On December 5, the ‘Healthy Lab Culture Contest Awards Ceremony 2025’ was held in the First Conference Room of the Administration Building at Hanyang University Seoul Campus. The ‘Healthy Lab Culture Contest’ is an event hosted by the Hanyang University Human Rights Center to spread a culture of human rights protection and mutual respect within graduate school laboratories, aiming to discover and share practical examples at the lab level. The awards ceremony that day was a venue to share the achievements of labs with  healthy research environments based on mutual respect and cooperation. Let’s take a look at the efforts to develop lab culture through photos.

The Hanyang University Human Rights Center has been operating the ‘Healthy Lab Culture Contest’ since 2022 to spread a culture of respect for human rights and mutual consideration within graduate school laboratories. The contest selects excellent laboratories by comprehensively evaluating areas such as mutual respect, conflict management, human rights protection, and research autonomy. The Awards Ceremony for the 4th contest took place in the First Conference Room of the Administration Building with the Executive Vice President, the Dean of the Graduate School, the Director of the Human Rights Center, and the President of the Graduate Student Union in attendance.

The honor of the Bronze Award went to the ‘Flexible Electronic Devices Lab, Department of AI Semiconductor Engineering.’ The lab representative stated, “I participated with the desire to share the image of a happy laboratory with others,” and added, “A culture of mutual respect is the laboratory’s greatest asset.”

The Silver and Gold Awards were taken by the ‘Organic & Inorganic Structures Lab of the Department of Chemical Engineering’ and the ‘Cognitive Information Design Lab of the Department of Learning Science,’ respectively. These labs shared practical examples such as guaranteed free time, transparent research fund management, and the balancing of childcare and research, saying in unison, “An environment that respects the lives of members creates the sustainability of research.” The DBI Lab of the Department of Information Systems, which received the Grand Prize, shared their thoughts: “It was an opportunity to reflect on the fact that a culture of caring for one another is just as important as performance,” and “This award is the result of the efforts of all lab members, not an individual.” Laboratories that won the Grand Prize, Gold, Silver, and Bronze awards were each presented with prize money and a ‘Healthy Lab’ certification mark.

The 캡스 토토사이트oratories that won awards in this contest were commonly highly evaluated for systematically practicing a culture of mutual respect. The DBI 캡스 토토사이트(Department of Information Systems), which won the Grand Prize, built trust among members through regular 캡스 토토사이트-wide joint vacations, the election of the 캡스 토토사이트 manager through voting, and transparency in the management of research funds and resources.

The Cognitive Information Design Lab(Department of Learning Science), which won the Gold Award, created an inclusive research environment through support for multicultural members, schedule adjustments considering the balancing of parenting and research, and the operation of an open research space. The Organic & Inorganic Structures Lab(Department of Chemical Engineering), which won the Silver Award, maintained a balance between research and rest through a ban on contact outside of working hours and an autonomous work system. The Flexible Electronic Devices Lab(Department of Artificial Intelligence Semiconductor Engineering), which won the Bronze Award, created a healthy lab culture through daily practices such as fair work distribution and a free ‘clock-out’ culture.

The 4th Healthy 캡스 토토사이트 Culture Contest Awards Ceremony, held as the year comes to a close, provided a place to once again reflect on the values of respect and trust. We look forward to the practice of a healthy organizational culture started in the small community of the 캡스 토토사이트oratory to expand into future research and society.