21 of March 2024

8:30-9:00

Uniwersytecka 4
hall at the main entrance

          Registration

9:00-10:00

Opening: Speeches

language PL/ENG  
chair: Ewa Jarosz

lecture hall B1.1

  • Ryszard Koziołek (Rector of the University of Silesia in Katowice)
  • Henryk Borczyk (Vice-President of the Metropolis GZM)
  • Jerzy Woźniak (Vice-President of Katowice)
  • Martin Kremer (Consul general of Germany)
  • Helen Dalli (European Commissioner for Equality) (video)
  • Roberta Metsola (President of the European Parliament) (video)
  • Katarzyna Kotula (Minister for Equality) (video)

10:00-11:15

Keynote speakers

language PL/ENG
chair: Ewa Jarosz

lecture hall B1.1

  • Marcela Linkova (Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic): Inclusive Gender Equality in the European Research Area
  • JosAnn Cutajar (University of Malta, Malta): Diversity and wellbeing in the workplace
  • Caitriona Ni Laorie (University College Cork, Ireland): Promoting a gender equality plan in an Irish university – reflections on challenges, learning and possibility
  • Ewa Jarosz (University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland) GEPARD PROJECT

11:15-11:45
Coffee break

11:45-13:30

Panel I – Panel discussion: 

DEI policy development and implementation in academia 

language PL/ENG

chair: Dominika Bek, Magdalena Półtorak

lecture hall B1.1

Part I: 

  • Eva Espinar (University of Alicante, Spain) 
  • Maureen Cole (University of Malta, Malta) 
  • Marios Vryonides (European University Cyprus, Cyprus) 
  • Carmen Sammut (University of Malta, Malta)
  • Katarzyna Sękowska-Kozłowska (INP PAN)
  • Petr Šimon (West Bohemian University, Czech Republic)

Part II: 

  • Dominika Gapska (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland) 
  • Anna Grędzińska (University of Warsaw, Poland) 
  • Marta Warat (Jagiellonian University, Poland) 
  • Anna Cybulko (University of Warsaw, Poland) 
  • Agnieszka Bielska-Brodziak (University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland)

13:30-14:30
Lunch break

14:30-16:30

Panel II  

Research in equality and diversity – horizon of themes and methodological possibilities 

language PL/ENG  
chair: Ewa Jarosz

  • Roderick Vassallo (University of Malta, Malta): Intersecting Diversity – Unveiling Value and Methodologies in Academia and Beyond. A GEPARD approach
  • Barbara Mikołajczyk (University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland): „ Identifying inequalities and social barriers in research. The intersectionality question“
  • Carmen Vives Cases (University of Alicante, Spain): UNI4Equity Project
  • Iwona Chmura-Rutkowska, Katarzyna Waszyńska and Maciej Kokociński (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland): The phenomenon of sexual harassment at university. Reflections from a study at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
  • Aneta Ostaszewska (University of Warsaw, Poland): Women at university: gender equality in the context of work and academic careers. Reflections from research and implementation of the GEP at the University of Warsaw
  • Ewa Krzaklewska (Jagiellonian University, Poland): How to study gender equality in the context of gender equality plans: an example of the GEAM tool
  • Magdalena Pokrzywa (University of Rzeszów, Poland): The importance of qualitative research for equality and diversity policy making
  • Ewa Jarosz (University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland): Towards gender equality, diversity and inclusion: a methodological guide
  • Open discussion

Poster session by Silesian University researchers: research on equality and diversity (IDUB competition

ADDITIONAL EVENTS CONFERENCE EVENTS
20-22 MARCH 2024 

  • Exhibition of artistic works students from the Faculty of Arts and Sciences of the University of Silesia.
  • Exhibition of the Photovoice photography project
  • Poster presentations of the Silesian University researchers: research on equality and diversity (IDUB Competition)
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