24 / DIVERSITY IN EUROPE
8 – 12 April 2013
Course directors:
Gerd Grözinger, University of Flensburg, Germany
Wenzel Matiaske, Helmut-Schmidt University, Germany
Charlotte Gaitanides, University of Flensburg, Germany
Course description:
The very idea of European integration is inspired by the potentials of ‘unit in diversity’. Life and work spaces are increasingly transnational and intercultural. Non-discrimination is a central element of EU law and politics as an underlying precondition for its inherent dynamics. In a knowledge-based society it is a significant value and a source of competitive advantage. The aim of the research seminar is to create a better understanding of the social and economic potentials of diversity and of its application in a legal, economic and social perspective and thereby create sensitivity for the topic and its potentials. We will debate crucial elements of the concept and analyze the state of anti-discrimination law and politics and its economic impact in the EU-member states and discuss the transferability of the European approach to third countries. In the seminar, we would like to discuss ‘Diversity in Europe’ in an adequately broad and interdisciplinary way. Such a focus on diversity and anti-discrimination addresses key concepts, values and logics of European integration and thus creates an understanding of European citizenship.
Course lecturers:
Wenzel Matiaske, Helmut-Schmidt University, Germany
Gerd Grözinger, University of Flensburg, Germany
Work Schedule:
Monday 10.00 Welcome 10.30 01:Marlene Langholz Diversity Management in Higher Education – a Cross-National Perspective 11.30 02:René Krempkow How to Support Diversity by Performance Measurement of European Higher Education Institutions? Lunch 15.00 03:Ramona Ludman Ethnic Diversity and Economic Performance in Europe 16.00 04:Gerd Grözinger Diversity and Innovation, any Statistical Evidence for Germany? Tuesday 9.00 05:Eva Schlenker / Stefanie Seifert Occupational Segregation and ”Glass Ceiling” Effects Coffee Break 10.30 06:Doreen Richter Diversity and Innovation: Do the Positive Effects of heterogeneous Teams Outweigh the Costs of Interpersonal Conflicts? A Literature Review 11.30 07:Simon Fietze HRM-Strategy Patterns and Organizational Innovativeness: Modes of Action between Organizational Demography and the Ability to Advance Lunch 15.00 8:Mirjam Monteiro The Significance of the Intercultural Philosophy and Lévinas’ Philosophy of the Other for the Intercultural Debate 16.00 9:Gabriele Dietze Beyond Diversity – (Neo-)Orientalism and Migration Wednesday 9.00 10:Elisabeth Keller Diversity in Action? Actors and Issues of EU Co-Financed Cultural Cooperation Projects Coffee Break 10.30 11:Laura Asarite Unequal Equality? Regional Cooperation in the Baltic Sea Region and Promotion of Gender Equality 11.30 12:Ilona Ebbers Diversity as a Principle of Education in Economic Education. A model Lunch (End of Seminar)