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INTERNATIONALIZATION IN RESEARCH AND TEACHING

Awards for Three International Projects

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A group photo of various people with Prof. Tessa Flatten in front of a packed hall. Three people hold certificates in their hands. A man with gray hair and glasses holds a white rose next to the certificate. A woman in a gray-black hijab with a geometric pattern and a woman with glasses and short brown hair each hold a white rose. © Martina Hengesbach​/​TU Dortmund
Vice President International Affairs Prof. Tessa Flatten (front row, 5th from left) congratulated the three teams whose projects were selected by the guests at the Global Gallery.
On the evening of 16 May, scientists, students and staff of TU Dortmund University presented their initiatives, which all had an international component, at the third Global Gallery. After a poster exhibition, the guests chose their three favorites from a total of 19 projects. Prize money of €1,500 each went to a teaching project by exiled academics for students in Afghanistan and in Dortmund, a project on intersectionality in higher education, and a project on sustainable urban design in Vietnam.

Professor Tessa Flatten, Vice President International Affairs, was delighted that the Global Gallery was able to present initiatives from all status groups and from different departments at TU Dortmund University this year, too. “The projects presented are outstanding examples of best practices that underline TU Dortmund University’s openness as well as its international and intercultural orientation,” she said in her welcoming address at the International Meeting Centre (IBZ).

During a “Gallery Walk”, the many guests were able to learn about the 19 initiatives, talk to the people involved and cast two votes for their favorites. As Dr. Barbara Schneider, Director of the International Office, was keen to emphasize: “All the initiatives presented are excellent examples of the many international projects in research and teaching at TU Dortmund University.”

The three winning projects

The “Tandem Teaching Project: Afghanistan and the Arts” of the Academy in Exile (AiE) reaped the most votes of the evening. The Academy has been hosted at the Department of Cultural Studies since 2023 and supports researchers at risk in the shape of fellowships and scholarships. In view of the latest bans on Afghan women participating in education and research in their home country, AiE fellows organized a digital seminar for students at TU Dortmund University and from Afghanistan. The interdisciplinary seminar “Afghanistan and the Arts”, which is planned for the 2024/25 winter semester, will deal with human rights, the role of art in advancing women’s rights and Afghan photography in a global context, among other topics.

The second prize was awarded to a team from the Center for Higher Education (zhb) for its project “InterHEd – Intersectionality in Higher Education” funded within the EU’s Erasmus+ program. The aim of the project is to make universities and their teaching more inclusive and diverse by sensitizing stakeholders to the importance of intersectionality. To this end, the team, together with three European partner universities, is developing new methods to integrate people from different social groups into university teaching. In addition, InterHEd wants to foster an exchange of awareness-raising practices between universities.

Another €1,500 went to the Department of Spatial Planning’s project “Smart Urban Areas (SUA) – Sustainable System Solutions for Urban Development”, which is funded by the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV). In this pilot project, the Research Group of Spatial Information Management and Modelling (RIM) is investigating which measures are suitable for adapting urban buildings to climate change as well as for saving energy and water, using the example of a tower block in Hanoi. The SUA team is combining smart technologies with ecological principles to develop a model that can be transferred to other cities and shows how smart cities can also become sustainable green cities.

Regional initiative for the European elections

In addition, the guests and project teams at the Global Gallery used the occasion to send a clear signal in favor of a Europe characterized by open borders, democracy and solidarity: TU Dortmund University joined in the spray-painting event as part of the Ruhr Regional Association’s (RVR) European campaign. With chalk paint in bright colors, staff from the International Office sprayed the campaign motto “Let’s Europe” on the square in front of the International Meeting Center (IBZ).

A large group of different people pose in front of the entrance to the International Meeting Center, a modern building with a red façade. In front of them, the words "Let's Europe" are spray-painted in dark purple on the paved floor. The seven people in the front row are crouched down. Crouching right next to the statement is Prof. Tessa Flatten, a blonde woman in a black dress with abstract white flowers. © Martina Hengesbach​/​TU Dortmund

Through various events, activities and social media formats, the campaign informs about the connections between the EU and the Ruhr Metropolis and shows citizens where they can discover EU interventions again and again in their everyday lives. In this way, the RVR wants to raise awareness of the importance of the European elections and motivate people in the region to work toward a peaceful and democratic Europe under the motto “Let’s Europe”.

Further information on the RVR's European campaign

Impressions from the Global Gallery

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