Development of an information platform for young women for professional and academic orientation in IT-related professions (Digital Me)

Basic data for this project

Type of project: Participation in federally funded joint project

Duration at the University of Münster: 01/10/2016 - 30/09/2019

Description

Digital Me aims to provide women with a browser-based and target group-specific offer for the STEM professions. In a virtual world environment, the participants aged 15 to 17 can find information and decision-making aids as well as games. In the end they know the content and career opportunities in selected IT professions so that they can consciously chose their studies and professions. In this way, Digital Me strives for a higher participation of young women in occupations with IT content and their leadership positions. As Digital Me represents a new way of interacting and settling the career choice process of young women, it is embedded in a comprehensive research project. After the completion of the platform in the first year, a test cohort in the form of workshops and surveys will determine the sociological impact of the platform in the second year and be optimized during the year, so that it can be used for all young women throughout Germany.

Keywords: Career choice; STEM; IT-career; woman

Website of the project: https://www.digital-me.info/

Funding identifier: 01FP1606

Funder / funding scheme:

Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR)

Project management at the University of Münster

Becker, Jörg	Chair of Information Systems and Information Management (IS)
Denz, Cornelia	Professur für Angewandte Physik (Prof. Denz)
Zeisberg, Inga	MExLab living.knowledge ExperiMINTe

Applicants from the University of Münster

Becker, Jörg	Chair of Information Systems and Information Management (IS)
Denz, Cornelia	Professur für Angewandte Physik (Prof. Denz)
Zeisberg, Inga	MExLab living.knowledge ExperiMINTe

Research associates from the University of Münster

Bergener, Katrin	Chair of Information Systems and Information Management (IS)
Brunk, Jens	Chair of Information Systems and Information Management (IS)
Dahl, Valerie	MExLab living.knowledge ExperiMINTe
Junghof-Preis, Natalie Maria	Professur für Angewandte Physik (Prof. Denz)
Paukstadt, Ute	Chair of Information Systems and Information Management (IS)
Zeisberg, Inga	MExLab living.knowledge ExperiMINTe
Ziesmann, Tim	MExLab living.knowledge ExperiMINTe

Publications of the University of Münster resulting from the project

Design Recommendations for Web-based Career Guidance Platforms – Let Young Women Experience IT Careers! Paukstadt Ute, Bergener Katrin, Becker Jörg, Dahl Valerie, Denz Cornelia, Zeisberg Inga (2018) In: (eds.), . (kein Verlag angegeben). Research article in edited proceedings (conference) \| Peer reviewed \| Published
Virtuelle IT-Welt für junge Frauen: BMBF-gefördertes Projekt „Digital Me“ gestartet Dahl Valerie, Junghof Natalie, Paukstadt Ute, Ziesmann Tim, Bergener Katrin, Zeisberg Inga, Becker Jörg, Denz Cornelia (2017) In: Journal Netzwerk Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung NRW, 40, 36-37. Research article (journal) \| Published