The series called “Dialogical spaces for a diverse university” aims to make the UTcommunity to reflect critically on structural issues affecting diversity and inclusion in our research, education and practices. During eight online sessions we will discuss topics such as inclusive education and critical pedagogies, de-colonizing the curriculum, shaping universities for gender diversity, and discussions around race and technology in research. Cross-cutting these themes, we will continuously ask: What are we doing in our day-to-day academic practices, which is not, directly or indirectly, promoting diversity and inclusion behaviors, actions, and dynamics? And, what can we do, at both individual and institutional levels, to address this?
In this second session, Prof. dr. Joz Motmans will join us as our main guest. Joz Motmans will present the trans policy plan from Ghent university, and how such a policy plan can look like. He will also share other good practices and his own personal experiences in creating a gender inclusive class room. We look forward to learning from him!
BIO
Joz Motmans is guest professor Gender Studies at the Centre for Research on Gender and Culture at Ghent University (Belgium), where he teaches the course “Gender & Diversity” in the Linking Course Master of Arts in Gender and Diversity. He is member of the working group on trans issues at Ghent university, as well as of the working group on Diversity, and helped prepare the university transgender policy plan. As senior expert & scientific staff member at the University Hospital of Ghent, he coordinates the central information and expertise center on trans issues in Belgium (www.transinfo.be).
Joz holds a MA in Clinical Psychology (Gent University, 1999), a postgraduate in Women’s studies (Antwerp University, 2002), and a PhD in Social Sciences (Antwerp University, 2010). He is one of the co-founders of the European Professional Association for Transgender Health (EPATH), and currently President-elect of this association. His expertise includes LGBTIQ+ studies, new social movements, equality, emancipation, health, quality of life, and social attitude research (quantitative as well as qualitative methods). More info can be found at https://research.flw.ugent.be/nl/joz.motmans