Diversity and Gender Equality

Diversity and Gender Equality are central to the Berlin University Alliance’s mission and understanding of academic excellence. As part of their collaboration, the four partners have implemented joint measures to promote an inclusive, non-discriminatory research environment and to advance gender equality and diversity throughout the academic landscape of the Berlin University Alliance and beyond. By combining expertise and fostering shared strategies, we have anchored diversity as a core dimension of research, teaching, and institutional development.

Mission Statement on Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging in the Berlin University Alliance

The Berlin University Alliance regards Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging (EDIB) as an integral component of scientific quality and institutional sustainability. We are committed to shaping research, teaching, infrastructure, and transfer in ways that ensure all individuals experience appreciation, safety, and a sense of belonging.

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As part of the international academic community, we stand for an open organizational culture that protects and promotes diversity. EDIB is central to safeguarding democracy, as well as to the integrity and innovative capacity of science – both in Berlin and around the world.

Read the full Mission Statement on Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging in the Berlin University Alliance.

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Diversity and Gender Equality Network (DiGENet)

DiGENet bundles the expertise of the partner institutions and the institutions not affiliated with academia on diversity and gender equality. In the long term, it aims to create a cultural shift toward a more diverse and gender-sensitive research environment. The research and competence network offers interested researchers from Berlin a platform for intensive and interdisciplinary knowledge exchange.

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ProFiL Program

“ProFiL” stands for Professionalisierung für Frauen in Forschung und Lehre (professionalization for women in research and teaching). The program combines three proven methods of promoting young talent: Mentoring, science-specific training and seminars, and strategic networking. The target groups are habilitated female scientists, post-doctoral researchers, junior professors, heads of junior research groups, and postdocs who aspire to a professorship.

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Audre Lorde-Visiting Professorship for Intersectional Diversity Studies

The Visiting Professorship is named after the Caribbean-American writer, library scientist, and English professor Audre Lorde. It stands for contemporary, future-oriented diversity studies that are visible and open to a broader debate. The Professorship is intended to shape Berlin as a research hub equipped for the realities of diverse urban society.

DiGENet Junior Research Groups

DiGENet supports four junior research groups in the field of gender and diversity research. New questions, methods and approaches are used to create a scientific basis for empirically informed organizational development in the areas of diversity and gender equality at universities.

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GenderOpen

GenderOpen is an open access repository for secondary publications in gender studies and the first of its kind in the world. It gives researchers and interested parties quick access to a wealth of texts and provides a platform for authors to find out about the possibilities of digital and license-free publishing.

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Contact

Dr. Camilla Leathem, Head of Management Unit Cross-Cutting Themes

Linh Müller, Coordinator Cross-Cutting Theme Diversity & Gender Equality
Tel.: +49 (0)30 838 / 66823
E-Mail: linh.mueller@berlin-university-alliance.de

Christian Richter, Program Coordinator Diversity & Gender Equality Network (DiGENet)
Tel.: +49 (0)30 838 / 69746
E-Mail: christian.richter@berlin-university-alliance.de

Dr. Charlotte Piepenbrock, Coordinator Cross-Cutting Theme Diversity and Gender Equality (parental leave)

Steering Committee

Dr. Corinna Tomberger, Freie Universität Berlin
Dr. Ursula Fuhrich-Grubert, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Antje Bahnik, Technische Universität Berlin
Dr. Christine Kurmeyer, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin

Scientific Members

Prof. Dr. Martina Erlemann, Freie Universität Berlin
Prof. Dr. Annette Upmeier zu Belzen, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Prof. Dr. Petra Lucht, Technische Universität Berlin
Prof. Dr. Sarah Hoffmann, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin