Questions that accompany our work: What does "global" mean to us personally and for our project work? The Equal Opportunities Committee hosted a one-day workshop on May 15, 2025, with Dr. Cassandra Ellerbe, a coach for diversity and intersectionality issues, on the campus of the University of Bremen. Every one of our CRC was invited to join, including all employees who bring diverse perspectives to our work from different status groups, academic disciplines, and personal and professional backgrounds.
For various group exercises, the workshop participants met either in plenary sessions or in smaller groups and reflected on their own positions, backgrounds, and diverse identities. The group also addressed questions that have directly or indirectly influenced our work in the first and second phases of the CRC: What academic framework do we work with within the CRC, how was this framework constructed, and what environment do we operate in? How has this shaped the CRC's work with regard to the diversity of all its staff, its collaborations, and its working methods? How can the CRC improve its deficits in these areas in the next phase?
Dr. Cassandra Ellerbe holds a doctorate in anthropology and has many years of experience in various EU research projects and the academic world. Her research focuses on gender, intersectionality, anti-racist education, migration, flight and asylum, the Black diaspora in Europe, and postcolonial studies. As an experienced coach, Dr. Cassandra Ellerbe guided the participants with many new suggestions, patience, and empathy to reflect on what "global" means to us and how we position ourselves and are positioned continuously.
It is a serious concern of the CRC's Equal Opportunities Committee to contribute with this workshop to a self-critical dialogue that bridges the boundaries of subprojects, status groups, and areas of responsibility and that encourages reflection. The Equal Opportunities Committee advocates for gender equality and informs and advises all members of the CRC on these topics. The activities of the Equal Opportunities Committee include organizing and funding workshops on topics such as diversity. By inviting participants to this one-day workshop, the committee hopes to have provided impulses that will be carried forward by the participants into the subprojects and beyond.
Contact:
Fabienne Müller
CRC 1342: Global Dynamics of Social Policy, Institut für Geschichtswissenschaft / FB 08
Universitäts-Boulevard 13
28359 Bremen
Phone: +49 421 218-58628
E-Mail: famuelle@uni-bremen.de
Heiner Salomon
CRC 1342: Global Dynamics of Social Policy
Mary-Somerville-Straße 5
28359 Bremen
Phone: +49 421 218-58649
E-Mail: heiner.salomon@uni-bremen.de
