Weber*innen
Breaking the glass ceiling and smashing gender stereotypes: the Max Weber Program’s Weber*innen initiative comprises a series of events that encourage participants to grapple with issues of sex and gender from a range of perspectives.
Posing questions and thinking outside the box
Gender mainstreaming, the gender pay gap and feminism: academia and the media discuss the relationship between the sexes and the significance of stereotypes at length. The "Weber*innen" series of events is intended to encourage our scholarship holders to develop new perspectives on gender issues and to think "outside the box".
Our series of events has tackled a host of issues to date, such as “Why are most engineering jobs taken up by men? Why do we need gender-sensitive medicine? How can I lay the foundations for a successful career – and what role will my gender play in doing so?”
The Weber*innen events take place in a random pattern, usually in the summer semester, at different university locations in Bavaria and with variable formats, such as lectures, workshops or excursions.
Johanna Burkhardt, for example, took part in a short conference in Beilngries. The conference focused on gender research in various scientific disciplines: "In the short time of just over 24 hours, we gained a wide range of insights into gender research. The questions asked at the conference and the discussions that ensued clearly showed that this topic is relevant to everyone."
