Senate Committee on Equal Opportunity
The Senate Committee on Equal Opportunity advises the Senate on questions regarding equal opportunity. The committee is responsible for promoting equal opportunity and gender equality in academia. The central equal opportunity commissioner is the chair of the committee. Other members who are eligible to vote are two persons elected from each of the four status groups “professors”, “academic staff members”, “doctoral students”, and “students”. The Senate Committee on Equal Opportunity meets at least once every semester.
Members
The following nine persons are eligible to vote in the Senate Committee on Equal Opportunity:
Chair Deputy:
01.10.2025 – 30.09.2027
01.10.2025 – 30.09.2027
Professors Prof. Dr. Johannes Müller-Lancé
Deputies:
01.08.2025 – 31.07.2027 Academic staff members Deputies:
01.08.2025 – 31.07.2027 Doctoral candidates 01.08.2025 – 31.07.2027 Students Alicia Fischer
Julia Heckmann
Deputies:
Emily Schönenborn
Franz Stengel
01.08.2025 – 31.07.2026
Participate in the Senate Committee on Equal Opportunity an advisory function:Equal opportunity commissioner of the Department of Law and 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 Dipl.-Pol. Benjamin Pfleger Equal opportunity commissioner of the School of Social Sciences Prof. Dr. Beatrice G. Kuhlmann
Deputies:
Equal opportunity commissioner of the School of Humanities Prof. Dr. Johannes Müller-Lancé
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) Keonhi Son Representative of the GESS Dr. Golareh Khalipour Head of the Department of Gender Equality and Diversity Sabine Kußmaul Vice President for Digitalization, Equal Opportunity, and Diversity Prof. Dr. Heiko Paulheim Equal Opportunity Commissioner Andrea Horn WUMAN Merle Thielmann Equal opportunity commissioner of the AStA Luise Graf Organization
The executive assistant to the central equal opportunity commissioner is responsible for supervising the organization of the Senate Committee on Equal Opportunity.
Contact
Corinna Kröger (she/her)
Central Equal Opportunity Commissioner
B 6, 30–32 – Room 033
68159 Mannheim