Lecture: How sex and gender analysis creates better research in technology and engineering

Schiebinger will identify three strategic approaches to gender in research, policy, and practice: 1) "Fix the Numbers of Women" focuses on increasing women's participation; 2) "Fix the Institutions" promotes gender equality in careers through structural change in research organizations; and 3) "Fix the Knowledge" or "Gendered Innovations" stimulates excellence in science and technology by integrating sex and gender analysis into research. For this lecture, Schiebinger focuses on the third approach. She will discuss several case studies, including gender and fairness in machine learning and gender in robotics.

Londa Schiebinger is the John L. Hinds Professor of History of Science at Stanford University, and currently directs EU/US Gendered Innovations in Science, Health & Medicine, Engineering, and Environment. She is a leading international expert on gender in science and technology, and an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

How sex and gender analysis creates better research in technology and engineering. November 21, 2018, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm, Campus Center, Moritzstr. 18, Lecture Hall 3.

The following day, a wokshop by Londa Schiebinger will focus on how to integrate sex/gender analysis into the design of research ("Applying Gendered Innovations", November 22, registration required).

The lecture and workshop are hosted by Prof. Dr. Claude Draude and Nana Kesewaa Dankwa, Gender/Diversity in Informatics Systems (GeDIS) & Research Center for Information System Design (ITeG) and by the Equal Opportunities Office at the University of Kassel.

For more information see: http://www.uni-kassel.de/intranet/fileadmin/datas/intranet/gleichstellung/dokumente/Flyer_Gendered_Innovations_180927_ANSICHT.pdf