Lecture series "Academia and In/Equality"
Summer term 2025
The course "Academia and In/Equality" addresses inequalities in science with a special focus on astronomy, geosciences and geography. The course is designed as a lecture series and consists of a combination of public lectures and exercise units. The lectures will be held partly in German and partly in English.
The exercise units are only accessible to students who have registered for the course via u:space within the registration period.
Public lectures - summer term 2025
The following lectures are open to the public; two lectures will also be streamed online (for registration for online participation please fill out the online form, the link to the stream will be provided via e-mail).
- Mo, 24.03.2025, 15:00
Brigitte Bischof (LV-Leiterin, 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)
Title: Naturwissenschafterinnen in Wien in der ersten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts, biografische Skizzen und allgemeine Entwicklungen (Vortrag auf Deutsch)
To the abstract - Mo, 28.04.2025, 15:00 + stream
Holly J. Stein, Founding Member of Equality, Diversity, Inclusion Committees of the European Geosciences Union (EGU)
(In cooperation with EGU, funded by the division Culture and Equality of the University of Vienna)
Title: Why universities are breeding grounds for bully behavior -- the view from within
To the abstract
Lecture Hall 2 & Online stream (to registration for online stream) - Mo, 12.05.2025, 15:00
Sylvia Kirchengast, Dept. of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Vienna (Homepage)
Title: Wie wird Geschlecht und die Unterscheidung Sex / Gender aus biologischer Perspektive diskutiert? (Vortrag auf Deutsch)
To the abstract - Mo, 26.05.2025, 15:00 + stream
Adrienne Traxler (University Copenhagen, Dept. of Science Education; see research profile)
(unterstützt durch das Genderreferat der Uni Wien)
Title: Networks of survival and support: Reflections of LGBTQ physicists and astronomers
To the abstract
Lecture Hall 2 & Online stream (to registration for online stream) - Mo, 02.06.2025, 15:00
Waltraud Schlögl (Abteilung für Organisationskultur und Gleichstellung, Universität Wien)
Title: STEM at the University of Vienna: Data and Analysis in the Context of Gendered Societal Expectations and Gender based Employment Segregation (Vortrag auf Deutsch)
To the abstract - Mo, 16.06.2024, 15:00
Gender & Diversity Team FGGA - Presentation & Discussion (Anahí Caldu, Petra Heinz, Christiane Hintermann, Heidi Weinhäupl - FGGA Gender & Diversity team)
To the abstract
General information
- Registration for the public online streaming of the lectures is possible for all interested parties - please register for the respective lecture using the registration form (registration starts in March).
- Students please note: Please register via u:space for credit transfer and proof of achievement as part of your studies (please note the registration period!) No registration is required to attend the public lectures (without proof of achievment); for online participation, please register with the respective lecture.
- Concept, organisation and course management: Brigitte Bischof
- An event of the Faculty of Earth Sciences, Geography and Astronomy in cooperation with the Gender Research Office and the Culture and Equality unit of the University of Vienna.