The Bonn mathematics department considers the promotion of gender equality and diversity as a great opportunity for the development of mathematics. Promoting gender equality is a central goal of all four mathematical institutes and the Hausdorff Center for Mathematics. In order to coordinate measures for the promotion of equal opportunities, there is an equal opportunity committee in which students from the mathematics department, doctoral students, post-doctoral students and professors have come together.
Our gender equity goals
Various measures have been set up to encourage women studying mathematics to start a career in mathematics and pursue it successfully. This is a particular challenge in mathematics. So far, the percentage of women in mathematics on all levels from bachelor’s degree, master’s degree and post-doctoral studies to young scientists and tenured professor is disproportionately low. The department of mathematics in Bonn wishes to counteract this trend and especially to raise sustainably the proportion of women on all levels.
Our specific goals are:
- to encourage girls to start studying mathematics from early on with specific offers for schools
- to support and accompany female students during their bachelor’s degree
- to encourage and guide female students from Bonn and external applicants at the start of their master’s degree in Bonn
- to support talented female students through the integrated graduate school of mathematics (BIGS),
- to develop careers in mathematics for women in the context of centrally advertised postdoctoral fellowships
- to increase the proportion of female professors in the context of advertised W2 and W3 permanent positions as well as the annually advertised Bonn Junior Fellow professorships (temporary W2 positions for five years with a possible option for tenure track).
Over the last years, the mathematical department at Bonn has been a place for mathematicians of a diversity of backgrounds, talents and fields of interest. With the Hausdorff Research Institute for Mathematics there is a major research hub fostering a lively exchange between scientists and students with different experiences. Creating a welcoming and inclusive environment for all guests is a crucial ingredient for this culture of academic and social exchange. Bonn Mathematics is committed to promote the support of diversity in all aspects of work and social life at each of its institutes and at the Hausdorff Center.
Committee Chairs and Contact
Sophia Piacenza
Co-Chair of the Equal Opportunities Committee
Student and Member of the Student Council
Martin Rumpf
Co-Chair of the Equal Opportunities Committee
Professor at the Institute of Numerical Simulation
Committee Contact
You can contact the Equal Opportunity Committee at:
gleichstellung@hcm.uni-bonn.de
Mailing List
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Peer Support Contact
If you encounter any issues concerning equity and diversity in your mathematics lectures, tutorials or seminars, and want to talk confidentially to a fellow student, contact:
Ombudspersons
Regula Krapf
Senior Academic Councillor, Mathematical Institute
Meike Neuwohner
PhD Student, Institute for Discrete Mathematics
The ombudspersons are professors and scientific staff of mathematics. They are bound by secrecy. Ombudspersons investigate complaints and attempt to resolve them, usually through recommendations (binding or not) or mediation. In agreement with the students or employees who are addressing them they might also make contact with other professional personal of the university and hand over matters.
Contact
Regula Krapf: krapf@math.uni-bonn.de
Meike Neuwohner: neuwohner@dm.uni-bonn.de