Gender and diversity in research and teaching

On International Women's Day in March the awards were advertised. Now the names of the TU Graz researchers and teaching staff who were allocated the gender and diversity awards have been published. TU Graz awards a sum of 1,000 euros to students, teaching staff and researchers who deal with aspects of gender and diversity in their research or teaching activities or who want to carry out continuing education in this field. The three women and two men were chosen by a jury consisting of Vice Rector for Research Horst Bischof, Cornelia Lex from TU Graz's Institute of Automotive Engineering, Daniela Fuchs-Hanusch from the Equal Opportunities Working Group and Barbara Herz, head of the Gender Equality and Affirmative Action Office. And the winners are: Stephan Bauer. In his master's thesis "Evaluation of a training program for unusual attitudes and stall recovery in simulated and real flight" at the Institute of Mechanics, Bauer investigated the effect of a newly developed training programme on trainee pilots. Due to a methodological mix in the training modules which included gender-specific prerequisites and preferences, a better flight performance and enjoyable learning were facilitated.