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Equality and Diversity
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A university thrives on intellectual diversity and thus on the diversity of its students, employees, guests, subjects, and areas. For a university and its members, the constructive interaction of diverse perspectives, knowledges, competences, and experiences is an invaluable enrichment as it inspires and releases innovation potential.
Appreciating and promoting individual and socio-cultural diversity, gender equality while avoiding and eliminating all forms of discrimination are guiding principles at the University of Jena.
We aim to ensure that people who are interested in studying or working with us are given full access on the basis of their talent and that all university members and affiliates are given equal opportunities to participate and develop their full potential within the possibilities and regulations of the university. We take into account legally protected characteristics as well as personal circumstances that may be difficult to reconcile with university life and promote a culture of appreciation and fairness in everyday study and work.
Diversity creates uniqueness — our personality, our team, our university.
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Events on gender equality issues
Current information of the Equal Opportunities Office
- Diversity Days 2023
- Fair actions—Fair speech. Use of gender-neutral language at Friedrich Schiller University Jena
- Guidelines for gender-sensitive events, conferences, and lectures (DE)
- Jena Declaration—Statement against racism and racist discrimination
- Research Group ‘Colonial Heritage and Antiracist Education at the University of Jena’
- Prize for Research on Right-Wing RadicalismExternal linkde
- Women in Academia—Portraits of women professors at the University of Jena
- Diversity Calendar 2023 ('Charta der Vielfalt e.V.' association)pdf, 6 mb · de
- 'Sozialheld*innen-Akademie' (Social Hero Academy)—Modern and accessible media work and training videosExternal link
Office of the Vice-President for Early Career Researchers and Diversity Management
Uwe Cantner, Prof. Dr
Image: Jan-Peter Kasper (University of Jena)
Universitätshauptgebäude
Fürstengraben 1
07743 Jena
Equal Opportunities Officer
Annette Weinke, apl. Prof. Dr
Room E010
Fürstengraben 13
07743 Jena
Diversity Officer
David J. Green, Univ.-Prof. Dr
Room 104
Zwätzengasse 3
07743 Jena