Managing Diversity for EURAXESS - Virtual seminar for EURAXESS Staff under EURAXESS TOP IV

Whatare the objectives of this seminar?

▶Help staff to better understand and deal with the challenge of diversity (could be relevant for researchers as well )

▶In order to become agents of change in their institution

▶And thus contribute to improved institutional cultures

Why it is important for Euraxess staff to follow this webinar:

▶EURAXESS services for mobile researchers -> Mainstreaming diversity into the EURAXESS services for mobile researchers

▶EURAXESS career development services -> supporting discriminated researchers through career development services

▶Support EURAXESS provides with the implementation of the Charter & Code principles, via the setting up of a Human resources strategy for Researchers -> Integrating diversity in the HRS4R implementation process

AGENDA

EURAXESS T.O.P. IV Virtual Seminar

Managing Diversity for Euraxess

January 18th, 2022, 13h00 – 15h30 CET

Session No 1

13h00 – 13h15

13h15 – 13h45

13h45 – 14h15

Welcome & Introduction to Diversity and Inclusion for Euraxess

Sibylle Hodel, Deputy Head of EU GrantsAccess, ETH Zurich

Diversity Management for EURAXESS: Main Results

Alexandra Zingg, Research Advisor and Manager, EU GrantsAccess, ETH Zurich

Awareness raising how to become an agent of change

University of Liège, tbc

Session No 2

14h15 – 15h00

15 min each

Short Inputs from experts on Diversity, Inclusion and Equality

Strategies from different institutions: best practices

Examples:

1 Diversity at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Maria Mortensen, Senior advisor on EDI at University of Copenhagen

2 The Respect campaign at ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Ernestine Hildbrand Studer, project manager of the Respect campaign at ETH Zurich

3 Integration of Refugee Researchers in Bulgaria

Vladimir Milev, Project coordinator

Bulgarian Council on Refugees and Migrants, Sofia, Bulgaria

Discussion

30 min

MATERIALS ARE DOWNLOADABLE from the attachments below!