Gender equality
Gender equality
Our role is to promote Gender equality at all levels of the Department and to serve as a point of contact on Gender equality issues for all members of the Department. We are actively involved in personnel matters, including recruitment, and represent Gender equality issues in various committees. We are committed to finding solutions and maintaining confidentiality.
We are always on the lookout for further committed employees* for decentralised Gender equality in our Department and are happy to exchange ideas with interested parties*. If you have any questions about the tasks of the Departmental Gender Equality Officers, please feel free to contact us at any time.
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Measures against abuse of power - HRK adopts recommendation "Power and Responsibility"
Recommendation of the 38th HRK General Assembly on 14 May 2024 (Link)
Preliminary remarks
Various forms of abuse of power have become apparent at universities in recent years. Hierarchies, formal and informal authority and dependencies, especially in academic and artistic qualifications and collaboration in externally funded projects, harbour a high risk of facilitating obvious and subtle forms of abuse of power. Universities and their members therefore bear a high degree of responsibility in the organisation of positions of power.
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