Old Barriers or New Changes? Gender in a Mathematical Cluster of Excellence

METIS lecture with Dr Anna Ransiek

November 28, 2024 | 2-4 pm | Online via Zoom

The annual METIS Lecture showcases research and researchers relevant to the topic of equal opportunities in academia. The 2023 lecture “Diversity and Internationalisation in German Academia: Connecting the dots?” is given by Kathrin Zippel.

The lecture:

The speaker: Dr Anna Ransiek is a sociologist and researcher at the Gender Studies in Mathematics working group at FU Berlin, currently involved in the “MATH+ as a Research Object” project. Her research focuses on gender dynamics in academic settings, particularly in STEM disciplines. Anna Ransiek completed her PhD in Sociology at the University of Göttingen with a qualitative study on experiences of racism in Germany. From 2015 to 2019, she contributed to interdisciplinary research projects, including a collaborative study on gender-related socialisation in childhood at the Universities of Göttingen and Osnabrück, as well as a project on effective transdisciplinary research at TU Berlin’s Center for Technology and Society. She has lectured on qualitative research methods, gender studies, and sociology at the University of Göttingen, and served as a guest lecturer at Tumaini University in Iringa, Tanzania. Additionally, she leads practical seminars on diversity-sensitive reflexive research for students of social work at the University of Applied Sciences in Frankfurt a. M. and the Alice Salomon University of Applied Sciences in Berlin.

Registration:

Deadline:  27 November, 10 a.m.
Please register with metis-online@hu-berlin.de

The access-link will be provided after the registration deadline.

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Source: Photo: Fotostudio Neukölln

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