The term "diversity" is nowadays on everyone's lips and has become a key concept in the governance of institutions. The task of the panel discussion at CAS is to scientifically enlighten the concept of "diversity", by considering its changeful history and analysing its different areas of application and possible forms of instrumentalisation. | Eveline Dürr ist Professorin für Ethnologie an der LMU. | Nicolas Gompel ist Professor für Evolutionäre Ökologie an der LMU. | Christof Mauch ist Direktor des Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society an der LMU. | Kärin Nickelsen ist Professorin für Wissenschaftsgeschichte an der LMU. |