Making Diversity Tangible
Rethinking Collaboration
How can people with and without visual impairments learn, research and work together - on an equal footing and with equal design options? ACCESSâKIT, the Center for Digital Accessibility and Assistive Technologies at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, is focusing on precisely this question.
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Not in the data set, not in the world.
How data gaps can distort research and artificial intelligence - and why we should consider intersectionality.
Data is considered the new gold. In science, business and politics, it shapes our decisions, insights and visions of the future. But what happens when data is missing? When certain groups are not covered, when gaps arise that are overlooked in analyses? Data gaps are by no means just a quantitative problem. They have far-reaching social, political and ethical consequences.
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Making women visible with WITs*
How the KIT Department of Informatics is creating new perspectives with the WIT // Women in IT initiative.
Computer science has revolutionized the world, but while algorithms, software solutions and artificial intelligence are increasingly shaping our everyday lives, one thing has remained constant for decades: the industry is male-dominated. Why do so few women choose a subject that is shaping our future? And what can be done about it? The WIT // Women in IT initiative at KIT is dedicated to these questions and more.
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Diversity and Collaboration
Insights into the Diversity Climate at KIT
Universities are places of learning, research and personal development - and they should offer an inclusive and appreciative environment for all people. In order to achieve this goal, it is crucial not only to collect structural data on diversity, but also to systematically survey and analyze the diversity climate. A survey was therefore conducted at KIT in September 2024 to assess the diversity climate among all employees.
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Strengthening and Networking
The CIW Network of Female Engineers
Extending your own reach, making new contacts, sharing experiences and inspiration - networking has many advantages. Networks offer great added value, especially for women in engineering, whose share of the labor market is steadily increasing but is still underrepresented. The CIW Women Engineers Network has therefore set itself the goal of providing a platform for women in chemical engineering where female engineers at all career levels can exchange ideas and support each other.
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Emmy Noether
A Pioneer of Mathematics and a Role Model for all Female Scientists
The name Emmy Noether is not only frequently encountered by researchers in mathematics and physics in a professional context. In particular, the funding program of the German Research Foundation (DFG) named after her is known to many young researchers across disciplines. But who was this woman who gained her reputation in an environment that systematically disadvantaged women professionally and assigned them a different socio-political role than that of an excellent scientist?
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Unconscious Bias at Work
How Unconscious Assumptions Determine our Everyday Working Life and How We Can Deal with Them
Unconscious bias affects us all - "If you have a brain, you have a bias". But where exactly does unconscious bias affect our day-to-day work at KIT and what strategies can prevent problems?
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