Welcome to Some Gender Equality News!

Dear SPP colleagues,

we are pleased to share the latest updates from our SPP in cooperation with the Gender Equality Office of the Faculty of Medicine Freiburg.

In this issue, you will find an overview of upcoming events, workshops, and opportunities across our different locations that focus on equality, diversity, and inclusive practices. We hope these offerings support exchange, raise awareness, and contribute to fostering an inclusive and equitable research environment.

We warmly invite you to explore and share the opportunities presented in this issue and to join us at the upcoming events and workshops—we look forward to your participation and to continued exchange within our network.

All the best,
Your coordination team & Gender Equality Office

Freiburg

Scrutinizing Inner Saboteurs - Online Workshop for Female Researchers & Scientists

Berlin

IN’Com – Awareness-Raising Workshops for an Inclusive Community

Bremen

Empowerment for Women: Trust in Your Own Strengths

In everyday (work) life we often use skills automatically, without being aware of it. People often do not remember they learned these competencies or do not assess their skills – and therefore it is difficult for them to denominate them or describe their potential.
In a job (or for your time as a student) self-awareness and knowledge of one's own strengths are necessary in order to:

• shape your profile
• learn, what kind of work environment might be beneficial for you
• develop strategies for future plans
• negotiate conditions (for jobs etc)

In the joint workshop and in the individual preparation phase, we use biographical exercises, specific ability tools, a personality tool and a cooperative negotiation model.
There will be room for exchange and feedback.

Registrations for July run from April 16 to June 18, 2026 
via https://elearning.uni-bremen.de/ (Event search: Career Center | Events | Overview | Copy VAK number and search and register in StudIP).
As soon as the registration process is closed, you will receive an email from them with the access data!

Participants

Students, graduates, research assistants

Lecturer

Dr. Eva Reichmann, www.beruf-und-leben.com/

Date & Location

July 27. & 28., 2026
each from 02:00 p.m. – 06:30 p.m., online

Stuttgart

Leadership in Academia - Reflecting Roles, Shaping Skills, and Facing Challenges

Leadership is always a complex and challenging issue – but in academia, you have to face the fact that on the one hand, the primary task of gaining new knowledge is a thoroughly non-hierarchical process, whereas on the other hand, the university as an organisation entails a hierarchical structure. Hence, academic leadership has to consider both aspects. Furthermore, in an academic career, leadership skills become more and more important besides scientific excellence – but are never ‘taught’.

Therefore, the workshop offers an opportunity to enhance and deepen your leadership skills. Starting point is the reflection on a pre-condition for successful leadership: analysing your role and clarifying your self-conception as a leader. This is the fundament for further subjects that can support you to expand your leadership repertoire – always with the focus on leadership in academia.

Workshop topics – day 1 (on campus):

• Role clarification
• Specifics of leadership in academia
• Leadership concept at University of Stuttgart
• Leadership topics – tailored to the participants’ needs
• Dealing with diversity, interdisciplinarity, and heterogeneity – communication and cooperation in mixed teams
• Sources and dynamics of power and influence in organisations, especially in universities

Workshop topics – day 2 (online):

• Introduction into collegial advice
• Collegial advice in practice

Registration

Registrations run until August 31, 2026, 11:59 p.m.

Participants

Managers, professors, junior research group leaders, junior professors, tenure-track professors

Lecturer

Date & Location

September 29, 2026, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. (on campus)

DiVe - Diversity in Education

A digital self-learning course to promote more inclusive teaching at Charité Berlin.

Course content

The course will cover the following topics:

• Basics of diversity, discrimination, intersectionality, and racism
• Racism in the health care - problem areas and effects
• Privileges and allyship - reflecting on own positions and acting in solidarity
• Practical recommendations for less discriminatory and more diversity-sensitive teaching

Didactical approach

The course combines scientific principles with practical elements. In addition to theoretical input, current studies and statistics, it contains interviews with experts, case studies, interactive elements as well as reflection exercises and quizzes. Additional materials and information on contact points are also available.

Target group

The course is aimed at teachers in health professions and can be used nationwide and across disciplines.

Project partners

DivE is a sub-project within the framework of Empowerment for Diversity and is part of the Steering Committee Equality, Diversity, Inclusion. It is being implemented in close cooperation with the Dieter Scheffner Center (DSFZ) for Medical Education and Educational Research. The VITA Online Academy and the Charité's eLearning team are providing support with the technical implementation and integration.