OUR TEAM
Meet the Team
Dr.' Britt Dahmen
Project Lead Department for Equal Opportunities | University of Cologne
Pronouns: she/her
Phone: +49 221 470-5907
Email: b.dahmen@verw.uni-koeln.de
Dr. Dirk Schulz
Project Lead GeStiK | University of Cologne
Pronouns: all welcome
Phone: +49 221-470-4275
E-mail: dirk.schulz@uni-koeln.de
Dr. Lisa Krall
Coordinator
GeStiK | University of Cologne
Pronouns: she/her or none
Phone: +49 221-470-90118
E-mail: lkrall@uni-koeln.de
- Coordination, organization & implementation of events
- Establishment of subject-specific & university-wide networks
- Coordination of the Fellowship Program
- Development of consulting processes
- Comprehensive project management
Yu Shiqi
Public Communication
Department for Equal Opportunities | University of Cologne
Pronouns: she/her or none
Phone: +49 221 470-5907
E-mail: s.yu@verw.uni-koeln.de
- Press and public communication
- Support of the website(s)
- Social Media
- Science in dialog "See more than before" (short film series and science slam)
Vera Wiedemann
Research assistant
GeStiK | University of Cologne
Pronouns: she/her or none
Phone: +49 221-470-1278
E-mail: vera.wiedemann@uni-koeln.de
Support and Networking
Our Advisory Board
"At Ford, we recognize that our employees’ identities span multiple dimensions of diversity, creating unique challenges and opportunities. We place strategic emphasis on integrating and fostering this intersectionality not only within our employee networks but throughout our organization. Therefore, I am delighted to be involved in the IMPACT project, as it aims to establish intersectional gender perspectives. This initiative not only promotes cultural change in research but also provides valuable inspiration for my own work."
Dorthe Mika
Chair of the Works Council and General Works Council – Ford-Werke GmbH
"The intersectionality of assigned sex, gender identity, gendered expression, and desire already highlights the complexity of the societal significance of gender. My research on sexual scripts within gender relations has demonstrated how additional societal differences shape this complexity: factors such as racialization, social origin, and age contribute to reinforcing inequalities and associated power dynamics. IMPACT raises awareness of these intersectionally shaped inequalities, serving as a foundation for promoting social justice."
Prof. Dr. Christa Binswanger
Head of Gender and Diversity StudiesSchool of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of St. Gallen
"Considering intersectional aspects should be a given in medicine, particularly in research. However, these are still largely overlooked. Other disciplines are, in some respects, ahead of us in this regard. This is precisely why an interdisciplinary approach, such as the one pursued by IMPACT, is so crucial."
Prof. Dr. med. Sabine Oertelt-Prigione
Professor of Gender-Sensitive MedicineUniversity of Bielefeld
"Can theatre serve as a space for negotiating sociopolitical conflicts, marginalized perspectives, and (im)possible utopias? Situated between art and public discourse, we strive for exchange and self-reflection as mediators—a practice-oriented approach that shares many parallels with the objectives of IMPACT."
David Vogel
Theatre Educator and DirectorSchauspiel Köln, Head of THEATER – STADT – SCHULE
"Creating programs for everyone: this is both the mission and the aspiration of public broadcasting.
It requires us to think about people and their perspectives in their interconnectedness, mutual influences, and conditions—rather than through the neatly separated affiliations of a flattened societal image. Only an intersectional perspective enables us to capture the pluralistic society journalistically in a way that fosters a creative and, above all, multidimensional representation."
Dr. Iva Krtalic
Commissioner for Integration and Diversity of Content WDR
"rubicon e.V. is a center for counseling, group work, education, and networking dedicated to ensuring that lesbian, gay, bi-, pan-, and asexual as well as trans, inter*, nonbinary, and queer individuals (LSBTIQA*) can live and love freely and confidently, without violence. Our organization is deeply committed to combating multiple discrimination and violence, as well as fostering a conscious engagement with diversity and power structures within our society and queer communities. For a queer and multidimensional perspective, I contribute practical experience to the UoC IMPACT advisory board."
Mike Nienhaus
Managing Director, rubicon e.V.
Susanne Bonnemann
City of Cologne, Diversity Department, LSBTI Unit
