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HW TECHNOHM-ISCHHOECH HOCSCHHUSCHLEULE Hohfeder- What we do How to contact us Where to fi nd us straße NÜRNBERG HQ Events Contact Directions STANDORTE H The Nuremberg Institute of Technology is located near the city center Deichsler- The center hosts regular lectures and workshops with changing Competence Center for & Diversity straße speakers that provide a platform for the discussion of specifi c Nuremberg Institute of Technology and its locations are readilyLEGE reachedNDE by public transport. topics. Various facets of diversity as well as more general issues Prof. Renate Bitzan, Dr.rer.pol. Innere If arriving by car from any Ldirection,EGENDE follow the signs for the city are discussed at these events. Cramer-Klett- K STANDORTE U-BAHN Faculty of Applied Mathematics, Physics and Humanities straße center (“Centrum”) and for the university (“Technische Hochschule”). Events are open to all and free of charge. S-BAHN Keßlerplatz 12 The university is SclearlySTANDO signposted.RTE GEBÄUDE KB Information about upcoming events is available on our website: KA GEBÄUDE BUS 90489 Nürnberg CAMPUS 50 m SCALE www.th-nuernberg.de/komgedi-veranstaltungsreihe The Competence CenterMASSSZONTEA Bfor Gender & DiversityTRAM is in Location K Bartholomäus- Germany SC 50 m (Keßlerplatz). The center’s events typically take place either at straße If you would like to give a presentation or to suggest a topic or a or Location K or at Location B at Bahnhofstraße. speaker, please contact us via e-mail: Prof. Laila Maija Hofmann, Dr.rer.pol. Keßler- straße E-mail: [email protected] Faculty of Business Administration Laufertorgraben Cramer- Competence Klett- Bahnhofstraße 87 Park 90402 Nürnberg Research and cooperation projects Keßlerplatz Wollentor- Germany straße SL K WA W CenterN for Examples: WB E-mail: [email protected] WD A guide to queer life in the Nuremberg metropolitan region 50 m www.th-nuernberg.de/komgedi WE Liebigstraße KA WF (brochure) S WK WG “MINTersectionality” research project – Adding intersectional KH KY KV KB KM Gender & Peg KL impetus to work on gender equality at universities with a focus nitz Wöhrder KI See KS KR on technology or engineering KJ KT

Peg Lecture series “Women and right-wing extremism” nitz International conference on “Gender and Far Right Politics in Wassertor- Wöhrder straße Talübergang Diversity Europe” SF “Migration – Higher Education Prospects” project geared to Wöhrder Prinzregentenufer recruiting more students with migrant (family) backgrounds to Wiese pursue higher education Research on aspects of gender-specifi c communication Kressengartenstraße Auf AEG, Technikum, Management i. d. Biobranche, Muggenhofer Straße Fürth Rednitzhembach Neumarkt i. d. Oberpfalz behaviour Entfernung 6 km Raabstraße Entfernung 24 km Dürrenhofstraße Entfernung 43,5 km SK Analysis of the career-boosting impact of networks SD F BL F 13 B 13 A survey on gender-specifi c patient satisfaction – including a F 11 Badstraße F SR 34 SF SR 34 NP sub-project looking at the recruitment and promotion prospects Bahnhof- NP F 16 Siemensstraße straße of male care workers Maria-Ferdinanda- © Paula Rausch Fürther Straße U-Bahn Eberhardshof Age-Gender-Diversity – Approaches to achieving equality of Straße BB BG BB opportunity in the workplace for older women Are you interested in attending our events or cooperating with us You will fi nd a selection of the topics of bachelor’s and master’s on research projects? Feel free to get in touch with us for more Please visit our website for more information on our campus theses we have supervised on our homepage. information. (maps and directions):

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Who we are What is the Competence Center Our expertise Worth knowing for Gender & Diversity? Nuremberg Institute of Technology The heads of KomGeDi have many years of experience as Gender Nuremberg Tech is one of the largest universities of applied sciences The Competence Center for Gender & Diversity (KomGeDi) is an teachers, researchers, and practitioners. Our interdisciplinary What socially constructed conceptions of masculinity and in Germany with more than 13,000 students. We are developing interdisciplinary, cross-Faculty institution at Nuremberg Tech that cooperation allows us to combine, in particular, social science femininity shape our expectations, opportunities and behaviours? ideas for the world of today and tomorrow – and researching to fi nd addresses issues pertaining to and to diversity and business perspectives. Our student assistants come from How can traditional attributions and boundaries in gender relations solutions to society’s most challenging questions. As one of the most within and beyond the university. The center was established on highly diverse degree programs including social work, materials be overcome? research-intensive of all Bavarian universities of applied sciences and November 16, 2011. engineering, electrical engineering, and business administration. a leader in third-party funds, Nuremberg Tech maintains excellent ties Diversity KomGeDi promotes professional exchange within the university, Within the university, KomGeDi is anchored in the Faculty of with local and international companies and is an important driver of People are not all the same: they can be grouped by age, social coordinates research projects, and organises events that are open Business Administration, the Faculty of Social Sciences, and the innovation in the Nuremberg metropolitan area. The Nuremberg and cultural backgrounds, religions and world views, and to the public (lectures, discussions, workshops). The center is Faculty of Applied Mathematics, Physics and Humanities. Institute of Technology is a global player with partnerships with 160 sexes, physical abilities, national origins, sexual orientations, and also involved with conceptional planning at Nuremberg Tech and The center participates in the work of various university committees institutions of higher education around the world. more. with the transfer of expertise from the competence center to its and cooperates with the University Service for Diversity and The wide variety of fi elds of study and our practical orientation allow Are the members of all these different groups given the chance to regional partners. It also contributes to national and international Occupational Health (Hochschulservice für Familie, Gleichstellung us to pursue the technical, economic, societal, and creative challenges fl ourish as esteemed members of society in equal measure without scholarship on gender and diversity issues. und Gesundheit) and the university’s Research Services (Zentral- of our time and to provide our graduates access to excellent encountering discrimination? stelle für Wissens- und Technologie-Transfer). Outside Nuremberg professional prospects. Twelve Faculties offer accredited bachelor’s Objectives Gender-equitable writing style Tech, we have links with various organisations, institutions, and master’s degree programs, including part-time programs for Bundling, generating, and transferring expertise on gender and Gender justice depends not least on fi nding gender-inclusive ways companies, and individuals in the region and with national and professionals, certifi cate programs, and dual system options. The diversity to speak and write. international academic networks. Nuremberg Institute of Technology is an audited “family-friendly” Generating empirical and theoretical insights by pooling and In German, there are various ways to ensure that nouns used to university and is committed to improving the balance between studies, developing existing skills and knowledge The center’s work to date has focussed on the following issues describe groups of people include men, women, or all genders. profession, and families. Raising awareness of questions relating to gender justice and arising in the context of gender and diversity: See, for example, Studierende, Fachleute, PartnerInnen, OHM Competence Centers the value placed on diversity both on- and off-campus Gender relations Bewerber/innen, Schülerinnen und Schüler, and Techniker_innen Contributing to the development of appropriate policies and Migration/refugees/interculturality/transculturality As innovation becomes more dynamic and more complex, close or Techniker*innen. In German, the center uses the or practices in relation to gender and diversity within and beyond Age links between science and business and access to knowledge from the gender star in the fi nal examples that describes not only men the university Disability/accessibility outside one’s immediate fi eld of expertise are becoming increasingly and women, but also individuals who cannot or do not wish to be Sexual orientation essential. Nuremberg Tech’s target agreements with the Bavarian Our work rests on the basis of human rights, the German assigned to either of these genders. You will fi nd further details on Issues arising where these areas intersect (e.g., women + age; State Ministry of Education, Science and the Arts have focussed Constitution (Grundgesetz), and the German General Act on Equal our homepage. diversity management; human rights) from the outset on the importance of bundling cross-Faculty Treatment (Allgemeines Gleichbehandlungsgesetz). We seek to Gender-equitable writing in English typically takes a different tack expertise at the university and applying it to interdisciplinary contribute to raising awareness of established discrimination, and strives to be inclusive by avoiding on gender challenges. Deep involvement of the university with the core and creating equal opportunities, and facilitating equal participation in differences. Titles, labels, and names should not indicate interdisciplinary components of the Nuremberg metropolitan area society for all. differences in sex or gender (e.g. not steward/stewardess or male has been pursued and the university’s ties with regional networks nurse, but rather fl ight attendant and nurse). Pseudo-generic terms and companies strengthened. We are working on concepts and tools to promote equal or forms such as “man” or the pronoun “he” should be avoided. The following OHM Competence Centers have been established: opportunities. Can you use “human” or “person” instead? “Humankind” rather Center for 3D-Visualization than “mankind”, for example? Or can you default to the plural to Competence Center for Analytics, Nano- and Materials Technology include all genders? Where singular pronouns are strictly necessa- Competence Center for Corporate Development, Management ry, “he or she” may be used. Singular “they” is also acceptable and Accounting and Financial Control (CMAC) has, like the underscore or the gender star in the German example Competence Center for Energy Technology above, the advantage of including people who do not use either Competence Center for Finance pronoun. Competence Center for Gender & Diversity Competence Center for Logistics Usability Engineering Center