Block seminar "Hacking Innovation Bias"
Lecturers: Dr. Clemens Striebing, Dr. Regina Sipos, Carolin Clausnitzer, Tobias Löhe
‘Shrink it and pink it’ is the common formula for taking gender into account in the development of innovations.
Led by Dr. Clemens Striebing and Dr. Regina Sipos, students in this block seminar, which has been offered since 2018, examine the extent to which gender stereotypes are reproduced in research and development processes in engineering and technical sciences and what this means for the end products of these processes.
Students are introduced to the approaches of critical engineering, design and making, as well as the fundamentals of technology design and design processes. In their own group work, they explore how design and technology can make a critical and reflective contribution to overcoming gender bias in engineering and technology. In a mini hackathon, the ideas developed will be physically implemented in prototypes and tested with the help of experts from the Technologiestiftung Berlin. Modern rapid prototyping technologies such as 3D printing, CNC milling, microcontrollers, sensors and simple IoT devices will be used for this purpose.
The seminar will take place in a hybrid format in cooperation with TU Berlin and TU Munich. There will be in-person and online events. Online-only participation is possible. All seminar work can be completed in German and English. The language of the seminar is English.
The limited places for the seminar will be allocated in the order of registration. Please register with Dr. Clemens Striebing.
Dates
Thursday, 31 July 2025, 11:00-13:00 - Introductory event (online)
Monday, 8 September 2025, 10:00-13:00 & 14:00-16:00 - Online
Tuesday, 9 September 2025, 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. - Online
Wednesday, 10 September 2025, 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. - In person, cityLAB of the Technologiestiftung Berlin (Platz der Luftbrücke 4, 12101 Berlin)
Wednesday, 17 September 2025, 10:00-13:00 - In person, cityLAB of the Technologiestiftung Berlin (bookable consultation appointments max. 1 hour; Platz der Luftbrücke 4, 12101 Berlin)
Monday, 22 September 2025, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. - In person, cityLAB of the Technologiestiftung Berlin (Platz der Luftbrücke 4, 12101 Berlin)
Friday, 10 October, 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., closing event – in person, Fraunhofer IAO (Hardenbergstraße 20, 10623 Berlin)
Please note: The times are subject to change. Due to coordination of the seminar between TU Berlin, TU Munich and Technologiestiftung Berlin, we reserve the right to make adjustments to the schedule and will communicate these in a timely manner.
