Public Talks Academia and In/Equality
Venue and Registration
The lecture of Waltraud Schlögl and Elisabeth Aufhauser take place in lecture hall 2 of the UZA II (Eduard Suess lecture hall, 2A122 - level 1 in the "Geozentrum" near exit A), interested parties are cordially invited. If you would like to participate online, please register; we will send you the link to the stream by e-mail in due time before the start of the event.
Speakers and Abstracts
Mo, 18.3.2024, 15:00: Jarita Holbrook
How Astrophysicists Discriminate
- Jarita Holbrook (they/them/their)
(University of Edinburgh, Cultural Astronomy, Identities & Inequalities, Cultural Heritage)
In cooperation with the Vienna Astro Colloquium - Abstract: Holbrook has been studying astrophysicists and astrophysics culture for over a decade, on top of having been educated as an astrophysicists before moving into the social sciences. In order to contextualize their experience in the field and to aid others in navigating the field, Holbrook studies astrophysicists practices of inclusion and exclusion. This presentation focuses on the myths of intellectual superiority, white entitlement, sexism and other forms of discrimination including anti-Black discrimination. Included are film clips of astrophysicists talking about these issues.
- Venue: Lecture Hall 2, UZA II, Floor 1, 2A122 & Online-Stream (Please register for online-participation here)
Mo, 15.04.2024, 15:00: Mary Anne Holmes
Building a Path To Equity
- Mary Anne Holmes, Winner of a "Champion(s) for Equality, Diversity, Inclusion-Award" of the European Geosciences Union
Within the "Picture a Scientist" series of the Doctoral School VISESS / In cooperation with the EGU and the Culture and Equality Unit of the University of Vienna - Abstract: Mary Anne Holmes, emerit. professor of the Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Department at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL), clay and sediment studies; partnered with social scientists to address inequity in the geosciences. She spoke on data-driven methods that move us towards equity for all. Listen to her talk here:
Mary Anne Holmes, 15.04.2024: Building a Path to Equity
Photo: © Mary Anne Holmes | University of Nebraska | news.unl.edu
Mo, 22.04.2024, 15:00: Brigitte Bischof
Women scientists in Vienna in the first half of the 20th century, biographical sketches and general developments
- Brigitte Bischof (LV-Leiterin)
- Abstract: Brigitte Bischof is a graduate physicist, freelance researcher (history of physics and women in science), lecturer in the field of gender studies in STEM, and diversity coordinator at the Faculty of Physics.
Vortrag auf Deutsch! - Venue: Lecture Hall 2, UZA II, Floor 1, 2A122 & Online-Stream (Please register for online-participation here)
Mo, 06.05.2024, 15:00: Martina Erlemann
Gender & Diversity in the Culture of Physics
- Martina Erlemann (Freie Universität Berlin, Wissenschafts- und Geschlechtersoziologie in der Physik)
In cooperation with the Gender Research Office - Abstract: In recent decades there has been a growing awareness that a scientist’s gender can have an impact on a career in physics and astronomy, even though it should have no influence. This applies also for ethnicity or national background, social background, and other social characteristics which can have a detrimental impact on a career in science. The talk will present research on gender and diversity in physics, with a particular focus on studies of workplace cultures in physics and their impact on young scientists’ sense of belonging to the physics and/or astronomy community.
Martina Erlemann holds a professorship on Sociology of Science and Gender, affiliated at the Department of Physics at Freie Universität Berlin. She is head of the Research Group Gender & Science Studies in Physics. After having graduated physics she received her PhD in sociology. Her research is based on approaches from Science & Technology Studies and Feminist Science Studies. In addition to her research on gender & diversity in physics, she has worked on governance of risk technologies and science communication. Her current research focuses on social inequalities in the cultures of physics and the development of new formats of participatory science. - Venue: Lecture Hall 3, UZA II, Floor 2, 2A211, & Online-Stream (Please register for online-participation here)
DIENSTAG and Dept. of Astrophysics (!), 14.05.2024, 15:00: Sebastián Lehuedé
Coloniality and the Struggle for Autonomy in Chilean Astronomy
- Sebastián Lehuedé (University of Cambridge, Governance of digital technologies, global social justice, geopolitics of digital rights)
Within the "Big Picture" series / In cooperation with the Doctoral School VISESS - Abstract: Sebastián Lehuedé is a Lecturer in Ethics, AI and Society at the Department of Digital Humanities, King's College London. His research focuses on the governance of digital technologies from a global social justice perspective. After conducting research on astronomy data in Chile, his current project looks at the environmental impact of Artificial Intelligence.
This presentation unpacks the concepts of coloniality and autonomy and discusses how they manifest in the governance of astronomy data in Chile. This case is of particular interest as many actors consider that the vast volumes of data produced by the numerous international observatories constructed in the Atacama Desert can bring about development and progress. The insights provided are supported by an analysis of empirical data (interviews and participant observation) collected in 2019 representing the view of astronomers, astroinformaticians, business managers and policy-makers envisioning initiatives regarding astronomy data, as well as Indigenous communities affected by the construction of an astronomical observatory. - Venue: NEW ROOM!! Lecture Hall Department of Astrophysics (How to reach and site map) & Online-Stream (Please register for online-participation here)
Slides Sebastián Lehuedé: The Future of Extractivism
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Mo, 03.06.2024, 15:00: Waltraud Schlögl
STEM at the University of Vienna: Data and Analysis in the Context of Gendered Societal Expectations and Gender based Employment Segregation (Vortrag auf Deutsch!)
- Waltraud Schlögl (Abteilung für Organisationskultur und Gleichstellung, Universität Wien)
Lecture in German! - Abstract: The lecture will provide an insight into the current gender distribution among students und academic staff in the fields of STEM at the University of Vienna. The data will be contexualized with gendered societal expectations and beliefs (e.g. “brilliance” versus “diligence”) and the different evaluation of female dominated and male dominated branches. More about Waltraud Schlögl (u:find)
- Plus Presentation Gender & Diversity Team FGGA (Petra Heinz, Christiane Hintermann, Heidi Weinhäupl)
- Venue: Lecture Hall 2, UZA II, Floor 1, 2A122 & Online-Stream (Please register for online-participation here)
Slides Gender & Diversity Team FGGA - Präsentation der Initiative
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Mo, 10.06.2024, 15:00: Elisabeth Aufhauser
GENDERed INNOVATION inSPACE: How feminist perspectives transformed research in Geography
- Elisabeth Aufhauser (Institut für Geographie und Regionalforschung der Universität Wien, Gendered Innovation, Feministische Geographie, Gleichstellungsorientierte Regionalentwicklung)
- Attention - New Room: Lecture Hall 3 at UZA II (Hörsaal 3, 2A211, Ebene 2, UZA II)
- Abstract: Over the last 40 years, feminist research in geography has focussed on the question of how gender relations and spatiality are linked in different socio-spatial contexts. Scientific work is also organised in different disciplinary institutional contexts with ‘spatialised’ structures of gender relations. Thematic and conceptual discourses in feminist geography are therefore also reflected in demands for a reorganisation of the institutional contexts in which research should take place. The lecture will discuss the extent of the feminist-inspired reorganisation of research in geography as well as possible starting points for other disciplinary contexts at the FGGA.
Elisabeth Aufhauser is assistant professor for human geography at the Department of Geography and Regional Research at the FGGA. She holds a doctorate in spatial research and spatial planning and a postgraduate in mathematics and statistics. In the first phase of her career, she worked on modelling demographic and housing-related spatial processes. In the last decades she has specialised in research on gender mainstreaming processes in regional economic development - with numerous third mission activities. She was a founding member of the working group ‘Feminist Geographies’ in the Association for Geography at German-speaking universities and research institutions in 1988, member of the Equal Opportunities Working Party at the University of Vienna for many years, and one of the main initiators of NowaGea, a women's network at the FGGA between 2010 and 2014. - Venue: NEW ROOM: Lecture Hall 3, UZA II, Floor 2, 2A211 & Online-Stream (Please register for online-participation here)
Slides Elisabeth Aufhauser: GENDERed INNOVATION in SPACE
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File size: 2.5 MB