On our website you can find out about the variety of tasks and focal points of the Equal Opportunities Officer. Topics relevant to gender equality, institutions and programmes as well as support measures are presented. You will also find information about equality-related measures and activities at Paderborn University.

A central goal of Paderborn University is to ensure equal opportunities for women and men and to achieve this in a targeted and sustainable manner where it has not yet been achieved.

In addition to a wealth of other information on the cross-cutting issue of equality, you will find, among other things, the following on our website:

• The Paderborn University Gender Equality Concept,
• the equality plans,
• the DFG's research-orientated equality and diversity standards,
• Information on funding within the framework of the equal opportunities concept and the associated funding lines,
• the target agreements for increasing the proportion of women in research
• and relevant legal texts for download.

You will also find up-to-date information on reconciling work/study and parenthood or caring responsibilities, events, lectures and workshops. We also offer specific workshops for (junior) female scientists as part of the qualification series "Career as a female scientist".