At the various themed tables, participants had the opportunity to discuss protection from discrimination in different university contexts: in counselling, in research and teaching, in academic practice and in the university community in general. The perspectives of international students and employees were also included at an English-speaking table.
Various needs and proposed solutions were identified as some of the key results. These include a more intensive anchoring of protection from discrimination as a cross-sectional task in the structures (e.g. as part of the onboarding process and through the development of protection concepts), the establishment of a code of conduct and awareness concepts, stronger networking and support for counsellors in the area of anti-discrimination as well as the reduction/prevention of abuse of power and the further promotion of diversity-sensitive teaching.
Participation in the discussions was lively and the impulses from the workshop will now be incorporated into the University of Bonn's planned diversity strategy in order to further expand the university's anti-discrimination work.