Termine

Time: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm. 
Trainer: Dr. Elizabeth Pollitzer
Language: English
Registration: from 23. September 2025 until 21. October 2025
Deregistration: until 13. October 2025

for members of the University of Bayreuth Graduate School via BayDOC
for Postdocs+ (= postdocs, habilitation candidates and junior professors (with and without tenure track) & junior research group leaders between habilitation and junior professorship) via WiN-UBT portal

Description:

Using examples from different disciplines, the course will demonstrate how diversity and gender dimensions influence quality of science knowledge and practice. The key criterion of research quality is that it must be reproducible and this demands clarity and transparency in study design, definitions of the used concepts, how data was analyzed, and any assumptions used in the interpretations of results. 

Participants will be introduced to the evidence of widespread historical male bias in research evidence and to the the scientific and societal consequences of the gaps in knowledge on women. The course will help participants examine if an how the gender dimension should be considered in their own research and how it fits into their chosen discipline. Practical examples and group activities will be used to help participants recognize and address in the context of their own research and academic career: 

• The importance of gender inclusion 
• Common gender biases in academic research
• How to address biases in data collection and analysis
• Gender neutrality in research

* Creditability within the kick-off seminar

For reasons of respect and fairness towards all participants and the workshop leaders, participants who miss more than 10% of the workshop are considered not to be present. You will therefore not receive a certificate and you will not be able to use the workshop in question to unlock funds or acquire further qualifications.

Before you register, please confirm with your supervisor/ employer that you are free to participate in the course on that date.