The president, Professor Angela Ittel, invites all female professors at TU Braunschweig to a network meeting once a semester.
As at many (technical) universities, women are less represented in leadership positions at the TU Braunschweig. Currently, 26% of professorships are held by women. A constructive way to strengthen exchange and visibility and mutual support is the formation of networks. Together with the Central Equal Opportunity Officer Ulrike Wrobel, current topics are addressed in the meetings, followed by the opportunity for interdisciplinary exchange and networking.
If you have any questions or suggestions, please contact Angela Ittel and Ulrike Wrobel at any time (c/o chancen-leitung@tu-braunschweig.de).
The President cordially invites the network Professorinnen@TU to an informal New Year's lunch break in the meeting room 117, 1.OG in the “Forumsgebäude”.
Date: January 17th, 2025 | 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm
We would like to take this opportunity to inform you about an initiative currently being developed to increase the visibility of female members at TU Braunschweig and to gather your feedback.
We also look forward to hearing about the topics that are currently on your mind. You are also welcome to register questions or topics in advance so that we can prepare ourselves.
6th Meeting: June 26th, 2024 | 12:30 pm to 1:45 pm: picnic on the terrace of the „Forumsgebäude
Information was provided on current higher education policy topics, such as how to apply for the "Potenziale entfalten" programme.
5th Meeting: 8 January 2024, New Year's Reception and Lunch
The network meeting offered the opportunity for informal exchange and networking across faculty boundaries. In the spirit of TU Braunschweig's efforts to improve its welcoming culture, the President asked all female colleagues appointed in 2022 and 2023 to briefly address the following questions in the introductory round:
"What was helpful when starting at TU Braunschweig?", "Which aspects should be developed further?" and "What has not been given enough space so far?".
4th meeting: 15 June 2023, Networking and Exchange ideas over a coffee break, Forumsgebäude und Universitätsplatz
This was followed by the unveiling of the ClimateCrisisClock with experts on the topic of "Has time already run out? The role of universities in climate communication".
3rd meeting: 25 November 2022, excursion to Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, guided tour and joint visit of the exhibition "Empowerment".
The exhibition Empowerment brings together diverse feminist approaches and understands these as progressive methods to analyze the societies of the world with the means of art and to show possible ways out of the global crises.
2nd meeting: 24 May 2022, Architecture Pavilion TU Braunschweig.
In a keynote speech Dr. Anne Fleige gave an insight into personnel development in science. It was discussed how women-specific offers can be integrated into the programmes and what the needs are among female professors.
Dr. Anne Fleige is head of the Central Personnel Development (together with Anke Formaniak).
1st meeting: 25 November 2021, Webex meeting
Prof. Dr. Martina Schraudner gave an input on the importance of networks in the world of science.
Martina Schraudner holds the professorship for Gender and Diversity in Engineering and Product Development at TU Berlin.
Since 2014, she has been the head of the Fraunhofer Center for Responsible Research and Innovation (CeRRI) at the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering and since January 2018, she has been a member of the Executive Board of the German Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech).
Prof. Schraudner is a renowed expert in the integration of gender and diversity-related issues in science and research.