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.
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)
Fairness in Algorithms
with Dr. Yara Abu Awad (Senior Data Scientist, Federal Office of Statistics)
Religion and AI: An introduction
with Prof. Beth Singler (Digital Religion, University of Zürich)
Removing Gender Bias from Contextual Word Representations
with Yufei Liu (Doctoral student at the Department of Computer Science, Institute of Machine Learning, ETH Zürich)
Designing Technology for people affected by forced marriage & key takeaways of the workshop series
with Nimra Ahmed (Fast Track PhD Student, Department of Informatics, University of Zurich)
"Remember my name" by Elena Molina
We warmly invite all women* and feminism-enthusiasts working or studying at D-GESS to join us for an unmissable reading of Virginia Woolf's classic feminist essay A Room of One's Own. We’re excited to provide books for you! Just let us know during registration if you’ll need one.
About the book:
In this essay, Woolf outlines what women need to make full use of their abilities. Using provocative images and memorable thought experiments—including the fictional Judith Shakespeare, who is as talented as her brother William but limited in ways he was not—Woolf stresses how women have been held back throughout history and in her own time.
Woolf urges both men and women to break free of the limitations of their roles and develop new traditions in which they can explore the depths and peaks of human experience through writing about ordinary things and ordinary people—a process in which she herself was a pioneer. A Room of One's Own, first published in 1929, has been a guiding light for generations of women and continues to be an inspiration in our own century.
To make this a truly unforgettable event, our book club meeting will include an exclusive visit to the literature museum Strauhof's current Virginia Woolf & Mrs. Dalloway exhibition. You'll also have the unique opportunity to enjoy a private guided tour with the curator herself!
Lectured by Dr. Elena Valdameri and Dr. Kebene Wodajo
Stay tuned for speaker announcements and find more details here.
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!
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.
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.
with Dr. Michele Loi (Senior Scientific Manager, Algorithmwatch.org)
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)
Digital Female Health: A Life Course Approach
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)