Equality and protection against discrimination
Equality and protection against discrimination
Equal opportunity representative
Prof. Dr. Susana Minguet
Schänzlestr. 18, 79104 Freiburg
Phone +49 (0)761 203 67514
e-mail: susana.minguet@biologie.uni-freiburg.de
Consultation: by appointment
Deputy equal opportunity representative
PD Dr. Eva Decker
Schänzlestr. 1, 79104 Freiburg
Phone +49 (0)761 203 2820
e-mail: eva.decker@biologie.uni-freiburg.de
Consultation: by appointment
Prof. Dr. Annette Neubüser
Hauptstr. 1, 79104 Freiburg
Phone +49 (0)761 203 2917
e-mail: annette.neubueser@biologie.uni-freiburg.de
Consultation: by appointment
Prof. Annegret Wilde
Schänzlestr. 1, 79104 Freiburg
Phone +49 (0)761 203 97828
e-mail: annegret.wilde@biologie.uni-freiburg.de
Consultation: by appointment
Family services
The Family Service provides information on childcare options, parents’ rooms, holiday programmes and activities for parents. The university offers childcare options for employees, doctoral candidates and students and provides support in finding childcare places. The university’s daycare centres include, for example, the Uni-Kita Blütengarten, which is located directly in the buildings of the Faculty of Biology.
Students with children can also find further information and contact persons at the Student Office.
Support in cases of discrimination and abuse of power
The Department of Equality, Diversity and Academic Staff Development (GDaPE) offers confidential counselling on discrimination and abuse of power to all members of the University of Freiburg as part of the ‘protect’ project. The protect website also provides an overview of other internal and external contact points for emergencies, acute personal crises, sexual harassment or discrimination.
Further training
Mentoring and Coaching
The University of Freiburg offers various mentoring and coaching programmes, such as the postdoctoral qualification programme Learning & Development and the structured mentoring programme AdvanceMent for doctoral candidates and postdoctoral researchers. The two programmes kite-Mentoring and CORA (Coaching Women for Research and Academia) are specifically aimed at women and non-binary or FLINTA individuals.
Funding opportunities – Doctorate / Habilitation
- Margarete von Wrangell Habilitation Program for Women
With the Margarete von Wrangell habilitation program, the state government specifically promotes women in science, above all to increase the number of female professors. Qualified female scientists should be encouraged to do a habilitation and given the necessary material. - Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard Foundation
The call is addressed to outstanding aspiring scientists in subjects of the experimental natural sciences, who see their career as a scientist endangered because of the additional burdens of children. The CNV Foundation supports women scientists of all nationalities, who conduct research as doctoral students in German universities and research institutes. The applicant’s livelihood must be secured by a post or scholarship. It is also assumed that a full-time care of the child / children by a day care center or childminder is guaranteed.
The funding is 200 to 400 euros a month over a period of one year. The financial support should contribute to the relief in the household and in the child care, in order to gain time for the scientific work. These agents may e.g. for home-help, purchase of equipment such as a dishwasher or washing machine and for extra childcare (for example babysitting in the evenings or during travel to meetings).
Funding opportunities – Awards
- Bertha Ottenstein Award
The Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg is committed to the continuous improvement of equal opportunities and results and therefore annually awards the Bertha Ottenstein Award. It recognizes specific initiatives in the field of women’s empowerment and gender equality work as well as outstanding academic achievements of women. The Bertha Ottenstein Prize is endowed with 5,000 EUR by the Rectorate of the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität.