Name: The Reality of Mindfulness and Magic
Start: 2025-05-19T18:30:00
End: 2025-05-19T20:00:00
Location: Heritage Exchange

How does stress effect police officers, and what do adults get out of live action role play?

Benefits and applications of live action roleplay (LARP).

Sam Barta (PhD candidate, James Cook University)

Sam is now in the 4th year of a PhD, researching how live action role play (LARP) motivates and engages participants. The importance of LARP is beyond leisure. She concludes with a review of LARP applications and observations from her recent trip to Oslo presenting at the Nordic Larp Conference, Knutepunkt 2025.

Mindful Cops: Beating Stress, Boosting Mental Health

Jennifer Gaskin (PhD candidate, Science communicator, James Cook University)

Policing is highly stressful, which significantly impacts the health and wellbeing of officers. Jennifer's research seeks to understand whether mindfulness-based interventions can reduce stress and boost mental health in Australian police.

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