Equal Opportunities

The WBKolleg is committed to equal opportunities. It supports the university's efforts and in particular the commitment of the Faculty of Humanities to issues of work-life balance, diversity, equal opportunities, and combating bullying, discrimination as well as sexual harassment.

All members of our working group 

• Prof. Dr. Urte Krass (Institute of Art History)
• Prof. Dr. Erez Levon (Center for the Study of Language and Society)
• Dr. Ariane Lorke (Office WBKolleg)

are at your disposal for any kind of questions, ideas or problems in any of the areas mentioned above. Your request will of course be treated confidentially.

Furthermore, the Counselling Centre Universities of Bern is available to you competently, free of charge, confidentially and neutrally - especially in questions of sexual harassment or conflicts in supervisory relationships. 

Financial Support

• Faculty: Funds for individual measures to reconcile family and career as well as for initiatives and workshops that deal with equality. The commission accepts applications online on an ongoing basis.
• Intermediate Staff Association (in German: MVUB ): Cover of care costs for MVUB members through the MVUB-Care Pool
• University of Bern: 120%-Care-Grant - funding to support postdocs with care responsibilities
• University of Bern: Application form for the negative effects of the COVID-19 crisis on young scientists - cf. info sheet of the Mittelbau Association

Links

Equal Opportunities at the University of Bern
Equal Opportunities at the Faculty of Humanities
Legal advice in the context of employment by the Intermediate Staff Association
Office of the ombudsperson
Sexual harassment
Work-Life-Balance
Counselling Centre Universities of Bern (external consulting free of charge for employees and students of the University)