The fifth meeting of the Diversity and Gender Equality Network brought together researchers across Berlin’s academic landscape to strengthen diversity-related collaboration within three disciplinary clusters: Humanities, Social Sciences, and Health & STEM. Discussions addressed structural gaps in data, academic participation, and the framing of excellence, with emphasis on making diversity measurable and visible through new instruments such as the Diversity Minimal Item Set and an evolving Diversity Glossary. The event highlighted the need for intersectional, decolonial, and anti-racist approaches in research and teaching, with working groups proposing practical tools like a diversity monitoring survey, a seed fund for pilot projects, and a multilingual e-learning platform. Participants called for institutional transformation in both academic culture and administration, pointing to the exclusionary norms embedded in research evaluation, hiring, and disciplinary boundaries. The event also showcased DiGENet’s expanding role in shaping structural change through initiatives such as the Audre Lorde Visiting Professorship and International Lecture Series.