Since 2010, Martina Stackelbeck has significantly shaped the equal opportunities work at TU Dortmund University. Her approach was characterized by cooperation, clear legal standards, and the awareness that equality is a shared task of all university members. Under her leadership, the university’s visit procedures were further established in regards to gender justice: she initiated the first thorough appointment standards and the consultation portal, along with accompanying procedures such as gender trainings and checklists for supporting appointment procedures by the department Equal Opportunities Officers.
The mentoring program “MinTU– Girls into TU Dortmund University,” which is related to across the country as an exemplary task in the field of study orientation, also was established on her initiative. With “female.2. business” she launched a task that supports female graduates in their shift into non-university profession fields. In addition, she drove the expansion of equal opportunities work to include subjects such as gender diversity and variety in general. Together with different cooperation partners from the city, she performed projects such as “She for Democracy” and “Offer Violence No Opportunity on the School.”
“I want to thank all cooperation partners within TU Dortmund University for the great collaboration,” Stackelbeck stated at her ceremonial farewell from office. “I almost always felt comprehended and well supported with my equality concerns. Together we have actually added to making TU Dortmund University more gender equitable.” The graduate economist was employed at the university for a total of 38 years, initially as a research study assistant at the Social Research Center Dortmund, where her focus was on labor research study, organizational culture and gender issues, and lastly for 15 years as the main Equal Opportunities Officer.
On behalf of the Rectorate, Professor Petra Wiederkehr, Vice President Variety, honored Stackelbeck’s long-standing commitment: “Martina Stackelbeck has actually made a crucial contribution to making our appointment treatments more gender equitable. This is necessary in order to hire exceptional female researchers and to sustainably increase the proportion of woman professors.” The handover of office to Elisabeth Brenker is an effective example of a well-prepared death of the baton.
Elisabeth Brenker Recently Chose to Office
The 36-year-old Cultural Studies scholar Elisabeth Brenker has worked for nine years in the TU Dortmund University Equal Opportunities Workplace, where she, among other things, collaborated the “female.2. business” task. She contributes enduring proficiency in equality issues along with thorough understanding of university structures. From 2022 to 2024, she acted as deputy Equal Opportunities Officer and advisor for the fields of technology and administration. At the start of June, she has been elected by TU Dortmund University’s female staff and students for an initial three-year term as the new central Equal Opportunities Officer. “Gender equality is not an add-on but a basic requirement for a future-proof university, and the diversity of a research group has by now typically been decisive for the approval of funding,” she highlighted. “An intersectional viewpoint on all steps that we, as a university, initiate is obligatory and more pertinent than ever. I eagerly anticipate supporting TU Dortmund University in this.”
About the Office of the Central Equal Opportunities Officer
By law, the main Equal Opportunities Officer supports TU Dortmund University in its mandate to promote the actual enforcement of equality between ladies and males. In doing so, she considers all genders and specifically makes sure the dismantling of structural drawbacks dealt with by ladies. To satisfy her responsibilities, the central Equal Opportunities Officer takes part in committee conferences– such as those of the University Council, the Rectorate, the Senate, the Department Conference, and numerous consultation committees. She also performs actions and projects together with the Equal Opportunities Workplace team and offers info on gender issues.
About the Equal Opportunities Office