DiGENet Networking Event
The 10th DiGENet Network Meeting created a platform for exchange between academic and administrative stakeholders of the Berlin University Alliance with the aim of discussing intersectional strategies in the areas of diversity, gender equality, and institutional change. In her keynote speech, Prof. Londa Schiebinger (Stanford University) emphasized the “Gendered Innovations” approach and pointed out the need to systematically integrate sex, gender, and intersectionality into STEM research (MMINT). She called for three essential changes: correcting the numbers, correcting the institutions, and correcting the knowledge. The program also included presentations on the diversity strategies of the Technical University of Berlin and Humboldt University of Berlin. These presentations highlighted structural advances such as the establishment of counseling and complaint offices, intersectional guidelines, and expanded mentoring for underrepresented groups. In small group discussions, institutional strategies for combating social and structural inequality were further developed.
