Equal opportunities commissioners at HAW Hamburg
In accordance with the Hamburg Act on Equal Opportunities for Men and Women in the Public Service (HmbGleiG) and the Hamburg Higher Education Act (HmbHG), HAW Hamburg has equal opportunities commissioners for the academic area and the technical and administrative area.
The academic equal opportunities commissioner is responsible for the professors and students.
The administrative and technical equal opportunities commissioner is responsible for the technical, library and administrative staff.
Members of the academic staff can contact either commissioner.
Central equal opportunities commissioner for academic staff members
Central equal opportunities commissioner:
Professor of Social Media / Faculty of Design, Media and Information / Department of Information / Competence Center for Communication (CCCOM)
www.haw-hamburg.de/hanna-klimpe
Deputy: Prof. Dr. Julia Neumann-Szyszka
Deputy: Prof. Dr. Jessica Finke
The university's equal opportunities commissioner is elected by the University Senate pursuant to Section 87 of the Hamburg Higher Education Act.
The commissioner serves as a mediating entity between HAW Hamburg employees working on women's policy issues and the administration, the central governing bodies and the departments. She is supported by the Equal Opportunities Office and other areas of the administration and the departments in her efforts to establish a cross-disciplinary network.
The equal opportunities commissioner has the following roles and responsibilities:
- Contact and support person for academic staff and students
- Participation in key university policy decisions in the area of equal opportunity
- Conceptualisation and implementation of equal opportunity measures in the academic area
- Member of the extended university management
- Advisory member of the University Senate
- Participation in development of equal opportunity plans
- Coordination and advising of the equal opportunities commissioners in the departments
- Provision of statements on all appointment processes
- Chair of the Equal Opportunity Committee
- Advising 'Wie werde ich FH-Professorin?' (How do I become a professor at a university of applied sciences?)
Equal opportunities commissioners in the faculties
Pursuant to the Hamburg Higher Education Act (HmbHG), equal opportunities commissioners are elected for each faculty. They advise the department and faculty management on equal opportunity issues, participate in appointment committees and serve as contact people for the students and staff in the faculty.
Faculty of Design, Media and Information (DMI)
Lena Frommeyer, Academic staff member, CCCOM
Thomas Görne, Professor, Department of Media Technology
Faculty of Life Sciences (LS)
Dr. Katharina Riehn, Professor, Department of Nutrition and Home Economics
Dr. Anja Carlsohn, Professor of Nutrition and Home Economics
Dr. Sabine Wöhlke, Professor of Health Sciences and Ethics
Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science (TI)
Dr. Heike Neumann, Professor, Department of Information and Electrical Engineering
Niels Eiben, Academic staff member, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Production Management
Dr. Jessica Finke, Professor, Department of Automotive and Aeronautical Engineering
Dr. Martin Schultz, Professor, Department of Computer Science
Faculty of Business and Social Sciences (W&S)
Dr. Corinna Petersen-Ewert, Professor, Department of Nursing and Management
Dr. Susanne Busch, Professor, Department of Nursing and Management (Deputy)
Dr. Konstanze von Papp, Professor, Department of Public Management
Dr. Christian Warneke, Professor, Department of Public Management (Deputy)
Dr. Katrin Alt, Professor, Department of Social Work
Dr. Sabina Stelzig-Willutzki, Professor, Department of Social Work (Deputy)
Dr. Christina Hofmann-Stölting, Professor, Department of Business (Deputy)
Equal opportunities commissioner for technical and adminstrative staff members (TVP)
The equal opportunities commissioners for the technical, library and administrative staff members, including academic staff members working primarily in the administrative area, pursuant to the Hamburg Act on Equal Opportunity for Men and Women in the Public Service:
Central equal opportunities commissioner:
Sophie Dishman (as of 1 May 2023)
Deputies for the faculties (as of 1 May 2023):
Faculty of Design, Media and Information: Sabrina Breuer
Faculty of Life Sciences: Florian Schiffel
Faculty of Engineering and Computer Sciences: Tatjana Kovalenko and Anna Mühlhause
Faculty of Business and Social Sciences: currently vacant
University administration: Susanne Gaßl
