UNCONCIOUS BIAS IN ACADEMIC SETTINGS
A Workshop offered by Diversity, Equity and Inclusion under Theme A ‘Developing Safe & Inclusive Spaces’
Description and Content
Focusing on teaching and classroom settings, the workshop focuses on how unconscious prejudices can emerge, in addition to automatic processes in perception. Topics to be covered:
- Sensitisation to discriminatory structures; forms of discrimination; intersectionality; self-perception and perception by others; reflection on own thought patterns
- Influences of unconscious bias on individuals and groups/organisations; understanding the effect of bias on teaching staff decisions and actions
- Raising awareness of the diversity of colleagues, employees and students
- Transfer support: dealing with unconscious bias in one's own field of work; reflection on one's own role; alternative options for action.
Workshops methods:
- Input from the trainer
- Individual and group exercises
- Exchange of experiences
- Peer counselling
© BCDSS
Date and Time
27 February 2024
09.00 am - 5.00 pm
Location: Lounge at Niebuhrstraße 5
Target Group
BCDSS teaching staff (Professors, Postdocs and Doctoral Students)
Language
English
Registration
Kindly register by sending an email to dmunajed@uni-bonn.de
