Upcoming events
March 5th, 09:00-13:00
HG F 33.5
Communication Skills: Practical Training Part 2

With the assertiveness and mental health coach Alessandra Patti, we will strengthen communication and assertiveness skills learned in our first workshop in November 2024 through diverse practical exercises. We welcome all wom*n at D-GESS (staff, students, professors) to join us for this workshop and invite you to a lunch together after (13-14h).

Kindly note: Participants who did not attend the first workshop in November 2024 will have to do some reading preparation before the workshop.

Organised in collaboration with WIDE.

Register by clicking here!

March 5th, 18:30-20:00
HG D 1.1
International Women's Day

Join us for a panel discussion with leading ETH professors in celebration of International Women's Day 2025, followed by a networking event!

Speakers include Prof. Ruth Signorell (D-CHAB), Prof. Gudela Grote (D-MTEC), Prof. Niao He (D-INFK), and Prof. Elizabeth Tilley (D-MAVT).

Organised in collaboration with WIDE, CSNOW, WiNS, feMTEC, LIMES, AVETH, and ETH Diversity.

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See dates below
Digital Society Initiative Rämistrasse 69
GenTec: An Inter-disciplinary Workshop Series on Gender and Technology

This interdisciplinary workshop series aims to explore the intersections of gender, technology, and society through in-depth, practical, and empirical knowledge exchange. This event seeks to create a space for critical dialogue, research sharing, and collaborative learning, emphasizing how gender dynamics shape technology and, conversely, how technology influences gendered experiences in the contemporary world.

Organized in collaboration with the Computer Science Network of Women (CSNOW, ETH), the Digital Society Initiative (DSI, UZH), SWiSH, CIS, and ETH Diversity.

Lunch will be provided for all participants who register.

Register here! 

March 11th (12-13h)
DSI, Room Schrödinger
GenTec - Introductory Workshop: Technologies, Gender, and Biases

with Dr. Michele Loi (Senior Scientific Manager, Algorithmwatch.org)

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March 18th (12-13h)
DSI, Room Schrödinger
GenTec - Workshop 1: Relationships & Technology

A comparative study of algorithmic–user practices in online dating: From matching algorithms to a human-machine learning process

with Dr. Jessica Pidoux (Digital Sociologist at the Institute of Sociology, University of Neuchâtel | Director of PersonalData.IO)

Ethical and epistemic challenges of humanization of healthcare conversational agents

with Dr. Marcia Nissen (CDHI Core Director for Female Health | Postdoctoral researcher at the Center for Digital Health Interventions, School of Medicine, University of St.Gallen)

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March 25th (12-13h)
DSI, Room Schrödinger
GenTec - Workshop 2: Intersectionality & Technology

The Platformed Migrant: Belonging, agency, and voice in algorithmic spaces of oppression
with Dr. Daniela Jaramillo-Dent (Department of Communication and Media Research (IKMZ), University of Zurich)

Contamination as Queerness: Challenging Normative Violence in AI—From Facial Recognition to Machine Translation
with Qingyi Ren (Researcher at the Critical Media Lab Basel, Doctoral Student at the MAKE/SENSE Program)

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April 1st (12-13h)
DSI, Room Schrödinger
GenTec - Workshop 3: The use of AI in public spaces

with Yara Abu Awad (Senior Data Scientist, Federal Office of Statistics)

April 8th (12-13h)
DSI, Room Schrödinger
GenTec - Workshop 4: AI & Robotics: Societal, Ethical, Religious and Philosophical Implications

Religion and AI: An introduction 
with Prof. Beth Singler (Digital Religion, University of Zürich)

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April 15th (12-13h)
DSI, Room Schrödinger
GenTec - Closing Workshop: Building Inclusive Tech & Key Takeaways

Removing Gender Bias from Contextual Word Representations

with Yufei Liu (Doctoral student at the Department of Computer Science, Institute of Machine Learning, ETH Zürich)

April 29th
Movie Screening 1

"Remember my name" by Elena Molina

 

May
TBA
Novel Wom*n Book Club

Selected book: A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf

Includes visit to Virginia Woolf exhibition at Strauhof Zürich

Every Tuesdays November 2025
RZ and Zoom
Gender and Science Lecture Series HS2025

Lectured by Dr. Elena Valdameri and Dr. Kebene Wodajo

Stay tuned for speaker announcements and find more details here.

Past Events
27.01.2025 @17h
PB LABS (RZ Building)
DGESS New Year Gathering

We're excited to invite you to the D-GESS New Year Gathering, organized with ASST, WIDE, and GessWho. We welcome all DGESS staff and students to join us. Looking forward to seeing many of you there!