Equity and Diversity events
To foster awareness for the topic of equity and diversity as well as to support our female young researchers, several events have been planned throughout the first funding period of the TRR360. These are listed below and will be updated from time to time.
Professional selection and recruitment in Academia with a special focus on gender and diversity aspects
Jan 2024 - Dr. Maike Lauggas
A very important step where the biases of ones own prejudices stand in the way of making the research group more divers is the recruitment of new members. In this workshop the group leaders of the TRR360 were educated about the importance and advantages of diverse teams and could discuss how these aspects can be incorporated into their application processes.
Diversity and Unconscious Bias in Research and Science
Aug 2024 - Dr. Anne Graefer (GenderIQ)
During the course of our 3-day MGK Workshop, we spend 4 hours discussing the topic of equality and diversity in academia with our young researchers. We talked about unconcious bias as well as the advantage of having people with diverse backgrounds in academia. Practical strategies to work against one’s own unconcious bias were introduced.
Workshop for young female researchers: Strong and confident in the application process
Oct 2024 - Britta Cornelißen (Coachinglab745)
To prepare our young female researchers for application processes in academia or industry, this workshop means to create more awareness of their strengths and work on their self-eficacy.
Workshop for senior scientists: Leading diverse teams
Sep 2025 - Dr. Anne Graefer (GenderIQ)
Leading a diverse team is challenging, but rewarding. Our group leaders have learned about the different diversity aspects and their unconcious bias as well as strategies for providing an inclusive working environment in their teams.
Workshop for female young researchers: Conflict management
Nov 2025 - Anke Kautz (Scienza)
Conflicts are arising everywhere where humans, each with different needs and views, are working together. We see conflicts in our private life, but also in the working environment. Especially in academia with its strict hierachy, solving conflicts can be challenging. In this workshop, the positive sides of a conflict where discussed and strategies to handle them and our emotions in a conflict presented. The discussions were very lifely and many experiences of conflicts and advices were shared among the participants.
The TRR360 equity coordinators
Dr. Ina-Marie Pietsch
University of Augsburg
ina-marie.pietsch@uni-a.de
Prof. Frank Pollmann
Technical University of Munich
frank.pollmann@tum.de
Dr. Mari-Carmen Bañuls
MPI for Quantum Optics, Garching
mari.banuls@mpq.mpg.de