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SUMMARY:ETH-wide Conference: From Awareness to Action
DESCRIPTION:Exchange between minority-lead associations and allies on bullying\, harassment\, and discrimination. \n📅 Thursday\, 24.09.2026  \n📍Alumni Pavillon \n🕐 08:30-17:30 (conference)\, 18:00-19:30 (public evening event) \n👥 For minority and staff associations\, ETH representative\, allies and everyone else who is interested. \n🤝 Register Now!  \nHarassment\, bullying\, and discrimination still happen regularly in research groups at ETH or among staff and students. Different associations at ETH try to address these issues\, e.g.\, by creating safe spaces\, organizing awareness events\, or actively building a dialogue with ETH. While our associations are in exchange with each other and collaborate on a project basis\, we do not have a platform where we can address these structural problems and how to fight them on a regular basis\, coordinate our actions\, and discuss with representatives from ETH.  Therefore\, we organize a conference day on September 24th to take the time to talk to each other\, exchange ideas\, discuss current problems that we face at ETH\, and future actions we can take. \n💬 Topics \n\nImplementing and monitoring  the ETH Diversity\, Equality & Inclusion Framework\nHarassment: Prevention\, Reporting and Awareness\n\nFor a more detailed description of the topic\, see below.  \n⚡Goals \n\nHighlighting the different/individual DEI associations at ETH and their work\nDiscuss systemic issues related to DEI or power abuse at ETH\, and exchange with representatives from ETH as well as external organizations on how to effectively address them.\nDiscuss and formulate concrete actions that we can take. \n\n🗣️ Speakers \nHannah Wolf\, ETH Diversity  \nAndrea Eichholzer\, D-GESS  \nLaura Beccari\, D-BAUG  \nAgata Zielniewicz\, Economiefeministe \nJonas Nakonz\, Ombudsperson  \nHélène Füger\, EPFL DEI-Delegate \nSofia Bracco\, Swiss LGBTIQ+ Panel \nSimone Delessert\, VAC \nMartina Bonassera and Charlotte Lang\, AVETH \nBarbara Kornexl\, ETH Diversity & Cooperation \n💡Evening Program  \nHarassment\, Bullying & Power Abuse: From Insightful Surveys to Meaningful Action \nPanel Discussion on the Impact of Institution-Wide Surveys on University Culture \nwith Inputs from ETHZ & EPFL Representatives \nSurveys on university culture (such as SWiMS\, wiegETHs\, and the Culture of Respect Survey) offer valuable insight into harassment\, bullying\, and power abuse\, but only if their findings lead to real change. After short input talks from EPFL and ETHZ on their respective surveys\, a panel of representatives from EPFL\, AVETH\, and ETHZ will discuss how survey results can translate into concrete action and effective follow-up. \nJoin us on Thursday\, September 24th\, 18:00–19:30\, at the ETH Alumni Pavillon! \n📅 Preliminary program \n\n\n\nTime\nActivity\n\n\n8:30-9:00\nWelcome/ Check-In\n\n\nTopic I\nImplementing the ETH Diversity\, Equality & Inclusion Framework\n\n\n9:00-9:15\n“Implementation of the DEI Strategy at ETH: Where do we stand?” \nHannah Wolf\, ETH Diversity\n\n\n9:15-9:30\nGood Practice Example from D-GESS\n\n\n09:30-09:45\nGood Practice Example from D-BAUG\n\n\n09:45-10:00\nExternal Perspective on DEI Strategy\nAgata Zielniewicz\, Economiefeministe\n\n\n10:00-10:15\nQ&A Panel with previous Speakers\n\n\n10:15-10:30\nCoffee Break\n\n\n10:30-12:00\nWorld Café: Implementation\, Involvement & Support\n\n\n11:30-12:00\nPresentation of Results\n\n\n12:00-13:30\nLunch Break\n\n\nTopic II\nHarassment: Prevention\, Reporting and Awareness\n\n\n13:30-14:00\nInput talk on harassment by Swiss LGBTIQ+ panel\n\n\n14:00-14:20\nInput talk on dealing with harassment and conflict management from a PhD/staff perspective by VAC/PSA\n\n\n14:20-14:40\nInput talk by Jonas Nakonz (Ombudsperson)\n\n\n14:40-15:00\nPanel discussion\n\n\n15:00-15:15\nCoffee Break\n\n\n15:15-16:30\nWorld Café: Case-based discussion\n\n\n17:00-17:30\nSummary and closing words\n\n\n17:30-18:00\nBreak\n\n\n18:00-19:30\nPanel discussion “Harassment\, Bullying & Power Abuse: From Insightful Surveys to Meaningful Action”\n\n\n19:30-20:30\nApero\n\n\n\n💡Topics in more details \nImplementing the ETH Diversity\, Equality & Inclusion Framework \nETH Zurich has recently adopted a new Strategic Framework for Diversity\, Equality & Inclusion (DEI)\, which establishes a shared institutional vision: fostering a culture of belonging in which all members feel respected\, valued\, and able to fully participate. \nThe framework defines key fields of action—leadership\, teaching\, research\, and non-discrimination—while leaving departments responsible for selecting priorities and developing concrete measures adapted to their specific contexts. \nThis session focuses on the critical question of implementation: how is this institutional commitment translating into meaningful change in everyday academic life? \nDrawing on the collective expertise of student and staff associations dedicated to DEI\, we will evaluate how this framework impacts departments and minority-led organizations. By examining best practices and structural challenges at the departmental level\, we aim to identify measures that are impactful\, realistic\, and sustainable. Additionally\, we seek to re-evaluate our roles as associations and shape a proactive path\, where we actively steward and support the realization of these goals. \nHarassment: Prevention\, Reporting and Awareness \nHarassment is facilitated in academia by the strong power imbalance between professors and PhD students. Especially in male-dominated fields\, minority-groups such as women or queer people are statistically more often the victim of such harassment. While structural aspects that facilitate harassment are hard to change\, the consequences can be mitigated by raising awareness\, having preventive measures in place and facilitating the reporting of incidents by the victims. In this session\, we want to discuss the existing measures in-place\, what is still missing and what we as associations can do to help prevent harassment.
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