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Equal Opportunities Officer
The goals collected in the gender equality plan 2024 are the principles of the gender equality work at University of Applied Sciences Potsdam. The work follows the logic of gender mainstreaming, therefore consequences for all genders must be considered in projects and decisions.
Activities & tasks
In order to achieve the goals in gender equality, the centralized and decentralized equal opportunities officers, the president's council, the staff representatives and the family representative collaborate closely. The work of the equal opportunity officer of the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam (FHP) focuses on the following activities and key tasks.
Activities
- Increasing the proportion of women, especially in professorships and leadership positions
- Promotion of young female academics
- Anchoring gender aspects in teaching and research
- Improving the compatibility of family and career/studies (in cooperation with the family representative)
- Measures against gender discrimination and the manifestation of role clichés
Tasks
- Advising the university management and the Senate on all matters relating to gender equality
- Support for appointments and recruitment procedures
- Individual counselling and information for members of the university
- Organisation of events and exhibitions
- Networking and cooperation within and outside the university
More information on tasks, activities and topics can be found on the following pages.
Gender equality at FHP
Gender equality issues include promotion of women, realizing gender diversity, encouraging the use of gender-sensitive language, as well as dealing with discrimination and sexualized violence.
Consultation & funding
The equal opportunities office offers individual advice, information on funding and support in personal and professional matters regarding gender equality.
Projects & activities
Discover projects and activities of the equal opportunities office, such as events of the Brandenburg women's week or the anniversary exhibition of the FHP gender prize.
Where does the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam stand in terms of gender equality?
The current university ranking according to gender equality aspects 2023 of the CEWS – Center of Excellence Women and Science confirms that the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam is one of the leaders in the nationwide comparison of the proportion of women professors. In comparison with 143 other universities of applied sciences, the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam once again positioned itself in the top group with 44.66 %. The FHP's gender equality activities were also positively evaluated in the context of the female professors programme III in 2019 – for the third time in a row after 2008 and 2013.
Reports of the equal opportunities commissioner
In accordance with the basic regulations of the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam, the central equal opportunities officer prepares an equal opportunities report on "the situation of women at the university of applied sciences" at least every three years on the basis of a gender-differentiated data collection. The last equal opportunities report of the university was prepared as of 12/31/2023. In addition, she regularly reports to the Senate and the university management on the activities of the equal opportunities office. The activity reports are deposited in the internal area.
You can find the reports of the last three years here. If you are interested in older reports, please contact us.
- Gleichstellungsbericht 2023 (PDF, 1.56 MB)
- Gleichstellungsbeauftragte Ta?tigkeitsbericht 2022 (PDF, 498.24 KB)
- T?tigkeitsbericht Gleichstellungsbeauftragte 2021 (PDF, 335.65 KB)
Contact
You can reach the central equal opportunities officer from Monday to Tuesday. You can usually meet Sandra Cartes in the office on Tuesday mornings and you are always welcome to make an individual appointment for counselling, on site, by phone or by video call.
Central Equal Opportunities Officer
Representative of the Central Equal Opportunities Officer
Representative of the Central Equal Opportunities Officer
Student assistant at the Central Equal Opportunities Office
Decentralised equal opportunities officers| Equal opportunities council
There are decentralised equal opportunities officers for each department as well as for administration and central institutions. The decentralised equal opportunities officers and the central equal opportunities officers work together in the equal opportunities council, which evaluates and defines measures in regular meetings.
Social and Educational Sciences Department
Deputy: Alma Lucia Balmes
CITY | BUILDING | CULTURE Department
Deputy: Dr. habil. Renate Ruhne
Administration and central facilities
Deputy: Patrizia Reicherl