The General Assembly on Equity took place on 02 May 2024 in L6|01 4+23.
The new , Nico van der Vegt, Marion Trautmann and Christian Hess (deputy), briefly introduced themselves and their office. confidential advisors in the event of hierarchical conflicts and power abuse
, 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. Prof Dr Doris Segets
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!