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Short abstract:

The cooperation of the study program “Gender Pro MINT” at Technische Universität Berlin and the European network ENHANCE Alliance of technical universities to offer international schools on research-based gender and diversity skills to students of natural and technical sciences will be presented.

Long abstract:

Since 2022, the certificate study program “Gender Pro MINT” of Technische Universität Berlin and the European network of technical universities ENHANCE Alliance have been cooperating to develop and offer international schools for the acquisition of research-based gender and diversity skills for students of natural and technical sciences. The ENHANCE Alliance network comprises more than 10 technical universities and other associated partner universities. Its aim is to empower students, researchers and society to tackle social challenges responsibly, such as those posed by the Green Deal or the digital transformation. A second particular focus of the ENHANCE Alliance is to increase diversity and equal opportunities for students and researchers. A hybrid school concept was developed for students in Bachelor's and Master's degree programs as well as for doctoral candidates, which was offered for the first time as a Winter School in spring 2023 and for the second time as a Summer School in autumn 2023. All students earn ECTS, which they use in their respective studies in natural and technical sciences. Depending on the level of participation, 3, 4 or 6 ECTS can be acquired. In terms of content, the course teaches the extent to which gender and diversity can be understood as context-related results of historical, political, social and cultural processes and how these processes and contexts are researched scientifically. This enables participants in the schools to acquire skills that enable them to understand and critically and reflectively evaluate the structuring of social inequality and intersectional positioning through science and technology.