Officers for equal opportunities for women in science and the arts at the Faculty of Business, Economics, and Law
Welcome to the website of the Officers for equal opportunities for women in science and the arts at the Faculty of Business, Economics, and Law.
On these pages, you can find all information on the promotion of gender equality at the Faculty of Business, Economics, and Law at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg.
Tasks and Responsibilities
Promoting and ensuring the integration of gender equality is a key cross-departmental task at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg. FAU makes an active contribution to significantly increasing the number of women in leading research positions and ensuring that women reach their full qualification potential.
At the Faculty of Business, Economics, and Law, the role of the Officers for equal opportunities for women in science and the arts is set out in the target agreements for increasing the proportion of women in academia between the university management and the Faculty of Business, Economics, and Law, which are currently valid from 2023 to 2027.
The target agreements focus on supporting women in career levels where they are under-represented. They are based on the structural and personnel equality standards of the German Research Foundation (DFG), statistics from the faculties and departments and the cascade model. The legal basis is Section (3) 2 of the Basic Law and Section 22 of the Bavarian Higher Education Act. The target agreements are subject to general voluntary commitments to the Bavarian State Ministry of Science and the Arts (Innovation Alliance) and the German Research Foundation.
Full text of the target agreement for the Faculty of Business, Economics, and Law in English
In particular, the role and tasks of the Officers for equal opportunities for women in science and the arts at include
- Monitoring equal opportunities in appointment procedures
- Participating as a voting member in appointment procedures
- Voting rights on the Faculty Council
- Implementing target agreement measures for equal opportunities
- Advice on career matters and crises in the workplace
- Advice on cases of sexual harassment
- Advice and support for new female professors
- Setting up and monitoring mentoring programs for young female researchers.
- Supporting measures to expand family services at the faculty
Information on maternity protection and parental leave can be found on the Family Service website. The Occupational Health and Safety Department provides information on its website on safety during pregnancy and breastfeeding. Students can find information under Pregnancy and Maternity Protection during Studies | Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (fau.de). Information on balancing studies / academia / career and family can be found on the Family-Friendly Policies at the WiSo Faculty page.
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Seminar Programme for Female Early Career Researchers 2026
The 2026 seminar programme of the Officers for Equal Opportunities for Women in Science and the Arts offers doctoral candidates, postdoctoral researchers and habilitation candidates at the Faculty seven exciting workshops with highly qualified speakers.
You can find the programme on the Seminars for Female Early Career Researchers subpage and register via StudOn.
FAU Equality Concept
The FAU Equality Concept for academic staff was adopted by the University Executive Board on 8 March 2023. Its declared aim is to establish a gender- and diversity-sensitive as well as family-friendly university and academic culture at FAU as a sustainable and integral part of everyday life.
