The MURL (Mindful Universities Research Lab - https://achtsamehochschulen.de/mindful-universities-research-lab/) is a cross-university cooperation platform founded in February 2020 that is dedicated to testing and researching mindfulness at universities. The Media Psychology and Media Design Group at TU Ilmenau has been a member of the MURL since its foundation. Prof. Dr. Nicola Döring has been certified as a mindful university teacher and has tested mindfulness exercises in various forms of teaching. Together with colleagues from the MURL, she has also conducted a joint empirical study that uses data from 14 higher education courses to show that mindfulness exercises in teaching have positive effects on both students and lecturers.
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Konrad, A.C., Engert, V., Albrecht, R., Dobel, C., Döring, N., Haueisen, J., Klimecki, O., Sandbothe, M., & Kanske, P. (2023). Implementation of a brief mindful breathing exercise in regular university courses: A multicenter feasibility study. Scientific Reports 13, 7908. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-34737-0