Gender Equality Officer of the Faculty

The task of the Gender Equality Officer is to work towards compensating for disadvantages arising from gender-related factors (LHG 2015 §4). She and the members of the Equality Commission serve as contact persons for students and staff of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities in matters relating to gender equality. This includes problems relating to the compatibility of family with studies or work, confidential counselling in cases of discrimination or sexual harassment, support for young female researchers, and the promotion of gender-related topics in research and teaching.

Prof. Dr. Wiebke Meinhold has been the Gender Equality Officer for the Faculty of Arts and Humanities since summer term 2025.
Her deputy is Prof. Dr. Sam Featherston.

Secretary:  Andrea Nieß (available daily by email, also by telephone in the mornings)

Her predecessors are Prof. Dr. Monika Schrimpf (2019-2024), Prof. Dr. Heike Oberlin (2014-2019), Franziska Plümmer, M.A. (2014), Prof. Dr. Esme Winter-Froemel (2013-2014) and Dr. Lily Tonger-Erk (2010-2013).

Links:

• Equality Commission of the Faculty of Humanities
• Gender Equality Officer of the University of Tübingen
• Team Equity of the University of Tübingen
• Center for Gender and Diversity Research (ZGD) at the University of Tübingen
• Funding measures of the Faculty of Humanities' Equality Commission
• Application process