollanen@helsinki.fi

Department of Cultures, University of Helsinki

Konstantinos Geles

yeles.konstantinos@gmail.com

Independent Researcher

Lamis Yahia Mohamed Elkheir

lamis_elkheir@uofk.edu

Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Khartoum, SD; African Reproducibility Network

Lorena Cudris-Torres

lcudris3@cuc.edu.co

Department of Social Sciences, Universidad de la Costa

Lise T. Løvseth

Lise.Tevik.Lovseth@stolav.no

Clinic of Mental Health, St Olav University Hospital of Trondheim

Louiza Ioannidou

l.ioannidou@euc.ac.cy

European University Cyprus

Luksa Popovic

luksa.popsi@gmail.com

Faculty of Science, University of Split

Mais M. Aljunaidy

jrt217@txstate.edu

Department of Psychology, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX

Maria Fatjó Saboya

mfatjos@recerca.clinic.cat

Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer

Marit Christensen

Marit.christensen@ntnu.no

Department of Psychology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Marlene Santos

mes@ess.ipp.pt

REQUIMTE/LAQV, Escola Superior de Saúde, Instituto Politécnico do Porto; Molecular Oncology & Viral Pathology, IPO-Porto Research Center, Portuguese Institute of Oncology

Marta Miklikowska

marta.miklikowska@igdore.org

Institute for Globally Distributed Open Research and Education; Linnaeus University

Mateja Erce Paoli

mateja94.e@gmail.com

Independent Researcher

Mathias Schroijen

mathias.schroijen@ulb.be

Université libre de Bruxelles

Mathieu Fusi

mathieu.fusi@hotmail.fr

Independent Researcher

Mayya Sundukova

mayya.sundukova@gmail.com

Institute for Globally Distributed Open Research and Education, SE; Instituto Investigación Sanitaria Biobizkaia

Mete Kurtoğlu

mete.kurtoglu@daad-alumni.de

Middle East Technical University

Milica Vukelić

mbvukeli@f.bg.ac.rs

Department of Psychology, University of Belgrade

Mirela Adriana Anghelache

mirelaadrianaa@yahoo.com

Institute of Geodynamics of Romanian Academy

Mohamad Nadim Adi

pgt16@txstate.edu

Department of Interior Design, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX

Mümine Barkçin

emuminebarkcin@gmail.com

Hacettepe University

Nuno Barbosa Rocha

nrocha@ess.ipp.pt

RISE-Health, Center for Translational Health; Medical Biotechnology Research, E2S, Polytechnic of Porto

Nurka Pranjic

nurka.pranjic@untz.ba

Faculty of Medicine, University of Tuzla

Olga Bogolyubova

o.bogolyubova@fgga.leidenuniv.nl

Institute of Security and Global Affairs, Leiden University, The Hague

Paulo Alexandre Soares Moreira

pmoreira@utad.pt

University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro and CIDESD

Paulo Moreira

pmoreira@uatlantica.pt

Atlantica Instituto Universitario, Oeiras; International Healthcare Management Research and Development Centre at the First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital

Pil Maria Saugmann

pilmaria.saugmann@eurodoc.net

Eurodoc

Rivka Tuval-Mashiach

tuvalmr@biu.ac.il

Bar ilan University

Rui Amaral Mendes

rmendes@med.up.pt

MEDCIDS – Department of Community Medicine, Information and Health Decision Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto; RISE-Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, PT; Case Western Reserve University

Sabina Osmanovic

sabina.o@ucg.ac.me

University of Montenegro

Sinem Ozdede

sinemozdede@gmail.com

Department of Architecture and Design, University of Pamukkale, Denizli

Simone Lackner

lacknersimone@gmail.com

Independent Researcher

Stéphanie Gauttier

stephanie.gauttier@grenoble-em.com

Grenoble Ecole de Management

Szidónia Rusu

szidonia@scilink.eu

SciLink Foundation, NL; Babeș-Bolyai University

Theodota Lagouri

lagouri@gmail.com

Marie Curie Alumni Association

Ümran Yüce-Selvi

umrannyuce@gmail.com

Department of Psychology, Eskisehir Osmangazi University

Urszula Ziemiańczyk

urszula.ziemianczyk@urk.edu.pl

University of Agriculture in Krakow

Xhilda Dhamo

xhilda.merkaj@fshn.edu.al

Department of Applied Mathematics, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Tirana

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© 2026 Jana Lasser, Stefan T. Mol, Alja Čontala, Ana Slavec, Andreja Zulim de Swarte, Anna Khachatryan, Anna Maria Eleuteri, Anupoma Haque, Baiba Jansone, Blerina Vrenozi, Brian Cahill, Carlos Trenado, Christiane Schwieren, Claudia Iuliana Iacob, Claudia Tejada-Gallardo, Cornelia Mairean, Darragh McCashin, Deborah Chery, Dilara Özel, Dimity Stephen, Dragan Mijakoski, Elena Ronda, Eleonora Ricci, Eliana Ibrahimi, Emese Vita, Fatjona Kamberi, Fernando G. Benavides, Francisco Valente Gonçalves, Gábor Kismihók, Gemma Pascual Manich, Igor Esnaola, Igor Portoghese, Inge van der Weijden, Irina Guseva Canu, Irsida Mehmeti, Ivana B. Petrovic, Jakub Šindelář, João Miguel Alves Ferreira, Jonila Gabrani, Karolina Eszter Kovács, Katri Pöllänen, Konstantinos Geles, Lamis Yahia Mohamed Elkheir, Lorena Cudris-Torres, Lise T. Løvseth, Louiza Ioannidou, Luksa Popovic, Mais M. Aljunaidy, Maria Fatjó Saboya, Marit Christensen, Marlene Santos, Marta Miklikowska, Mateja Erce Paoli, Mathias Schroijen, Mathieu Fusi, Mayya Sundukova, Mete Kurtoğlu, Milica Vukelić, Mirela Adriana Anghelache, Mohamad Nadim Adi, Mümine Barkçin, Nuno Barbosa Rocha, Nurka Pranjic, Olga Bogolyubova, Paulo Alexandre Soares Moreira, Paulo Moreira, Pil Maria Saugmann, Rivka Tuval-Mashiach, Rui Amaral Mendes, Sabina Osmanovic, Sinem Ozdede, Simone Lackner, Stéphanie Gauttier, Szidónia Rusu, Theodota Lagouri, Ümran Yüce-Selvi, Urszula Ziemiańczyk, Xhilda Dhamo, published by Ubiquity Press
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