Data from the Researcher Mental Health Observatory STAIRCASE Survey

article Data from the Researcher Mental Health Observatory STAIRCASE Survey published yes Jana Lasser author Stefan T. Mol author Alja Čontala author Ana Slavec author Andreja Zulim de Swarte author Anna Khachatryan author Anna Maria Eleuteri author Anupoma Haque author Baiba Jansone author Blerina Vrenozi author Brian Cahill author 2572490000-0002-7325-5114 Carlos Trenado author Christiane Schwieren author Claudia Iuliana Iacob author Claudia Tejada-Gallardo author Cornelia Mairean author Darragh McCashin author Deborah Chery author Dilara Özel author Dimity Stephen author Dragan Mijakoski author Elena Ronda author Eleonora Ricci author Eliana Ibrahimi author Emese Vita author Fatjona Kamberi author Fernando G. Benavides author Francisco Valente Gonçalves author Gábor Kismihók author Gemma Pascual Manich author Igor Esnaola author Igor Portoghese author Inge van der Weijden author Irina Guseva Canu author Irsida Mehmeti author Ivana B. Petrovic author Jakub Šindelář author João Miguel Alves Ferreira author Jonila Gabrani author Karolina Eszter Kovács author Katri Pöllänen author Konstantinos Geles author Lamis Yahia Mohamed Elkheir author Lorena Cudris-Torres author Lise T. Løvseth author Louiza Ioannidou author Luksa Popovic author Mais M. Aljunaidy author Maria Fatjó Saboya author Marit Christensen author Marlene Santos author Marta Miklikowska author Mateja Erce Paoli author Mathias Schroijen author Mathieu Fusi author Mayya Sundukova author Mete Kurtoğlu author Milica Vukelić author Mirela Adriana Anghelache author Mohamad Nadim Adi author Mümine Barkçin author Nuno Barbosa Rocha author Nurka Pranjic author Olga Bogolyubova author Paulo Alexandre Soares Moreira author Paulo Moreira author Pil Maria Saugmann author Rivka Tuval-Mashiach author Rui Amaral Mendes author Sabina Osmanovic author Sinem Ozdede author Simone Lackner author Stéphanie Gauttier author Szidónia Rusu author Theodota Lagouri author Ümran Yüce-Selvi author Urszula Ziemiańczyk author Xhilda Dhamo author The data presented here derives from the Sustainable Working Conditions in Academia survey (STAIRCASE) on researcher mental health. The survey addresses the ongoing mental health crisis in academia by providing comprehensive, multilevel data on researcher well-being and its structural determinants. We employed a cross-sectional between-participant study design to collect data from 4,296 researchers between September 15, 2023, and August 26, 2024. The sample, which primarily includes researchers based in European countries, has a mean age of 38.1 years (SD = 10.7) and consists of 63.7% female participants. Participants provided data on key mental health outcomes – including depression, anxiety, stress, burnout, and well-being – alongside detailed assessments of working conditions, leadership behavior, and organizational characteristics. The dataset facilitates a holistic, multilevel investigation of academic mental health beyond individual risk factors by including the individual, leadership, institutional, and national context. By enabling analyses across hierarchical levels this dataset provides the necessary evidence to identify systemic drivers of mental (ill) health and inform the development of effective, system-wide strategies for meaningful change in academic work environments. https://www.hsbi.de/publikationsserver/download/6936/6937/6a19696729fb6.pdf application/pdfno Ubiquity Press, Ltd.2026 eng Journal of Open Psychology Data 2050-9863urn:nbn:de:hbz:bi10-6936310.5334/jopd.136 141 https://openpsychologydata.metajnl.com/articles/136/files/6a19696729fb6.pdf J. Lasser et al., “Data from the Researcher Mental Health Observatory STAIRCASE Survey,” Journal of Open Psychology Data, vol. 14, no. 1, 2026. Lasser, Jana ; Mol, Stefan T. ; Čontala, Alja ; Slavec, Ana ; de Swarte, Andreja Zulim ; Khachatryan, Anna ; Eleuteri, Anna Maria ; Haque, Anupoma ; u. a.: Data from the Researcher Mental Health Observatory STAIRCASE Survey. In: Journal of Open Psychology Data Bd. 14, Ubiquity Press, Ltd. (2026), Nr. 1 @article{Lasser_Mol_Čontala_Slavec_de Swarte_Khachatryan_Eleuteri_Haque_Jansone_Vrenozi_et al._2026, title={Data from the Researcher Mental Health Observatory STAIRCASE Survey}, volume={14}, DOI={<a href="https://doi.org/10.5334/jopd.136">10.5334/jopd.136</a>}, number={11}, journal={Journal of Open Psychology Data}, publisher={Ubiquity Press, Ltd.}, author={Lasser, Jana and Mol, Stefan T. and Čontala, Alja and Slavec, Ana and de Swarte, Andreja Zulim and Khachatryan, Anna and Eleuteri, Anna Maria and Haque, Anupoma and Jansone, Baiba and Vrenozi, Blerina and et al.}, year={2026} } Lasser, J., Mol, S. T., Čontala, A., Slavec, A., de Swarte, A. Z., Khachatryan, A., … Dhamo, X. (2026). Data from the Researcher Mental Health Observatory STAIRCASE Survey. Journal of Open Psychology Data, 14(1). <a href="https://doi.org/10.5334/jopd.136">https://doi.org/10.5334/jopd.136</a> Lasser, Jana, Stefan T. 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