Forum of Swiss Higher Education Institutions: Gender Campus

The Forum of Swiss Higher Education Institutions is a network of the projects situated at different universities financed as part of the swissuniversities P-7 programme "Diversity, Inclusion and Equity in University Development" 2021 - 2024. Topic-related activities and collaborations are coordinated and organised. Diversity is understood as intersectional interaction of inequalities including gender, race, sexuality, dis/ability, age, migration, and class. The forum aims at building a Swiss-wide network and at facilitating knowledge building and transfer. The P-7 projects and their different experiences, challenges and achievements will enhance discussions and current social and political movements (such as BlackLivesMatter, feminist strike, implementation of the Disability Rights Convention, inclusive language or COVID-19) will be incorporated to set thematic key areas and to define the priorities on diversity, discrimination, equality and inclusion at Swiss universities.

The forum is coordinated and implemented by the Think Tank Gender & Diversity, a network existing since 2018 and also supported by swissuniversities and various higher education institutions. Since its foundation, the Think Tank has pursued the goal of networking the diverse knowledge and competences in the areas of gender and diversity in research and diversity work at universities and sharing experiences with a broader public. With the creation of the Forum of Swiss Higher Education Institutions 2021-2024, the Think Tank continues and develops this work.

P-7 Projects