Part 1 (16th September, 9:00 am - 1:00 pm)
- Your questions and intercultural & diversity-related experiences in academic settings
- Diversity and Perception:
- intercultural and diversity-sensitivity
- Iceberg Model of diversity perception; our “Diversity Glasses”; Diversity Wheel
- Critical Incident: multilayered aspects of diversity in academic leadership settings
- Intercultural and Diversity-conscious Communication:
- Indirect & direct (non)verbal communication
- 4 sides of communication & its application (Schulz v. Thun; Benien)
- Non-violent communication (Rosenberg)
- Practice of Diversity-conscious, non-violent communication in academia & the lab
Part 2 (30th September, 9:00 am - 1:00 pm)
- Your experiences with assignment from Day 1 (reflection of homework)
- Critical Incident: continued analysis and work on exemplary case from Day 1
- Intercultural Competences - main cultural dimensions in academic contexts:
- Individualism vs. collectivism; authority orientation
- Factual vs. relation-focussed orientation
- Orientation of time & time management
- „Intercultural Competences Flower“ (Deardorff)
- Academic Leadership:
- What makes a good leader? – personal and organizational expectations
- Academia / the Sciences: international system of competition & cooperation
- Being a diversity-conscious and competent leader and communicator
