Equal Opportunity Division

Welcome!

Viadrina has set itself the goal of making educational equality, good working conditions, reliable career prospects and needs-orientated services its core tasks. A holistic understanding of equal opportunities and diversity is important for this. To promote this, Viadrina is working to create an inclusive organisational culture that makes mechanisms of inequality and exclusion visible and reduces them in the long term.

The diversity of people with their different potentials, experiences, life paths and life plans is an indispensable resource for the university as a learning organisation. As an educational and research institution, we welcome all people and have a responsibility to create a space characterised by respect and acceptance.

As the Equal Opportunity Division, our work currently focuses on the following topics: Family and care, anti-discrimination, health, women and gender diversity, inclusion and university culture.

The division is in close contact with other stakeholders within and outside the university and works with them to develop strategies and programmes to actively promote the development of a diversity-sensitive and anti-discriminatory university and academic culture. We also provide contact and advice centres as well as specific contact persons.

Equal Opportunity Division

Offices:

AM 110 / AM K14 / AM K15 / HG 276

Auditorium Maximum (AM): Logenstraße 4, 15230 Frankfurt (Oder)
Hauptgebäude (HG): Große Scharrnstraße 59, 15230 Frankfurt (Oder)

Topics

Dates

10
Jun
Tuesday 00.00

Contact Point for Protection against Discrimination

Are you studying or working at Viadrina and want to get involved in creating a tolerant, respectful, and safe university? Then come to the Contact Point for Protection against Discrimination! We are currently looking for new members to support us in advising on cases, implementing measures, and documenting reports. Get in touch with us if you are interested—even if you don't meet all the requirements!

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02
Jul
Wednesday 00.00

Survey on mental health in the workplace

From July 2 to 31, Viadrina is conducting a survey on mental health in the workplace. In cooperation with the IfA - Institut für Arbeitsmedizin Dr. med. Renate Fischer GmbH (Institute for Occupational Medicine), stressful factors are being identified for each area of activity and appropriate measures for health in the workplace are then being implemented. The survey is anonymous and takes place online. (A password is required to participate. This was sent to you in a circular email on July 3, 2025. If this is not the case and you need the password, please contact Romy Orthaus: gesundheitsmanagement@europa-uni.de.)

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Who are we here for?

Our programmes and measures are aimed in particular at students and employees who are discriminated against and structurally disadvantaged on the basis of these actual or presumed characteristics:

  • Racist attributions (based on appearance, name, presumed origin or religious affiliation, etc.)
  • gender or gender attribution
  • sexual orientation or identity
  • family care responsibilities
  • social origin or status
  • age
  • health impairment, chronic illness, disability

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