Online Workshop: "Missed Images" – A Participatory AI Project

We are very pleased to invite you to an online workshop with Gesine Born.

Many female scientists of the past were never photographed—they remain invisible in our collective memory. Gesine Born fills this gap using AI and, in this digital lecture, shows us the context and impact of these images.

The Topic

In this digital lecture, Gesine Born opens up the workshop: How are these images created? What biases and distortions does AI bring with it—and how can we deal with them productively? She explains the technical process, discusses the ethical challenges, and invites the audience to view the project as a space for reflection: The AI portraits are intended to prompt institutions to take action themselves and research their own forgotten female scientists.
A look behind the scenes, followed by a discussion of the opportunities and limitations of AI-generated images in science communication.

The speaker

Gesine Born is a photographer, science communicator, and founder of the Bilderinstitut Berlin. After studying photography at HAW Hamburg under Ute Mahler, she now works at the intersection of analog photography and digital imagery. As part of a fellowship with the Kiel Science Communication Network, Born developed recommendations on how to increase the visibility of women in science. Her project "Versäumte Bilder" (Missed Images) brings forgotten female scientists to light through AI-generated portraits and was launched in 2025 by Angela Merkel at the BMFTR.  She develops workshops and tools for visual literacy and advocates for a responsible, transparent use of images in science communication—whether analog or AI-generated. As a photo editor at the WZB and through her connections to the photo agencies Ostkreuz and laif, she bridges the gap between artistic practice and institutional image work.

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