MAX-PLANCK-INSTITUT FÜR WISSENSCHAFTSGESCHICHTE Max Planck Institute for the History of Science

Event

Mar 13, 2024
Lecture: "Intersectional Diversity"

Graphic design with women's heads in red and orange

The sociologist Andrea D. Bührmann is a professor of the sociology of diversity.  In 2013, she founded the Institute for Diversity Research in the Faculty of Social Sciences at Georg-August-Universität Göttingen. Since then, she has been the managing director. 

Bührmann was initially Vice President for Studies and Teaching from 2015-2017 and, after her re-election in 2017-2021, Vice President for Studies, Teaching and Equal Opportunities at the University of Göttingen. In 2021, she was elected as the first spokesperson for the State Working Group of Institutions for Women's and Gender Studies in Lower Saxony (LAGEN). 

Her current research focuses on the sociology of diversity and gender relations (Diversity and Gender Studies); Sociology of work and economic sociology/ Changes in work and its organizational structures, entrepreneurship research; Methodology and methods of (qualitative) empirical social research, especially practice research and research on (social) practices in organizations; Sociology of knowledge, particularly studying transformations of knowledge production and consulting.

As part of the colloquium "Let's Talk about Gender!", she will speak on March 13 about "Intersectional Diversity Research: A Key Factor for Excellent Research?"
Bührmann will first present her initial perspective and then propose some conceptual clarifications. She will then present various strategies for dealing with intersectional diversity before reconstructing different types of diversity strategies in terms of their central determining factors. She also discusses the opportunities and risks of implementing an intersectional diversity strategy. Finally, she draws a conclusion.

The lecture will be held in English. 

Copyright for image: Lynne Pederson

Organizer(s)
Address
Harnack House, Conference Venue of the Max Planck Society, Ihnestraße 16-20, 14195 Berlin, Germany
Contact and Registration

To register, please write to gleichstellung@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de.

Resources

  • Video of the opening ceremony of the Institute for Diversity Research on 14.11.2013 in the Historical Observatory in Göttingen.
  • Publications (short selection):
    • The Reflexive Diversity Research Programme. An Introduction. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing 2021. 
    • zusammen mit Katrin Hanse, Astrid Biele Mefebue, Monika Rosenbaum, Urlike Thiele-Maniali and Anne Mielke: Frauen in Top-Management-Teams. Zur Bedeutung »geglückter« Sichtbarkeit eines »angemessenen« Habitus. LIT Verlag, Berlin 2015. 
    • Vom Diskurs zum Dispositiv. Einführung in die Dispositivanalyse. Transkript, Bielefeld. 2. akt. Neuauflage 2012. 
    • Entrepreneurial Diversity. UnternehmerInnen zwischen Buisnessplan und Bricolage, Hamburg 2007 (zusammen mit Katrin Hansen, Martina Schmeink und Aira Schöttelndreier)

LET'S TALK ABOUT GENDER! | MPIWG GENDER COLLOQUIUM 2023/2024:

With this seminar and discussion series we will host internal and external guests to speak about topics relating to equal opportunity and diversity, sexism, class, injustice as well as truly inclusive language. The series is hosted by Birgit Kolboske (GEO) in close cooperation with Lindy Divarci & Esther Chen (BGM). The series will be organized to include a lecture or as a workshop. LTAG is scheduled to start in December 2023, every other month on Wednesday afternoons. 

 

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2024-03-13T15:00:00SAVE IN I-CAL 2024-03-13 15:00:00 2024-03-13 17:00:00 Lecture: "Intersectional Diversity" The sociologist Andrea D. Bührmann is a professor of the sociology of diversity.  In 2013, she founded the Institute for Diversity Research in the Faculty of Social Sciences at Georg-August-Universität Göttingen. Since then, she has been the managing director.  Bührmann was initially Vice President for Studies and Teaching from 2015-2017 and, after her re-election in 2017-2021, Vice President for Studies, Teaching and Equal Opportunities at the University of Göttingen. In 2021, she was elected as the first spokesperson for the State Working Group of Institutions for Women's and Gender Studies in Lower Saxony (LAGEN).  Her current research focuses on the sociology of diversity and gender relations (Diversity and Gender Studies); Sociology of work and economic sociology/ Changes in work and its organizational structures, entrepreneurship research; Methodology and methods of (qualitative) empirical social research, especially practice research and research on (social) practices in organizations; Sociology of knowledge, particularly studying transformations of knowledge production and consulting. As part of the colloquium "Let's Talk about Gender!", she will speak on March 13 about "Intersectional Diversity Research: A Key Factor for Excellent Research?" Bührmann will first present her initial perspective and then propose some conceptual clarifications. She will then present various strategies for dealing with intersectional diversity before reconstructing different types of diversity strategies in terms of their central determining factors. She also discusses the opportunities and risks of implementing an intersectional diversity strategy. Finally, she draws a conclusion. The lecture will be held in English.  Copyright for image: Lynne Pederson Harnack House, Conference Venue of the Max Planck Society, Ihnestraße 16-20, 14195 Berlin, Germany Gender Equality Officers Gender Equality Officers Europe/Berlin public