Contacts for Cross-Cutting Issues in Department 10

This page lists contact persons and points of contact for various cross-cutting topics—that is, topics and issues that do not fall directly under the categories of academic studies and teaching or research. You will also find some relevant links below.

Independent of the employment hierarchy:

• Contacts for persons affected by sexual violence or discrimination

• Contact persons for early career researchers

• Equal Opportunity Representatives and Commitee

• Representatives for Diversity

• Representatives for Impairment

Within the employment hierarchy:

If you want to talk to someone within the employment hierarchy about instances of discrimination or abuse of power, you can pick whatever hierarchy level you want. You do not have follow the proper chain of command.

• your direct superior
• the head of the Institute you belong to
• the Vice-Dean for Research and Personnel Matters, Benedikt Wirth of our Department 10
• the Dean, Arthur Bartels of our Department 10

Contacts within the University Münster

• Counselling service for staff and management
• Central Equal Opportunity Office
• Academic Staff Council
• Staff Council for non-academic employees
• Compliance Office, including Reporting Options for Complaints according to GETA and a digital whistleblower system
• Antidiscrimination Office for students and PhD students, includes the Complaints Office for students and PhD students (who are not simultaneously employees)
• Ombudsperson for good scientific practice, Prof. Dr. Reinhard Hoeps
• General Students’ Committee (AStA) Münster (german), Representatives for doctoral students of the AStA 
• Students Assistants Office
• Representative for employees with Severe, Long-Term Impairment
• Representative of the Senate for disabled and chronically ill students
• Postdoc Network Münster

Links

Standing up against Sexual violence, harassment and discrimination

• Telephone hotline: 24 hours emergency number +49 8000 116 016
• Emergency phone number for women: Frauen-Notruf Münster, +49 251 34443
• Contact persons: Protection against Violence Act Task Force Münster with a list of further support centers
• Information page of the university of Münster against sexual discrimination and violence, including contact people within the university of Münster
• Autonomous Women’s Department of the General Students’ Committee (AStA) Münster
• sumt – Telephone service that helps women and girls feel safe on their way home at night in Münster.
• Luisa is here! Assistance for women in the party scene
• For students in particular: the awareness team of the student council (Fachschaft FSMI)
• Sexual Abuse Help Portal, phone  +49 800 22 55 530
• Further information and support centers

 

Help in cases of abuse or power

• Representatives for doctoral students of the General Students' Committee (AStA) Münster
• Postdoc Network Münster
• Antidiscrimination Office for students and employees
• Staff councils

• Conflicts - Guide for Doctoral Students (german)

• University of Münster Guideline Good Scientific Practice

• Ombuds Committee for Research Integrity in Germany
• Legal Counseling Center on Abuse of Power
• Network against Abuse of Power in Science