Women are still underrepresented in almost all STEM fields and at all functional levels. At the same time, there is a debate about whether gender differences are constructed in the first place through gender equality measures. This is based on a conception of science in which scientific work is understood as exclusively objective and rational, and contexts of origin and social influences are ignored. This lecture shows how specific workplace and subject cultures in everyday scientific practices make gender differences relevant in the first place. In addition to the influence of managers and the media staging of science, the design of university teaching plays a decisive role. Aim: Overview of a) the aspects of STEM subject cultures that are particularly relevant for gender differences b) approaches on how teaching-learning environments can be designed in a gender-sensitive way in order to change subject cultures in the long term and sustainably.
Equal Opportunities
Related links on the topic of equal opportunities
- AStA
- Family Service
- Graduate Academy - Mentoring Programmes
- Commission for the Advancement of Women and Equality
- Staff Council
- Research and Transfer Department (funding opportunities)
- Planning and Development Unit - Equality and Diversity
- Department of Studies and Teaching - Gender-sensitive and diversity-conscious university didactics
- Baby changing facilities Campus Haarentor - Site plan
- Central Equality Office
- Centre for Interdisciplinary Women's and Gender Studies
Equal Opportunities
The Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg understands equality, family-friendliness and the appreciation of diversity as an indispensable basis for the creation of equal opportunities and the development of talents and potential in study, teaching and research. The Faculty VI Medicine and Health Sciences follows this guiding principle in the performance of its tasks.