MARGHERITA VON BRENTANO CENTER

FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN, GERMANY

2016 (1981)

Management and equipment. Structure

  • Scientific Director
  • Managing Director
  • Research and Research Development
  • Support of Early Career Researchers | Digitalization in the Gender Studies | Science Communication
  • Secretary’s Office | Coordination of the Center

Objectives

  • To develop and implement measures that support and cultivate connections both within Gender Studies as rooted in specific subject areas at Freie Universität and through the collaborative, interdisciplinary and trans-disciplinary involvement of Gender Studies research in joint projects (especially in the international context).
  • To stimulate, support, and document the development of course offerings and research projects.
  • To develop and implement independent research projects as part of integrating the duties of the Interdisciplinary Center.
  • To offer opportunities for academic exchange to students and scholars from Freie Universität and other institutions and to create opportunities for collaboration.

Research and results

Publications [2019-2023]:

  • Lipinsky, A., Farneti, A., Pantelmann, H. (2019), “Main topic: Gender-based violence in academia – from practical interventions to research and back”, CEWSjournal, 120 (2019), pp. 31-36.
  • Schüz, H.-S., Pantelmann, H., Wälty, T., & Lawrenz, N., “Der universitäre Umgang mit sexualisierter Diskriminierung und Gewalt. Eine Bestandsaufnahme”, Open Gender Journal, 5 (2021).
  • Wälty, T., Dealing with sexual harassment and violence in the neoliberal university, TRAFO – Blog for Transregional Research, 2022.
  • Pantelmann, H./Wälty T, “Sexualisierte Diskriminierung und Gewalt im Hochschulkontext”, In: Mense, L., Mauer, H., Herrmann, J. (Hrsg.): Sexualisierter Belästigung, Gewalt und Machtmissbrauch an Hochschulen entgegenwirken. Handreichung. Studien Netzwerk Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung, 2022.
  • Wälty, T., Pantelmann, H., García Peter, S., Lawrenz, N., “Resultados del estudio sobre discriminación y violencia sexualizada en la Freie Universität Berlin, Alemania”. In: Arroyo, R. (Hg.): Prevalencia, manifestaciones y efectos del hostigamiento sexual en universidad, Quito: IAEN, 2022, pp. 215-250.
  • Pantelmann, H. and Wälty, T. «The Hidden Problem: Sexual Harassment and Violence in German Higher Education», Striebing, C., Müller, J. and Schraudner, M. (Ed.) Diversity and Discrimination in Research Organizations, Emerald Publishing Limited, Bingley, 2022, pp. 209-234.
  • Schüz, H.-S., Pantelmann, H., Wälty, T., & Lawrenz, N. “Dealing with Sexual Discrimination and Violence in German Universities: An Inventory”, Open Gender Journal, 6, 2022.
  • Knorr, L. Nüthen, I. Pantelmann, H. Wälty, T.: “#MeToo in der Hochschullehre – Sexualisierte Belästigung, Diskriminierung und Gewalt als Thema und Vorfall in Lehrveranstaltungen“. In: Sabisch, K. von Miquel, B. Chlebos, L. Riegraf, B. Langer, A. Mahs, C. Pilgrim, I. (Hg.), #MeToo in Science: Sexualisierte Diskriminierung und Gewalt an Hochschulen. (Submitted, to be released in 2023).

Ongoing projects

  • Portal “The Gender Studies Databases” (providing various compilations of data on Women’s and Gender Studies as a digitally organized, fully searchable database system and platform).
  • Research Focus «Sexual Harassment, Discrimination and Violence in Higher Education Contexts».
  • Transnational Research Project “Perspectives and Discourses on Sexual Harassment in International Higher Education Contexts”
  • Cooperation with the journal Debate Feminista (UNAM, Mexico).