Dusseldorf, May 26-27, 2025
Committee Lead: Ekaterina Masetkina MA, Michaela Gindl MA, Dr Dagmar Höppel, Dr Evelyne Rusdea (EUMENT-NET) & Dr Ola Thomson (COST Action VOICES) will host this year’s event at the Heinrich Heine University (HHU) Dusseldorf, Germany, home to the pioneering and highly successful SelmaMeyerMentoring programme. HHU is renowned for its cutting-edge research across various disciplines. The university also hosts the Life Science Center, a state-of-the-art facility supporting innovative startups and companies in life sciences and related technologies.
Inclusive Research Cultures Through Mentorship: a Practitioner-Researcher Dialogue. Exploring the role of mentorship in shaping inclusive and transformative research culture
Universities in many European countries offer mentoring programs for women* to support their academic careers and reduce their underrepresentation in academic leadership positions. To further the professional development of experts in this field, the eument-net network and the COST Action VOICES are jointly organizing an International Expert Exchange, featuring various workshops and best-practice sessions.
Workshop 1
Transformative change towards gender equity at universities / Prof. Dr Liudvika Leišytė
Workshop 2
The power of mentoring: A Multi-Perspective Approach on quality assessment in Academia / Dr. Nina Steinweg
Workshop 3
Flipping the Script: Reverse Mentoring for Inclusive Research Cultures / Dr. Alice Matimba
Workshop 4
Organic Mentorship to Promote Inclusive Cultures / Dr. Manuela Picariello
This event brings together mentorship managers and coordinators, researchers, personal development officers, and stakeholders to share their expertise, experiences, challenges, wins big and small, and evidence-based approaches to inclusive mentoring. By bridging practical experience and academic knowledge, we aim to elevate mentorship as a tool for inclusive research cultures in which diversity is a critical building block for the common good.
Join us for a collaborative dialogue to exchange good practice, cross pollinate new ideas, and build connections across disciplines, as well as learn from non-academic settings. Together, we will explore how mentoring can become a powerful tool for cultivating equitable and innovative research environments and facilitate institutional change for inclusive gender equality.
It is possible to apply for an Erasmus+ Staff Mobility Grant to join the event in Dusseldorf. Please contact Ekaterina Masetkina for an invitation for your Erasmus Office.
Registration is open until April 29, 2025.
This co-organised event is based upon work from COST Action VOICES, CA20137, supported by COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology).
COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) is a funding agency for research and innovation networks. Our Actions help connect research initiatives across Europe and enable scientists to grow their ideas by sharing them with their peers. This boosts their research, career and innovation.