Diversity in Research

The University of Bamberg is committed to fostering a deeper appreciation for human differences through open dialog and interaction, also and especially in its research and teaching projects.

The German Research Foundation (DFG) and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation highlight the fundamental importance of human diversity in all areas of study – from architectural history to AI – and discuss the necessary expansion of often one-sided views in the following position papers:

• DFG funding activity to follow new integrated equal opportunities and diversity concept; research-oriented equal opportunities standards expanded to include diversity (07/2022)
• DFG on the importance of gender and diversity in research projects
• DFG on diversity in the Humanities and Social Sciences
• DFG on diversity in the Life Sciences
• DFG on diversity in Engineering
• DFG on diversity in the Natural Sciences
• Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Kosmos Magazine Issue - #ProgressDiversity (on why science needs more diversity, 112/2021)