The Berlin Conference 2007 is the fifth in a series of European conferences on this subject. The conferences have been organized by the European Network of Gender Equality in Higher Education, an informal network of academics and higher education practitioners from universities in Europe and elsewhere. The first Conference was organised by the University of Helsinki in 1998 and resulted in the creation of the Network. A number of selected papers were published as a book titled ‘Hard Work in Academy: Research and Interventions on Gender Inequalities in Higher Education’. Since that first conference, the European Network of Gender Equality in Higher Education has developed through an email distribution list (eq-uni[at]helsinki.fi managed by the University of Helsinki) which currently has nearly 400 subscribers from over 30 countries.
We are pleased to invite you to the fifth European Conference on Gender Equality in Higher Education. The conference will be in Berlin, Germany, at Humboldt-University
Date: August 28-31, 2007.
The conference will open on the afternoon of Tuesday 28 August and close
on Friday 31 August 2007 in the afternoon.
The conference will be organized along four main tracks:
* Track A: Excellence, Research Policy and Gender Bias
* Track B: Disciplinary Perspectives
* Track C: Gender Equality Programmes
* Track D: Bologna-Process
These will be organized in parallel workshops. Keynote speakers will introduce the themes in plenary sessions. There will also be room for poster presentations.
Additionally to these four main tracks, we will offer
* a panel discussion on “Gender Studies and Beyond” to analyse the opportunities of graduates of Gender Studies in the labour market
* a roundtable to reflect on the outcome of the preceding European conferences on Gender Equality in Higher Education
* an international business meeting for experts and administrators of gender equality programmes.
You will find more information here.