The Constitution of the University of Mannheim stipulates that each school has to appoint at least one equal opportunity commissioner. This person attend meetings of the school council and chairs the Senate Committee on Equal Opportunity in an advisory function.
The equal opportunity commissioners of the schools act as the deputies of the central equal opportunity commissioner and shall represent her on search committees. The individual schools and the Department of Equal Opportunity and Social Diversity have defined different regulations on granting a release from work duties for the equal opportunity commissioners of the schools.
At the institutions of the University of Mannheim, there are further persons assuming responsibility with regard to equal opportunity topics.
The following persons are currently dealing with eqal opportunity issues at the schools and institutions of the University of Mannheim:
Equal opportunity commissioner of the Department of Law | Prof. Dr. Jens Bülte Deputy: |
Equal opportunity commissioner of the Department of Economics | Deputy: |
Equal opportunity commissioner of the Business School | Prof. Dr. Carmela Aprea |
Equal opportunity commissioner of the Dean’s Office of the Business School | |
Equal opportunity commissioner of the School of Social Sciences | Deputies: |
Equal opportunity commissioner of the School of Humanities | Deputy: |
Equal opportunity commissioner of the School of Business Informatics and Mathematics | Deputy: |
Equal opportunity commissioner of the Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES) | Deputy: |
Representative of the Gender and Diversity Committee of the Graduate School for Economic and Social Sciences (GESS) | N.N. |