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Equal Opportunities Commissioner

Gender equality work at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam follows the logic of gender mainstreaming. The interests of and consequences for the genders must be considered in all projects and decisions. The goals formulated in the gender equality concept 2019 are the maxims of gender equality work at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam. In order to achieve them, central equal opportunities officers, decentralised equal opportunities officers of the departments, president's council, staff representatives and family affairs commissioner work closely together. Find out more about the topics of equal opportunities work, projects and campaigns, and advice and support from the equal opportunities office.

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
  • Advising the university management and the Senate on all matters relating to gender equality
  • Accompanying 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

Tätigkeitsfelder & Aufgaben

Um die Gleichstellungsziele zu erreichen, arbeiten die zentralen und dezentralen Gleichstellungsbeauftragten der Fachbereiche, die Hochschulleitung, die Personalvertretungen und die Familienbeauftragten eng zusammen. Dabei konzentriert sich die Arbeit der Gleichstellungsbeauftragten der Fachhochschule Potsdam (FHP) vor allem auf die nachfolgenden Tätigkeitsfelder und zentralen Aufgaben.

    Tätigkeitsfelder

    • Erhöhung des Anteils von Frauen v. a. in Professuren und Führungspositionen
    • Förderung von Nachwuchswissenschaftlerinnen
    • Verankerung von Genderaspekten in der Lehre und in der Forschung
    • Verbesserung der Vereinbarkeit von Familie und Beruf/Studium (in Kooperation mit der Familienbeauftragten)
    • Maßnahmen gegen Diskriminierung aufgrund des Geschlechts und gegen die Manifestierung von Rollenklischees

    Zentrale Aufgaben

    • Beratung der Hochschulleitung und des Senats in allen die Gleichstellung der Geschlechter betreffenden Angelegenheiten
    • Begleitung von Berufungswesen und Einstellungsverfahren
    • Beratung und Information für Hochschulangehörige
    • Organisation von Veranstaltungen und Ausstellungen
    • hochschulinterne und -externe Vernetzung und Kooperation

    Detaillierte Informationen zu diesen und weiteren Aufgaben, Aktivitäten und Themen finden Sie auf den folgenden Seiten des Gleichstellungsbüros der FHP.

    Gleichstellung an der FHP

    Die Gleichstellungsthemen an der FHP reichen von Frauenförderung bis Geschlechtervielfalt, von gendergerechter Sprache bis zum Umgang mit Diskriminierung und sexualisierter Gewalt.

    Themen der Gleichstellungsarbeit

    Beratung & Förderung

    Das Gleichstellungsbüro bietet Ihnen individuelle Beratung, Informationen zu Fördermöglichkeiten und Unterstützung in persönlichen und fachlichen Angelegenheiten rund um das Thema Gleichstellung.

    Beratung & Förderung

    Projekte & Aktionen

    Entdecken Sie Aktionen und Projekte des Gleichstellungsbüros, wie die Veranstaltungen im Rahmen der Brandenburgischen Frauenwochen oder die Ausstellung zum Jubiläum des Genderpreises der FHP.

    Projekte & Aktionen

    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.

    Equal opportunities work at the FHP is based on article 3 of the basic law, the general equal treatment act, the Brandenburg university act, the state equal opportunities act and the equal opportunities statute of the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam. In addition, the quality standards for equal opportunities and family orientation at Brandenburg universities agreed in 2017 between the Brandenburg universities and the Brandenburg Ministry of Science, Research and Culture (MWFK) and the standards agreed in the family in university charter signed by the FHP in 2014 on the compatibility of family responsibilities in studying, teaching, research and science-supporting activities form an essential basis. Equality goals and measures can also be found in the university's structural and development plan StEP 2025 and in the higher education contract between the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam and MWFK signed on 21 January 2019. The gender equality concept specifies the goals and the focus for a specific period of time. At the state level, the equal opportunities officers of the universities are organised in the state conference of equal opportunities officers, and nationwide in the federal conference of women's and equal opportunities officers.

    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 in 2020. In addition, it regularly reports to the Senate and the university management on its activities. 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.

    Contact

    You can reach the central equal opportunities commissioner on mondays to thursdays. On tuesday mornings, you can usually meet Sandra Cartes in the office. You are welcome to make an individual appointment for counselling, on site, by phone or by video call.

    Central Equal Opportunities Commssioner

    Sandra Cartes

    Sandra Cartes, M. A.

    Zentrale Gleichstellungsbeauftragte

    Representative of the Central Equal Opportunities Commssioner

    Katharina Violet

    Katharina Violet

    Mitarbeiterin Informationskompetenz, Schulungen und Systematisierung
    Stellvertretende Leiterin

    Representative of the Central Equal Opportunities Commssioner

    Janina Lehmann, M.A.

    Janina Lehmann, M. A.

    Mitarbeiterin Forschungsservice

    Student Assistant in the Equal Opportunities Office

    Pauline Johanna Oelsner, B. A.

    Mitarbeiterin im Gleichstellungsbüro

    Decentralised equal opportunities commissioners | Equal opportunities council

    There are decentralised equal opportunities commissioners for each department as well as for administration and central institutions. The decentralised equal opportunities commissioners and the central equal opportunities commissioners work together in the equal opportunities council, which evaluates and defines measures in regular meetings.

    Social and Educational Sciences Department

    Prof. Dr. phil. Friederike Lorenz-Sinai

    Prof. Dr. Friederike Lorenz-Sinai

    Professur für Methoden der Sozialen Arbeit und Sozialarbeitsforschung

    Deputy: Dr Marit Cremer

    CITY | BUILDING | CULTURE Department

    Prof. Dr. Jeannine Meinhardt

    Prof. Dr. Jeannine Meinhardt

    Professorin in der Studienrichtung Konservierung und Restaurierung – Stein

    Deputy: Prof. Dr Anupama Kundoo

    Civil Engineering Department

    Prof. Silke Straub-Beutin

    Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Silke Straub-Beutin

    Professorin für Baukonstruktion
    Studienfachberaterin Bauerhaltung und Bauen im Bestand (M. Eng.)

    Deputy: Rosana Morales Ruiz

    Design Department

    Prof. Christina Poth

    Prof. Christina Poth

    Professorin für Typografie

    Deputy: Anouk Meissner

    Information Sciences Department

    Dipl. Phil. Wiss. Dok. Elena Semenova

    Verbale Sacherschließung

    Deputy: Anna-Martina Lentz

    Administration and central facilities

    Anke Weiß

    Anke Weiß

    Koordinatorin für Auslandsmobilität und Erasmus

    Deputy: N. N.