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14.10.2026
12:30 Uhr
Prof.'in Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
Gender in Research: What Does Feminism Have to Say to Physics?
Physics is often framed as a purely objective science and therefore immune to the social issues that shape human society. But of course, while the rest of the universe is simply engaging through the laws of physics, our corner of the universe has all kinds of social dynamics that shape the work of physics. This talk will focus on how identity shapes knowledge outcomes and acknowledging identity can make us better scientists.

21.10.2026
12:00 Uhr
Prof.'in Dr. Carmen Leicht-Scholten
Gender Matters: Responsible Research, Innovation and Scientific Freedom
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28.10.2026
13:00 Uhr
Dr.'in Anita Thaler
Co-Creating Gender Knowledge: Practical Insights from a Transdisciplinary Technology Development Project
For decades, funding bodies all over Europe promote gender-inclusive research projects, to aim for two main goals. Firstly, increasing the gender awareness of researchers, as well as their various cooperation partners from companies to civil society organisations. This gender awareness comprises background knowledge about diversity sensitivity within heterogeneous teams. Secondly, gender theories and methods inform the whole research and innovation process, from writing the proposal, formulating research questions, to methodology and publishing results.
The technology research project PROTEA (2022-2025) is one of those projects funded to introduce gender as a research dimension to a transdisciplinary team of experts from engineering, physical therapy, orthopaedic technology, and movement sciences. PROTEA’s goal was to optimize the prosthetic design using 3D printing and integrating sensors to monitor pressure distribution of residual limbs to identify potential health problems.
Anita Thaler was part of this team, and reports in her talk from the gender-sensitive human-centred technology design approach, focusing on how gender and intersectionality were integrated co-creatively into the actual technology development.

11.11.2026
12:00 Uhr
Jan Büssers
Sex and Gender Dimensions in STEM – Insights from the GeDiMINT-Project at Technische Universität Braunschweig
Many funding bodies expect research proposals to take sex and/or gender dimensions into account – but what does that mean in practice? As one of twelve projects across Germany funded by the BMFTR under the funding guideline ‘Geschlechteraspekte im Blick’, the project ‘Geschlechterdimensionen im Blick der MINT-Forschung (GeDiMINT)’ reports on the opportunities and challenges for successful implementation in STEM research. The talk will give insights to an assessment of the relevance of sex and gender dimensions. Case studies from research and structural measures developed within the project will be presented.

18.11.2026
13:30 Uhr
Elizabeth Pollitzer PhD
A Holistic, Quality and Impact Focused Perspective on the Gender Dimension in Science
Since the publication of the EU ETAN report in year 2000, how we think about, operationalise, and valorise the gender dimension in science knowledge making has evolved from the focus on underrepresentation of women in STEM to intersectional sex/gender analysis as a condition of scientific quality, research reproducibility, and societal relevance of the science enterprise.

25.11.2026
17:15 Uhr
Prof.'in Dr. Andrea Blunck
Who Belongs in Mathematics? Gender and Diversity in Mathematical Research Practices
When it comes to the inclusion of women and other marginalized groups in mathematics, the question is how access to mathematics works and how mathematics should be defined in this context. In this talk, we will discuss both historical and current perspectives on these issues. In addition, we will present best-practice examples for inclusion.

09.12.2026
13:00 Uhr
PD Dr. Elena Köstner
Blinde Flecken der Wissenschaft: Wer wird sichtbar – und wer wird übersehen? Zu Geschlecht und Vielfalt in der Wissensproduktion
Der Vortrag fragt danach, wie wissenschaftliche Kategorien, Methoden und Standortgebundenheiten bestimmen, wer in der Wissensproduktion sichtbar wird und wer übersehen bleibt. Anhand queer lesbarer prähistorischer Bestattungen und der Fürstin von Vix wird zunächst gezeigt, wie binäre Geschlechtermodelle archäologische Befunde strukturieren und historische Handlungsmöglichkeiten begrenzen können. Ähnliche Begrenzungen und Engführungen lassen sich auch in anderen Disziplinen beobachten, die kursorisch gestreift werden. Donna Haraways Konzept des situierten Wissens bildet die theoretische Klammer für die Frage, wie Geschlecht und weitere Vielfältigkeitsdimensionen als erkenntnisrelevante Kategorien die Reflexivität und Präzision von Forschung erhöhen können. Abschließend überträgt der Vortrag diese Einsichten auf die heutige Forschungspraxis und zeigt, wie eine frühzeitige Relevanzprüfung Forschungsfragen, Kategorien, Methoden, Interpretation und Transfer verändern kann.

20.01.2027
14:30 Uhr
Assoc. Prof.'in Dr. Shanelle Foster
Inclusion Drives Innovation: What Nature and Electric Motors Teach Us About Diversity
Whether in nature or engineering, diversity often enables adaptation, resilience, and innovation. Through examples drawn from biodiversity and electric motor design, this talk explores how diverse systems can enhance performance, inspire discovery, and create opportunities for new ideas. Some of the most interesting innovations emerge because of diversity, not despite it.

27.01.2027
12:00 Uhr
Prof.'in Dr. Ines Weller (ret.)
Auf den Spuren von Gender in der Welt der Stoffe
Die Chemie als eine Naturwissenschaft, die sich mit den Eigenschaften von Stoffen, ihren Strukturen und Umwandlungen beschäftigt, geht in der Regel davon aus, dass die Produktion von chemischem Wissen, Produkten und Problemlösungen nicht von den Geschlechterverhältnissen mit beeinflusst wird. Ich möchte in meinem Vortrag an einigen Beispielen zeigen, wie sich in die Gestaltung von Stoffen und Produkten gleichwohl Spuren von Gender erkennen lassen. Die Beispiele beziehen sich insbesondere auf die Wahrnehmung der Beziehungen zwischen den beiden geschlechtlich konnotierten Sphären der Produktion und der Nutzung von Stoffen und Produkten.

03.02.2027
12:00 Uhr
Prof.'in Dr. Cornelia Denz
From Hidden Role Models to Invisible Barriers: What History Reveals About Today’s Gender Bias and the Culture of Physics
Our understanding of physics is the result of a continuous endevour of speculation, experimentation, and discovery – a centuries-long process of knowledge production. Women have always been an integral part of this process, yet the history of physics is largely told through the names of a few men who profoundly changed our view of the world: Aristotle, Copernicus, Newton, Einstein, Bohr, Heisenberg.
But physics is also the story of countless others who challenged ideas, enabled discoveries, and advanced knowledge. Many of them were women whose contributions remain largely unknown, despite being as groundbreaking and inspiring as those of their male colleagues.
This lecture highlights these women who shaped physics across centuries and asks what their stories can teach us today. It explores why women remain underrepresented in physics and examines how the culture of the field, stereotype threat, tokenism, and microaggressions can influence girls’ and women’s interest, participation, and careers in physics.

Kenncode: 254498
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Veranstaltung der Verbünde: TRR 211 Strong-Interaction Matter under Extreme Conditions, TRR 270 Hysteresis Design of Magnetic Materials for Efficient Energy Conversion, RTG 2761 LokoAssist, CRC 1548 Fermi Level Engineering Applied to Oxide Electroceramics, Department of Mathematics, TRR361/F90 Computational Electric Machine Laboratory, CRC 1487 Iron, upgraded!, CRC 1245 Nuclei: From Fundamental Interactions to Structure and Stars, RTG 2852 Standards of Governance