Academia, research and gender equality
In a competitive research environment, Martin Luther University ensures gender-equitable and non-discriminatory research conditions. It is aimed at achieving gender balance in research and it implements and supports measures to eliminate existing disadvantages for female scientists.
Martin Luther University is committed to equality-oriented, transparent, and sustainable promotion of early career scientists to provide the best possible support for outstanding female and male academics at every qualification level.
Measures
- Creating a gender balance in academia and research
- Establishing gender research as a cross-cutting research topic
- Creation of attractive teaching and research conditions for qualified female academics/researchers
- Establishment of a gender-equitable and gender-sensitive leadership culture and human resources management
- Increasing the proportion of women in management and top positions at the university and on university committees
Creating a gender balance in academia and research
Equal opportunities measures for female and male academics/researchers are an integral part of research funding. The university prioritizes the promotion of early female researchers in the qualification phase from the doctorate to the habilitation or junior professorship/tenure track professorship and upon appointment to a professorship.
- Networking funds, support staff funding for post-docs, and adaptation measures in accordance with §§ 9, 13 of the Maternity Protection Act for (doctoral) students
- MLU Mentoring Program
- Unibund Mentoring for female Postdoctoral Researchers
- Coaching offers
- General gender-sensitive support measures (INGRA)
- Application counselling with regard to the development of project-related equality and diversity aims and measures as part of the research application process by the Diversity and Equal Opportunities Unit
Establishing gender research as a cross-cutting research topic
Gender research is to be implemented on an interdisciplinary basis as a cross-cutting topic for the profile lines ‘Transformation, Sustainability and Knowledge Culture and Education’, taking into account the transfer of research results into the development of strategies and measures.
Creation of attractive teaching and research conditions for qualified female academics/researchers
The Martin Luther University is working to create attractive teaching and research conditions and to reduce existing disadvantages. To this end, it aims to increase transparency for qualified female scientists.
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- Family-friendly employment conditions, and support for caregiving responsibilities, both with regard to children and elder care
- Flexible working hours and locations, including time for committee work and caregiving responsibilities
- Occupational health management with health-promoting offers
Establishment of a gender-equitable and gender-sensitive leadership culture and human resources management
Gender equality and gender sensitivity are established as central requirements of a university management culture and important criteria for staff recruitment, selection and Human resources development.
- Gender-equitable and diversity-sensitive personnel development concept for academie and research
- Survey of research and academia supporting staff
- Gender-sensitive support and training programmes for managers: modular management training; workshops on leadership topics; individual counselling on leadership topics such as preparing job interviews in a legally compliant manner and conducting them in an appreciative manner; peer-to-peer coaching for professors; individual coaching
Increasing the proportion of women in management and top positions at the university and on university committees
The strategic objective is to increase the proportion of women in leadership and top positions and on the boards/ committees. This requires a proactive appointment and staffing policy. The university is committed to promoting research by women at all career levels and develops appropriate measures to support their research activities.
- Implementation of the statutory minimum standards on the proportion of women in appointment committees and participation of equal opportunities officers in recruitment and appointment procedures
- Gender-equitable and non-discriminatory organisation of appointment procedures through gender- and diversity-sensitive appointment regulations
- Increasing the transparency of the process by using an appointment portal
- Utilisation of established quality control elements for the implementation of gender- and diversity-sensitive appointment procedures, such as the appointment review committee and the rapporteurs to the Academic Senat
- Creation of a gender-equitable and diversity-sensitive appointment guide, further training and awareness-raising programmes for members of the appointment committees, Senate officers, equal opportunities officers
- Development of implementation measures for the HRK recommendation ‘On the way to more gender equality in appointments - voluntary commitment of German universities’ of 14 May 2024 ,particularly with regard to the active recruitment of female researchers
- Implementation of the gender-orientated recruitment guidelines