The Professorship for Politics & Gender, Diversity & Equality (Department of Political Science), in partnership with Theatre of the Oppressed Vienna (TdU Vienna) warmly invites you to the legislative theatre event “Men for Equality?” organized under the auspices of the ATHENA – Salzburg Center for Intersectional Research:  

• Date: Friday, 8 May 2026
• Time: 14:30–18:00  
• Place: Faculty of Social Sciences, Erika-Weinzierl Lecture Hall (HS 380), Rudolfskai 42, 5020 Salzburg 

A small reception with bread and wine will take place after the event. 

Please note that the building must be vacated by 18:00 at the latest. 

Please register via the following link until 4 May 2026:  https://axapp.sbg.ac.at/ords/f?p=1450:1020:::NO:1020:P1020_ID:16303 

• Please register via the “Registration” tab and click the “Register” button in the respective time slot. If you do not have a university email address, please select “Continue without account” in the next step. 

• Please note that photos and videos will be taken during this event. These recordings may be used and published for documentation purposes as well as for the University’s public relations activities (e.g. website, social media, printed materials). If you do not wish to be recorded, please contact the organizers directly via  prior to the event. Should you wish to join the stage but do not consent to the usage of the recording, please inform us so that your contribution can be excluded from the final version. 

Why “Men for Equality?”? What is the event about? 

The title is deliberately phrased as a question. The event addresses a central issue: 

What is needed to involve (more) men in gender equality work at our university? And beyond that: How can measures be designed that actually lead to sustainable change? 

As part of the course “Men for Equality? Legislative Theatre”, students are developing a performance that aims at making hidden institutional dynamics visible. This event is supported by a team of decision makers and policy experts:  

• Prof. Michaela Rückl (VR for Education and Student Experience),  
• Dr. Marianne Schulze (Chair of the University Council),  
• Marie Stenitzer (Chair of the Austrian Students’ Union/ÖH) & Feminist Policy Office 
• Mag.  Ines Grössenberger (Chamber of Labour / AK Salzburg)  
• Dr. rer. soc. oec. Katharina Obenholzner, BA MA MA (Public Employment Service /AMS Salzburg). 

The dialogue with these decision-makers and policy experts, student representatives, and the audience will result in a policy report, where course participants will also develop concrete evidence-based recommendations for action at the University of Salzburg to support the UN Sustainable Development Goal 5 (Gender Equality), which is the prerequisite for achieving all other SDGs.   

What is Legislative Theatre? 

Legislative Theatre is an innovative participatory method of policy-making that has been successfully used in co-creation processes worldwide in recent years. 

Further information:  Legislative theatre: how this interactive artform empowers communities to create social change.

Your role in the event: 

Spect-actors: The audience can actively intervene, change scenes, or take on roles on stage themselves. 

Programme of the event: 

• Performance of a play developed by students of the University of Salzburg  
• Audience interventions on stage & development of initial policy ideas by all participants 
• Short Break 
• Discussion of policy proposals, prioritisation & commitments for next steps 

 We very much look forward to welcoming you and exchanging with you!