Here you will find bundled information about the equal opportunities efforts of the Department of Chemistry. Our wide range of networking and training opportunities is aimed at members of different status groups and career levels and is intended to help create a climate at the department in which all members of the department feel comfortable. If this should not be the case, you will also find references here to the contact persons for complaints and requests for help. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)

Modules of equal opportunities activism at FB07

Equal opportunities team

We are responsible for the department's gender equity concept and all kinds of work towards equity.

Women's advancement funds

This fund is used to finance measures to promote gender equity in the department.

Lecture series

Scientists in Society, Academia and Industry – Barriers and Opportunities

FEM group

Discussions about science, career, politics and gender equity over pretzels :)

Complaint and help

If you have experienced harassment or discrimination, you can find contact points here.

Team anti-discrimination and diversity

We were working to uncover discrimination at the department and to eliminate it as far as possible.

The General Assembly on Equity took place on 02 May 2024 in L6|01 4+23.

The new confidential advisors in the event of hierarchical conflicts and power abuse , Nico van der Vegt, Marion Trautmann and Christian Hess (deputy), briefly introduced themselves and their office.

Prof Dr Doris Segets, Professor of Process Engineering of Electrochemical Functional Materials at the University of Duisburg-Essen, spoke about the abuse of power in academia. She explained the effects of power imbalances and initiatives to counteract them and emphasised the value of diversity for scientific progress, which can only develop successfully if it is not restricted by abusive conditions.

The recording of the presentation and the accompanying slides can be found in the following access-protected section.

The equal opportunities team briefly presented the work of the past year, including the revision of the guidelines for the allocation of women's advancement funds, and invited everyone to apply for funding for measures in favour of gender equality and equal opportunities and to make use of the programme and material offers provided by the department.

At the subsequent women's plenary session, Maria Voß and Miriam Seebach were dismissed from the office of Equal Opportunities Officer and Sarah Brandner, research assistant in the Lermyte working group, was nominated as a future colleague for Anne Volkenhoff and Ulrike Kramm. Welcome to the Equal Opportunities Team!

Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Doris Segets: Power abuse in Academia

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Prof. Dr.-ing. habil. Doris Segets: Power abuse in Academia

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General assembly on equity 2024: Introduction, confidential advisors, activity report, election of equal opportunity officers

Concept board with brainstormed ideas on action items for equity from the general assembly
Concept board with brainstormed ideas on action items for equity from the general assembly

On 17.04.23 from 10:00am, the Equal Opportunities Team invited all faculty members to the annual general assembly on equity.

Under the title Making a/my contribution: For more equity and diversity in our department, Jennifer J* Moos (no pronouns and j* or jay) presented positive examples of commitment in favour of more equal opportunities from various universities. Together with the participants, j* developed initial ideas for their own options for action.

The event demonstrated the extent to which commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging achieves good things not only for members of marginalised groups, but for all of us. Practical examples were used to break down fears of contact and encourage participants to consciously fulfil their role within the department and support each other in creating the most supportive environment possible for everyone.

The Equal Opportunities Team then briefly presented its activities over the past year before the women's general assembly confirmed the continuation of the role of Equal Opportunities Officers by Maria Voß, Dr Anne Volkenhoff, Miriam Seebach and Prof. Dr Ulrike Kramm.

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