Equal Opportunity: An Illusion or a Mission of Universities? A practical example of diversity management from the University of Innsbruck
Dialogues -
Alexandra Weiss, Reinhard Starnberger, Florian Westreicher - 27 Marzo 2026
Abstract: Since 2017 Austria established a national strategy for the social dimension in higher education, and universities have developed their own diversity strategies. The University of Innsbruck started in 2017 with a steering group for diversity management and published its diversity strategy in 2022 placing a strong focus on social background. A key project in the debate on social background, upward mobility and higher education is the talentescout tirol, which was founded in 2016. Building on this, another project addressing the social dimension was launched in 2022: “Middel Schools to the University of Innsbruck”.
