Göttingen Diversity Research Institute
Welcome to the website of the Göttingen Diversity Research Institute!
The Göttingen Diversity Research Institute studies processes of diversification and their consequences. The Institute’s primary aim is to develop research on diversity and processes of diversification, both theoretically and empirically. We focus in particular on organisational issues.
Other areas of interest include the micro level, the macro level and the symbolic order.
We are interested in the following questions:
- How, when and why do organisations respond to diversity?
- Which societal processes and tendencies lead to diversification and diversity?
- How, and to what extent, are individuals affected by different dimensions of diversity?
- How are diversity management policies perceived by universities, businesses, governments, the press, etc.?
The Institute also advises the University of Göttingen in implementing and developing its research-based and research-oriented diversity strategy.
New Research Network „Modes of Organisational Diversity“
The German Research Foundation (DFG) is funding a new research network Modes of Organisational Diversity: Theory, Empiricism, and Practices for a duration of three years. The network is based at the Göttingen Diversity Research Institute and led by Dr. Julia Gruhlich and Prof. Dr. Andrea D. Bührmann. The network aims to strengthen the integration of German-speaking diversity research into the international discourse on diversity and organisation. A further goal is to systematise and further develop disciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches to open up new perspectives on the relationship between diversity and organisation. Another key focus is to foster exchange among researchers in German-speaking countries to strengthen the connection between diversity and organisational research and inspire new collaborative initiatives.
More information can be found at the network’s website
Out Now: The Reflexive Diversity Research Programme: An Introduction
Andrea D. Bührmann’s new monograph, “The Reflexive Diversity Research Programme: An Introduction” has been published with Cambridge Scholars Press.
Diversity is both a cause for controversial discussions and an opportunity to reflect on social participation. This book offers a basic introduction to important currents in diversity research by presenting central theoretical determinants of the research perspective. An analysis of the diversity strategy and its implementation at the University of California, Berkeley serves as an empirical-practical example in this regard. In particular, this case study illustrates the intersectional research perspective and the multi-level and multi-method research design of reflexive diversity research. In the sense of reflexive constructivism, the practice of research itself is reflected using the example of the case study.
The book is available in hardback here: https://www.cambridgescholars.com/product/978-1-5275-6394-0
A review by Larissa Krainer (University of Klagenfurt) of the German edition can be found at https://www.qualitative-research.net/index.php/fqs/article/view/3783