Diversity Week 2025: Four Days for Diversity and Equal Opportunities
The highlight of the campaign week is the central evening event on Wednesday, 15 October, in the Katakomben. After an opening by Prof. Dr. Heiko Paulheim, Vice President for Digitalization, Equal Opportunity, and Diversity at the University of Mannheim, Prof. Dr. Jessica Steinberger (Technische Hochschule Mannheim) will speak about “tradwives” and toxic masculinity norms on the internet, Dr. Oliver Rittmann (Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES)) talks about gender-specific attention patterns in parliament and Dr. Andrea Chagas López (Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES)) on participatory approaches in diversity research. Singer Laura di Natali from the Popakademie Baden-Württember (Mannheim) will provide musical accompaniment during the event.
Diverse program
The four campaign days include various events on campus community, participation, accessibility, neurodivergence and AI-based self-management. Other core themes are prevention of anti-Semitism, networking opportunities as well as cultural, musical and cinematic contributions.