Equality and Family
GenderConsulting Network

GenderConsulting Network in Research Associations

The TU Chemnitz is an active member of the GenderConsulting Network. The Network focuses on an intense exchange on the topic of equality measures and strategies as well as on the DFG financed and coordinated research programmes. With the regular network meetings and exchange of communication with the DFG, the attending equality participants help support the advancement and quality insurance of the consulting/guidance process in the field of GencerConsulting.

The GenderConsulting Network in Research associations consists of equality participants that are concerned with GenderConsulting and its development and implementation of equality measures for research associations at universities.

Being a member entails the active involvement/participation in the network particularly the regular attendance at the network meetings. The cooperation is based on openness and confidentiality of the information being exchanged. The mutual give-and-take understanding gives the therefore needed prerequisite.
The GenderConsulting Network in research associations admits upon request new members that belong to the group mentioned above of equality participants. The respective speaker confirms the membership.

Central aims of the GenderConsulting Network in research associations are

  • Exchange of experience

    • With consulting strategies and processes
    • On the integration of GenderConsuting in the application processes for research associations and on the cooperation with research and other organisational units of the respective university
    • On best-practice and quality insurance of the implementation of equality aims/goals and measures for research associations
  • Formulation of quality standards of GenderConsulting at universities
  • Developing strategies for the quality insurance and securing the sustainability of equality measures initiated by GenderConsulting in research associations
  • Establishing GenderConsulting in the field of science management
  • Sustainable co-operation with the DFG and other relevant third-party donors

The GenderConsulting Network in research associations cooperates with the BuKof by

  • Submitting a report based on the annual conference of the BuKof within the frame of the member assemblies and
  • the forwarding of the respective protocol to the BuKof-board under the prerequisite of confidentiality and
  • the cooperation with the BuKof-board in the case of the overlapping of science-policy and strategic questions

The network works together with other established equality networks and associations (Federal Conferences, Equality Controlling Network, GEx14 Network, Women and Equality Commissioner of the TU9 etc.) as well as with national and international science policy participants/players.

The network strives to have systematic cooperation in particular with the DFG and other major third-party donors, for example, BMBF and the EU, to solidify the forwarding and sustainability of implementations for equality in research associations.

The GenderConsulting Network in Research Associations has rules for cooperation and visibility:

  • The network elects a speaker committee of two speakers for the duration of two years. To secure the continuity of the work done by the committee, a new speaker is elected every year: in the first year, an annual election of a new speaker takes place. In the first year, the election of a new speaker for one year takes place. Re-election is possible.
  • The speakers are elected with a simple majority of votes during a network meeting. The election date is announced no later than four weeks before the elections and is announced with an invitation to the meeting. The speakers can be dismissed from their duties based on a justified claim that is supported by a quarter of the members within the network.
  • The speaker committee represents the network externally. The list of members is regularly updated by the speakers and made accessible to all members when changes occur.
  • The network meeting usually takes place twice a year.
  • The location of the network meetings rotate. The respective university hosting the network meeting is to invite all members promptly and coordinate the agenda, moderation and minute taking.
  • Every university has one vote to cast. The representatives of a university decide on their own who is allowed to vote. A simple majority of votes generally adopts resolutions.

11 and 12 October 2018 - Julius-Maximilians-University Würzburg
  • Guest: Dr. Ines Medved / DFG
  • Exchange with the DFG on the before hand created question catalogue
  • Discussion on the topic of career development, reconciliation, medicine and mentoring
  • Discussion on the to come legal form of the network
10 November 2017 - Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf
  • Guests: Dr. Eva Reichwein, Dr. Stephan Isernhagen / DFG
  • Exchange with the DFG on FOGS and excellence strategies
  • Reports on the terms and conditions: newcomers & inspections, reconciliation & family friendliness, GenederConsulting Postings / Funding Pools
07 April 2017 - Dresden University of Technology
  • Reports of the universities
  • Exchange in the equality measures concerning family friendliness, career advancement and gender sensitisation (Good Practice- Examples update)
28 October 2016 - University of Mannheim
  • Guest: Dr. Ursula von Gliscynski / DFG
  • Exchange with the DFG on excellence strategies, FOGS, joint projects and equality
  • Discussion with regards to the terms and conditions: new comments, application consultation and inspections as well as gender sensitisation
15 April 2016 - University of Duisburg-Essen
  • Reports and activities of the university / of the network
  • Discussion on gender and equality in EU-research support
30 October 2015 - Goethe-University Frankfurt
  • Guests: Dr. Ursula von Gliscynski and Katharina Schoop / DFG
  • Exchange with the DFG on the before hand created question catalogue
  • Exchange on Pooling-Models
6 March 2015 - Hannover Medical School
  • Expansion of the interdependency of the network
  • Agreement on using BSCW-Servers as an internal means of communicating and discussion on good-practice examples
  • Exchange on how to deal with resistance or issues
24 October 2014 - Darmstadt University of Technology
  • Guests: Dr. Ursula von Gliscynski, Jörg Koch and Bettina Schneider / DFG
  • Exchange with the DFG on equal opportunities in the DFG- joint projects
  • Exchange on Pooling-Models, female partial projects managers / female PIs
28 Februar 2014 - Chemnitz University of Technology
  • Adoption of Self-Concept
  • Exchange on how to go about resistance
  • First collection of Good Practice examples
20 September 2013 - Cologne University
  • Guest: Dr Ursula von Gliscynski/DFG
  • Exchange with the DFG
  • Exchange on quality attributes of internal cooperation and processes of institutions of higher education as well as on quality standards of consultations of research associations
24 April 2013 - University of Kassel
  • Exchange on the current state, especially on requirement analysis, cooperation agreements, implementation of the Pooling-Model, recruitment school girls and female students
  • Continuation of the discussion about the self-concept
16 November 2012 - University of Göttingen
  • Guest: Dr Ursula von Gliscynski / DFG
  • Exchange with DFG on question previously collection in a questionnaire
  • First discussion about the self-concept
19 March 2012 - University of Potsdam
  • Familarisation with other Members
  • Exchange on the Current situation of GenderConsulting in institutions of higher education
  • Agreement on having Further Meetings

Universities Responsible Institution
RWTH Aachen Administrative Department Integration Team – Human Resources, Gender and Diversity Management, Career Development Division
University of Bayreuth Office of the Women’s Representative / Head of the Administrative Department of Equal Opportunities
Freie Universität zu Berlin Office of the Women’s Representative
Humboldt Universität zu Berlin Office of the Central Women’s / Equality and Diversity Sensitive Research Management
University of Braunschweig Central Equality Commissioner
University of Bremen Division for Equal Opportunities
Chemnitz University of Technology Central Equality Commissioner, Equality Office – Service Genderconsulting DFG
Darmstadt University of Technology Equality Office/ Coordination Gender Consulting
University of Duisburg-Essen Office of the Equality Commissioner
University of Frankfurt am Main Central Equality Commissioner, Equality Office / Coordinator of Gender Consulting
University of Freiburg Head Administrative Department Gender and Diversity
University of Göttingen Central Equality Commissioner
HAW Hamburg Equality Commissioner
Hannover Medical School Central Equality Commissioner, Office of the Equality Commissioner
University of Heidelberg Central Equality Commissioner
University of Kassel Central Women’s Representative / Office for Women and Equality, Consultant for Equality Oriented Promotion of Young Researchers
University of Kiel Equality Office
Cologne University Consultant for Gender Quality Management
University of Konstanz Consultant for Equality and Family Support / Consultant for Gender Consulting
University of Mannheim Administrative Department for Equality and Social Diversity, Genderconsulting
Technical University of Munich TUM. Diversity and Talent Management
University of Paderborn Central Equality Commissioner / Coordination Office for Equal Opportunities
University of Stuttgart Service Gender Consulting
University of Tübingen Equality Office
LaKoG Baden-Württemberg Management
LaKoG Nordrhein-Westfalen Coordination Office
LaKoG Hamburg Speaker

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