Kick-off-Event 2022
Considering diversity in research can contribute to excellence and innovation. Whether as a research object, sensitive approach to research questions, application in methodology or in the team.
Kick-off-Event:
»Gender- and diversity-sensitive research as a driver for excellence and innovation across disciplines«
Thursday, May 12, 2022
5 p.m.
The Vice President for International Affairs and Diversity, Prof. Dr. Francesca Biagini, invites the LMU community as well as the general public to the kick-off event of this year's Diversity Initiative. Renowned scientists and international guests from different disciplines will demonstrate the relevance of gender and diversity aspects in research during the event.
Agenda
5.00 p.m. Welcome
Prof. Dr. Francesca Biagini
Vice President for International Affairs and Diversity
Opening address
The importance of equality and diversity for meritocracy, academic freedom and excellence
Prof. Dr. Tomas Brage
Mathematical Physics, Lund University
Prof. Dr. Frauke Kreuter
Chair of Statistics and Data Science in Social Sciences and the Humanities
Panel discussion
Gender- and diversity-sensitive research as a driver for excellence and innovation across disciplines
Panelists
Prof. Dr. med. Susanna Hofmann, Professor of Lipid Metabolism and Metabolic Diseases, LMU
Prof. Dr. Kiran Klaus Patel, Chair of European History & Founding director of LMU’s Project House Europe, LMU
Prof. Dr. Helmut Rainer, Director of the ifo Center for Labor and Demographic Economics & Professor of Economics, LMU
Prof. Dr. Jelena Spanjol, Head of the Institute for Innovation Management, LMU
Prof. Dr. Sahana Udupa, Professor of Media Anthropology, LMU
Moderation
Dr. Marlene Weiss, Head of the Science Ressort at Süddeutsche Zeitung, Munich
Diversity is our creative advantage
Rui Massena
Portuguese Conductor and Composer
7.15 p.m. Closing
Prof. Dr. Francesca Biagini
Vice President for International Affairs and Diversity
