Welcome to the research group Gender/Diversity in Informatics Systems (GeDIS) at the faculty of Electrical Engineering/Computing at the University of Kassel, Germany. 

GeDIS introduces perspectives from gender and diversity studies to computing  to enhance innovation and inclusiveness through a sociotechnical approach.  

GeDIS is part of the interdisciplinary Research Center for Information System Design (ITeG) which focuses on socially responsible IT design.

NEWS

15.10.2019

Loren Britton to collaborate with Constant on the worksession "Collective Conditions"

L. Britton will be participating and setting the environmental conditions for the work. The worksession will take place on November 8-16, 2019 in Brussels.[mehr]

14.10.2019

Talk and Workshop on Critical Participatory Design by Dr. Katta Spiel, KU Leuven and University of Vienna

The two-day event will take place on November 13-14, 2019 at ITeG, University of Kassel.[mehr]

14.10.2019

Phillip Lücking to give a talk regarding algorithms and social inequality in Stuttgart

The talk will take place on October 15, 2019 and is held in context of the 16th action week "Poverty threatens everyone" organized by the Landesarmutskonferenz Baden-Württemberg.[mehr]

09.10.2019

CF+ closing workshop with Marie Kochsiek: "Bodies and technologies: menstrual tracking, health apps and beyond"

The workshop will take place on October 21, 2019, 14:00-17:00h at ITeG, University of Kassel.[mehr]

02.10.2019

Grant Received from VW Foundation for collaborative project "Re:Coding Algorithmic Culture"

The project Re:Coding Algorithmic Culture has won a grant from the VW Foundation within the category ‚Original – isn’t it?’. [mehr]

19.09.2019

Loren Britton and Goda Klumbyte to present at the 'Interdisciplinary Conference on the Relations of Humans, Machines & Gender'

The conference will take place in Braunschweig, Germany, on October 16-19, 2019.[mehr]

04.09.2019

Goda Klumbyte to speak at the symposium “Diffracting Robotics and AI: Decolonial and Feminist Perspectives”

The symposium will take place on October 11, 2019 at the Goethe University Frankfurt. It is part of a two-day event with a workshop on the day after.[mehr]