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Equal Opportunities

Fairness for all – equality and diversity at the Cluster “Asia and Europe in a Global Context”.

The Cluster is committed to the fair treatment of all people, be they staff, students, visitors, or those applying for employment or study, regardless of disability, gender, sexual identity, marital status, family or caring responsibilities, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, nationality, political or religious beliefs, work or study pattern or contractual status.

The Clusters’ organisational structure is based on equal opportunity and gender equality.  This commitment is strongly reflected in the overall community of the Cluster. For example the Directorate, the Steering Committee, the Cluster Professorships and the Junior Research Group Leaders all strive for a balanced male female ratio.

The Cluster promotes a family friendly working environment through a variety of initiatives. We guarantee access to virtual workspaces anywhere in the world and thus help improve research conditions during pregnancy, nursing and parenting periods. We offer parents travel cost reimbursement for their infants and care personsparents while traveling on behalf of the Cluster. Cluster researchers can also apply for a variety of long and short term childcare programmes. Likewise they can obtain advice on private child care facilities in Heidelberg. The Cluster is also currently looking to broaden child care options in the near future by forming a possible co-operation with a local kindergarten. Job-sharing, flexible work hours and part-time work patterns are available on all levels and further guarantee a family friendly working environment.

Our Graduate Research Programme (Graduate Programme for Transcultural Studies) includes students from a broad spectrum of cultures and backgrounds. 50 percent of admitted applicants are from Asian countries. This is in accordance with the cluster's overall research objective to overcome Eurocentric asymmetries and work directly with Asian scholars on Asian topics. Furthermore, 60 percent of our graduate programme candidates are women, which follows the University of Heidelberg’s goal to increase the overall number of women in scientific academic positions.

Our initiatives are supported by a gender balanced administration team that provides an encouraging environment for both male and female researchers. We further support initiatives geared towards equality, especially female researchers.

Our elected equal opportunities commissioner is Prof. Dr. Birgit Kellner.
Please follow the links below for further information on equal opportunities:

  1. Research Promotion and Grants
  2. Equal Opportunities Office University of Heidelberg
  3. Childcare facilities at Heidelberg University: Children's Centre
  4. Mentoring and Training (MuT): Programme for junior female researchers
  5. Dual Career Service
  6. Disability Support Office
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