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32 SES 06 A, Positioning Universities as Conduits for Social Justice: Working towards the next steps in contemporary organizational evolution
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Contribution
In response to global warming, social movements, such as Fridays for Future, with female role models such as Greta Thunberg and Luise Neubauer, have emerged within the last five to 10 years. (Revsbæk, 2014). In higher education, we observe an increasing number of study programmes integrating sustainability as a transversal topic, especially but not exclusively in technical study programmes. Initial findings suggest that incorporating sustainability into technical study programmes positively impacts female students' access to and completion of their studies. (Spangenberger, 2016), highlighting a positive relationship between sustainability and gender. This presentation is part of a BMBF-funded project on the potential of higher education institutions (HEIs) for attracting and retaining female non-traditional students (NTS) by integrating sustainability and gender equality measures in the engineering sciences. Grounded in website and interview analysis, it explores the organisational and subject culture of so-called GreenTec study programmes for the inclusion of female students and other marginalised groups. Building upon future and innovation labs, which are a user-centred, open, and participatory format for the innovative co-design and further development of organisations (Adler and Weber, 2019), this presentation illuminates the potential avenues for charting and changing
References
Adler, Annett; Weber, Susanne Maria (2019): Future and Innovation Labs as heterotopic Spaces. In: S. Weber, I. Truschkat, C. Schröder, L. Peters und A. Herz (Hg.): Organisation und Netzwerke. Organisation und Pädagogik, Bd. 26. Wiesbaden: Springer VS (26), S. 375–383. Revsbæk, Line (2014): Adjusting to the Emergent. A Process Theory Perspective on Organizational Socialization and Newcomer Innovation. Aalborg University. Denmark. Online verfügbar unter https://vbn.aau.dk/ws/portalfiles/portal/549518070/Line_Revsb_k_EPUB.pdf, zuletzt geprüft am 05.01.2025. Spangenberger, P. (2016): Zum Einfluss eines Nachhaltigkeitsbezugs auf die Wahl technischer Berufe durch Frauen. Eine Analyse am Beispiel des Windenergiesektors. Detmold: Eusl.
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