Equal Opportunities

The promotion of equal opportunities is a central commitment of the EmpkinS Team.

The CRC´s equal opportunity officers, Amélie Hagelauer and Matthias Berking together with the EmpkinS office provide measures to

  • provide flexible family-friendly working conditions,
  • increase the number of female scientists, especially as project leaders,
  • enable equal opportunities for all people involved in EmpkinS with regard to their qualifications.

Equal Opportunity Officers:

Prof. Dr. Amelie Hagelauer

Technische Universität München
Lehrstuhl für Mikro- und Nanosystemtechnik

Prof. Dr. Matthias Berking

Department of Psychology
Chair of Psychology I (Prof. Dr. Berking)

As a CRC of FAU we are part of the F3G network. F3G Workshops_2023

F3G Network

EmpkinS is part of the F3G association. The aim of the F3G is the networking of currently 27 research groups at the FAU and the appropriate use of DFG equal opportunity funds in accordance with the guidelines in order to improve equal opportunities and the compatibility of science and family for the members of the F³G. In addition to the jointly planned measures, the F³G offer a platform for exchanging experiences with individual measures and the opportunity to jointly initiate and implement new, extensive measures. For example, the F³G secures a contingent of places for the children of its employees, finances mobile parent-child rooms at the various locations of the research groups, supports the holiday care in the realization of differentiated support offers for girls in STEM subjects and offers a special workshop program to support young scientists of the underrepresented gender.

F3G Workshops_2023

Women-of-EmpkinS

The networking event is meant for participants of all qualification levels from student assistants to professors and invited external, national and international speakers. The conference includes not only scientific topics but also networking, information and advice on financial support opportunities for women as well as study and career planning.

A joint day at the Fraunhofer EMFT in Munich (https://www.emft.fraunhofer.de/en.html) is planned for this year’s meeting. Amélie Hagelauer, PI in sub project A03, is one of the two directors of EMFT.

On that day, the participants can look forward to an interesting workshop on the subject of “Thriving in a male-dominated workplace” and a tour of the institute’s laboratories, during which they will learn a lot about the exciting research projects in the field of microsystems technology. Of course, there will also be enough time to get to know each other (better) and to exchange experiences and advices.

Gender Equality and Family Support Program

Acquisition of female junior researchers:

  • Participation in the “Mädchen-und-Technik Praktikum and Girls’ Day
  • Making role models visible through lectures by EmpkinS scientists at FAU or lectures by external scientists as part of the CRC
  • Proactive recruiting measures at all levels of qualification

Qualification of female scientists:

  • Invitation to join the ARIADNE programs at FAU or the SFB’s internal mentoring program
  • Individual coaching or training on life and career planning
  • Workshops, soft skill and method courses
  • Seminars to prepare for management tasks, acquisition of specific competences
  • Network conference “Women of Empkins” with participants of all qualification levels from student assistants to professors of EmpkinS and invited external, national and international speakers.

Support for pregnant women and parents:

  • Hiring of a student assistant for periods of absence or part-time work of scientific employees for family reasons or laboratory support for pregnant doctoral students
  • Contract extension after maternity leave and/or parental leave via flexibly graduated part-time models
  • Enabling flexible working hours; also in the home office
  • Meetings and events at family-friendly times
  • Advice on all topics relating to maternity leave, parental allowance and parental time and re-entry from the FAU family service

Family Support Measures:

Awareness:

  • Provision of information material on the subject of equal opportunities in Empkins and at FAU
  • Seminars to raise awareness of future compatibility issues such as family and career planning, dual careers and gender skills (mandatory)
  • Training and further education for managers on topics such as family-friendly team development, personnel management, gender skills and gender bias (mandatory)

Start-up funding support (Anschubfinanzierung):

  • Provision of financial support to make it easier for promising female researchers to find their way into the scientific system immediately after their doctorate and to finance or co-finance their PI positions.
  • Provision of financial support to make it easier for promising female researchers to find their way into the scientific system immediately after their doctorate and to finance or co-finance their PI positions.

https://www.familienservice.fau.eu/f%c2%b3g-network/

https://www.familienservice.fau.eu/family-services/

https://www.gender-und-diversity.fau.de/