7th Gender & STEM Conference

Future Directions in Theory, Research, Policy and Practice

July 18–20, 2024: Heidelberg University, Germany

Conference host team: Birgit Spinath, Katharina Reschke and Zoe Sander
Email: gender-and-stem-2024@psychologie.uni-heidelberg.de
Go to the website of the conference

The 7th biennial conference of the international Network Gender & STEM (www.genderandSTEM.com) will be held in beautiful Heidelberg, Germany. The call for proposals is now open! Closing Sept. 30, 2023.

The conference aims to develop insights to the various connected aspects influencing gendered educational and career choices in the direction of STEM. Research into these aspects is increasingly important, and taking place across a variety of disciplines which have different emphases. The conference brings together people from scientific disciplines including psychology, educational science, sociology, and different fields of STEM. It aims to inform theory and knowledge development, as well as STEM practice and policymaking, and to exchange information about different approaches, methods, results and starting points for interventions. Keynotes encompass perspectives targeting interventions, intersectionality, and giftedness in the context of gender and STEM; a distinguished symposium addresses the role of gender in the context of artificial intelligence.

Among others, the conference will address the following questions:

  • What factors influence girls/women and boys/men in their choice of advanced courses, apprenticeships and fields of study?
  • What role do key people in the environment play in this, such as parents, peers and teachers? 
  • What can schools, socializers and companies do, to promote girls’ and women’s interest in STEM studies and professions?  

Keynotes

  • Nilanjana Dasgupta (University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA): “Designing Social Vaccines for Women in STEM: Interventions that endure over time”.
  • Nicole Else-Quest (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA): “The Future of STEM is Intersectional”.
  • Ulrich Trautwein (University of Tübingen, Germany): “STEM, Giftedness and Gender”.

Proposal submissions are open! Deadline is September 30, 2023.

For all other information see: https://www.uni-potsdam.de/en/genderstem2024/

Back to Network Gender and STEM