Intersectionality in Higher Education
Project Description
The aim of InterHEd is advancing towards more inclusive and diverse Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) by promoting intersectional mainstreaming in Higher Education Teaching and Learning (HETL).
The main objectives of the project are:
- to create & implement innovative challenge-based methodologies to engage teaching staff & students from diverse social groups & disciplines;
- to generate interdisciplinary transferable knowledge to mainstream intersectionality in HETL;
- to raise awareness among stakeholders on importance of intersectionality in HETL.
The activities of the project include promising practices’ sharing, training sessions for students and teaching staff across a variety of disciplines and contexts, awareness raising activities with a variety of stakeholders from the higher education sector.
Project Period
10/2023–09/2026
Project Team
Prof. Dr. Liudvika Leišytė (Co-PI of the project and project management at TU Dortmund University)
Sude Pekşen (Research Assistant)
Cooperation Partners
Universitat de Vic, Spain • Uniwersytet Jagielloński, Poland • Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France
Funding
European Union, Erasmus+, Cooperation partnerships in higher education
Publications
Abraham, M. A., Bartrons, M., Binimelis-Adell, M., Ciaputa, E., Garcia-Castillo, M., García-Romeral, G., González-Ruiz, L., Hummitzsch, M., Jasikowska, K., Leišytė, L., Michcik, J., Migalska, A., Pekşen, S., Riba, C., Struzik, J., & Warat, M. (2026). From reflection to action: The InterHEd toolkit for introducing intersectionality into higher education teaching. Universitat de Vic - Universitat Central de Catalunya. Online available (PDF | open access)
García-Romeral, G., Garcia-Castillo, M., & González-Ruiz, L. (2026). Teaching innovative methods: Report on pedagogical tools for integrating intersectionality into higher education teaching. Universitat de Vic - Universitat Central de Catalunya. Online available (PDF | open access)
Warat, M., Michcik, J., & Migalska, A. (2026). Intersectionality in higher education: Promising practices in teaching. Universitat de Vic - Universitat Central de Catalunya. Online available (PDF | open access)
Mergner, J., Pekşen, S., & Leišytė, L. (2026). Intersectionality at German universities: Teaching staff as change agents with higher education didactic workshops. Social Inclusion, 14, Article 9829. https://doi.org/10.17645/si.9829 (PDF | open access)