Advice and representation of interests in the context of equal opportunities and anti-discrimination

On this page you will find an overview of the offices and contact persons at the PH Freiburg who offer advice on equal opportunities and anti-discrimination at the university. You can contact the relevant offices at any time if you have experienced or observed discrimination or harassment at the university. The advice units and contact persons are also available to you if you need advice, e.g. due to parenthood or a chronic illness, or if you need special support during your studies or at work. You are welcome to arrange a confidential consultation.

If you have any questions about who the right contact person is for your counseling needs or if you are unable to reach the relevant office, you can contact the Equality Office at any time, who will be happy to assist you: gleichstellung(at)ph-freiburg.de

Contact person for anti-discrimination

Dr. Wiebke Scharathow

Target group
students and employees

Consulting topics
independent initial and referral advice on racism and anti-Semitism

Contact
Phone  +49 761 682-239
E-Mail wiebke.scharathow(at)ph-freiburg.de

Homepage
https://www.ph-freiburg.de/hochschule/beratung-und-interessensvertretungen/ansprechperson-fuer-antidiskriminierung.html

Contact person for students with disabilities and chronic diseases

Dr. Ralf Erens

Target group
students with disabilities and chronic diseases

Consulting topics

  • compensation for disadvantages in teaching and examinations
  • studying and disability
  • severe disability
  • accessibility

Contact
Phone +49 761 682 470
E-Mail erens(at)ph-freiburg.de

Homepage
https://www.ph-freiburg.de/hochschule/beratung-und-interessensvertretungen/beauftragter-fuer-studierende-mit-behinderungen-und-chronischen-krankheiten.html


Contact person for employees with disabilities/ person of trust

Dr. Markus Textor

Deputy representative of severely disabled persons: Thorsten Zinser

Target group
employees of all status groups and applicants

Consulting topics
everything about disability and work

Contact
Dr. Markus Textor
Phone  +49 761 682-434
E-Mail markus.textor(at)ph-freiburg.de

Thorsten Zinser (Deputy SBV)
Phone +49 761 682-290
E-Mail thorsten.zinser(at)ph-freiburg.de

Homepage
https://www.ph-freiburg.de/hochschule/beratung-und-interessensvertretungen/schwerbehindertenvertreter-in-sbv.html

Equality Office, Academic Staff Development and Family Support

Doris Schreck, Anja Bechstein

Target group
junior researchers, academic staff and students

Consulting topics

  • advice on issues relating to the compatibility of career or studies and parenthood
  • discrimination due to parenthood or care work

Contact
Phone +49 761 682-375 (Doris Schreck for academic employees and junior staff) or -476 (Anja Bechstein for students)
E-Mail doris.schreck(at)ph-freiburg.de or anja.bechstein(at)ph-freiburg.de

Homepage
https://www.ph-freiburg.de/familie

https://www.ph-freiburg.de/gleichstellung


Equal Opportunities Representative

Manuela Pluche

Target group
non-academic staff

Consulting topics

  • promoting the compatibility of family and career for women and men
  • involvement if an application for family-friendly offers is rejected

Contact
Phone +49 761 682-628
E-Mail manuela.pluche(at)ph-freiburg.de

Homepage
https://www.ph-freiburg.de/familie

https://www.ph-freiburg.de/hochschule/beratung-und-interessensvertretungen/beauftragte-fuer-chancengleichheit.html

Contact persons for refugees at the PH Freiburg

Prof. Dr. Albert Scherr, Dr. Rebecca Hofmann

Target group
refugee prospective students, students and researchers

Consulting topics

  • questions about residence status
  • legal issues
  • referral to central information offices

Contact
Prof. Dr. Albert Scherr
Phone +49 761 682-227
E-Mail scherr(at)ph-freiburg.de

Dr. Rebecca Hofmann
Phone +49 761 682-687
E-Mail rebecca.hofmann(at)ph-freiburg.de

Homepage
https://www.ph-freiburg.de/hochschule/aktuell/angebote-fuer-gefluechtete.html

Equality Office, Academic Staff Development and Family Support

Doris Schreck, Anja Bechstein, Leona Cordi

Target group
academic staff, doctoral candidates, students

Consulting topics

  • discrimination on the basis of gender
  • advancement of women
  • referral counseling in cases of other experiences of discrimination for which you cannot initially find another or the right contact person (cooperation with internal and external counseling services)

Contact
Phone +49 761 682-417 (secretary's office)
E-Mail gleichstellung(at)ph-freiburg.de

Homepage
https://www.ph-freiburg.de/gleichstellung 



Equal Opportunities Officer

Prof. Dr. Jennifer Stemmann

Target group
academic staff (in close coordination with the Equality Office and the university management) and students

Consulting topics

  • discrimination on the basis of gender
  • advancement of women

Individual requests for consultation may be forwarded to the Equality Office or to the responsible consultation offices, contact persons and interest groups at the university. The Equal Opportunities Officer is consulted in particular when issues relating to gender equality require clarification at university management level and/or are to be included in coordination and university development processes.

Kontakt
Telefon +49 761 682-316
E-Mail gleichstellungsbeauftragte(at)ph-freiburg.de

Homepage
https://www.ph-freiburg.de/gleichstellung 


Equal Opportunities Representative

Manuela Pluche

Target group
non-academic staff

Consulting topics

  • career advancement of women
  • representation of women's concerns and interests towards the department
  • contact person if women are disadvantaged in the workplace

Contact
Phone +49 761 682-628
E-Mail manuela.pluche(at)ph-freiburg.de

Homepage
https://www.ph-freiburg.de/hochschule/beratung-und-interessensvertretungen/beauftragte-fuer-chancengleichheit.html

Care guide

Manuela Pluche

Target group
employees and students

Consulting topics

  • legal regulations in connection with caring for relatives
  • compatibility of work/studies and care

Contact
Phone +49 761 682-628
E-Mail manuela.pluche(at)ph-freiburg.de

Homepage
https://www.ph-freiburg.de/hochschule/themen-im-fokus/familiengerechte-hochschule/pflege-von-angehoerigen.html 

Contact persons for psychosocial counseling at the Studierendenwerk Freiburg

The therapeutic team in Freiburg consists of doctors and graduate psychologists with in-depth psychotherapeutic training. (For contact persons see Homepage)

Target group
students at Freiburg universities

Consulting topics

If you have personal or study-related problems, you are not alone. Many students experience crises in the course of their studies. In such cases, it is good to have professional support to help you see the path ahead more clearly. Often a short conversation helps.
The Psychotherapeutic Counseling Service of the Studierendenwerk (PBS) is the right place of contact in such cases.The focus of the work is on counseling in the form of one-to-one sessions. Registration is required for this. There is also an open consultation hour once a week, which you can attend without making an appointment. 
Counseling sessions are also available in English, French, Arabic, Chinese and Slovenian.

Of course, all consultations are subject to confidentiality.

Contact
Psychotherapeutic counseling (PBS)
Studierendenwerk Freiburg
Baslerstraße 2, 79100 Freiburg

Phone +49 761 2101-269
E-Mail pbs(at)swfr.de

Office hours Mon-Fri 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Homepage
https://www.swfr.de/soziales/psychotherapeutische-beratung

Contact persons for sexual harassment

Doris Schreck
Marcel Hinderer

Target group
students and employees

Consulting topics
information, advice and identification of possible courses of action in cases of sexual harassment in strict confidentiality

Contact
Doris Schreck
Phone +49 761 682-375
E-Mail doris.schreck(at)ph-freiburg.de

Marcel Hinderer
Phone +49 761 682-302
E-Mail hinderer(at)ph-freiburg.de

Homepage
https://www.ph-freiburg.de/hochschule/beratung-und-interessensvertretungen/ansprechpersonen-sexuelle-belaestigung.html

AGG Complaints Office

In addition to the contact persons and counseling services listed here, there is a complaints office at the PH Freiburg in accordance with the General Equal Treatment Act (AGG). As part of a formal complaints procedure, the complaints office examines whether there is a violation of the prohibition of discrimination § 7 AGG, i.e. discrimination under the AGG. The AGG Complaints Office does not provide advice on discrimination matters. For a confidential consultation, you can first contact one of the counseling units listed above or one of the interest groups listed below.

Complaints relating to the provisions of the AGG must be sent to the central Equal Opportunities Officer Prof. Dr. Jennifer Stemmann and/or Chancellor Hendrik Büggeln.

Interest groups

Here you will find an overview of the interest groups at the PH Freiburg. These represent the interests of employees, doctoral candidates and students. Further information on the target groups and the main tasks can be found below.

Chairwoman of the Doctoral Convention

Antonia Appel, Karina Demmler
Contact persons represented in the individual faculty councils, in the senate and in the senate committees, see website:
https://www.ph-freiburg.de/forschung/wissenschaftliche-karriere/promotion/doktorand-innenkonvent.html 

Target group
all doctoral candidates of the PH Freiburg

Main points
Representation of the interests of doctoral candidates, especially:

  • promotion of networking and exchange with each other
  • spokesperson with voting members in faculty councils, in the university senate and in the senate committees

Homepage
https://www.ph-freiburg.de/forschung/wissenschaftliche-karriere/promotion/doktorand-innenkonvent.html 

Contact persons Staff Council

Chair: Carmen Andris-Schelb
Deputy: Jens Papencordt
Board member: Monika Löffler
other members, see website: https://www.ph-freiburg.de/hochschule/beratung-und-interessensvertretungen/personalrat.html 

Target group
all employees of the university (all status groups), including:

  • employees
  • apprentices
  • officials
  • tutors

(Exception: professors, lecturers)

Main topics
legal representation of the interests of the above-mentioned groups of employees, key consulting services:

  • AG-Mittelbau (Carmen Schelb & Monika Löffler / AG of staff councils of the PHs in BW)
  • occupational safety (Bernd Mössner)
  • data security & protection (Elmar Graf)
  • classification (Carmen Schelb)
  • inclusion (Monika Löffler)
  • conflict management (Monika Löffler & Florian Weitkämper)

Homepage
https://www.ph-freiburg.de/hochschule/beratung-und-interessensvertretungen/personalrat.html 

Contact persons (VS secretariat)

Isabella Finocchiaro, Johanna Meyer

Target group
all students of the PH Freiburg

Main focus
Representation of student interests, in particular improvement of study conditions, for this purpose student contact point e.g. for problems with:

  • study regulations
  • internship
  • teaching staff

Homepage
https://vs-ph-freiburg.de/die-vs/