19. December 2024

Funding approved for Feminist AI interdisciplinary network Funding approved for Feminist AI interdisciplinary network

New interdisciplinary network approved

The interdisciplinary network 'Feminist AI' at the University of Bonn will
start in January 2025 with the aim to strengthen the networking and visibility
of female researchers at the University of Bonn and to promote a critical
engagement with Artificial Intelligence (AI). The network is aimed at female*
students, researchers at all career levels, technical and administrative staff
working and researching at the University of Bonn in various disciplines with
a focus on AI.


The network includes monthly lunch breaks, where participants can exchange
ideas and make new contacts in a relaxed atmosphere. In addition, a website, a
social media channel and a database are being developed to increase the
visibility of female* researchers and to facilitate the search for female*
speakers or female* collaborators (e.g. for research proposals). Another key
aspect of the network is critical engagement with AI from feminist,
intersectional and decolonial perspectives, with three thematic workshops
planned.


As part of the University of Bonn's 2025 call for projects to promote the
structural anchoring of gender equality, the network proposed by Dr. Julia
Maria Mönig (Centre for Science and Thought), Eva Maria Hille (Department of
(Social) Ethics) and Hannah Greß (Workgroup Personalized Digital Health and
Telemedicine) will be funded with 10,000 euros. The establishment of 'Feminist
AI' will not only intensify interdisciplinary exchange at the University of
Bonn, but will also strengthen cooperation between the Faculty of Protestant
Theology, the Faculty of Philosophy, the Faculty of Medicine and the
University Hospital Bonn. The network will thus contribute to raising the
profile of AI research at the University of Bonn and to closing the gender gap
in science.

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