Working Group on Equal Treatment Issues

Administration
Vorsitzende: Univ.-Prof. Dr. phil. Dipl. Sozw. Nanna Heidenreich
1. stellvertretender Vorsitzender: Sen. Art. Mag.art. Stefan Wirnsperger  
2. stellvertretende Vorsitzende: Astrid Poyer                                 
Büro: Eva Hinterbuchinger, FOI
 
Sprechzeiten Dienstag und Donnerstag nur nach telefonischer Voranmeldung
Beratung nach Vereinbarung über Email oder Telefon.
 
Kontakt:
Tel. +43-1-71133 DW 2150,
afg@uni-ak.ac.at

Tasks
Areas of activity for the Working Group on Equal Treatment Issues at the University of Applied Arts, based on its legal mandate (Universities Act 2002, Article 42, Paragraph 1 and the Federal Equal Treatment Act, BGBl 100/1993 as amended by BGBl I 65/2004 Article 41, Paragraph 2):

"At every university, the Senate is required to establish a Working Group on Equal Treatment Issues, which will work against discrimination by university institutions on grounds of gender, and advise and support the members and institutions of the University on issues of equality between women and men, as well as women’s advancement (Article 42, Paragraph 1, Universities Act 2002).
Furthermore, the Working Group on Equal Treatment Issues is responsible for matters of equal opportunity irrespective of ethnicity, religion or belief, age or sexual orientation (Article 41, Paragraph 2, B-GlBG) [Federal Equal Treatment Act, BGBl 100/1993, as amended BGBl I 65/2004]."

Advise and support all University workers, teachers, researchers, students and applicants on issues of equality, women’s advancement and protection against discrimination.
  • Supervision of personnel matters at the university, e.g. application and appointment procedures, and habilitation.
  • Representation in an advisory role in the University Council and Senate and in committees appointed by them.
  • Decision-making: Where there are grounds for suspicion of discrimination in connection with a decision of a university institution, the decision may be contested, in accordance with the statutory provisions.
  • First contact for cases of mobbing and sexual or gender-based harassment. Confidential advice on and / or mediation for professional support.
Moreover, the Working Group on Equal Treatment Issues shall, through representations or in personal discussions with senior university members, work towards achieving non-discriminatory personnel and organizational policies. Equality of treatment and status should - especially in the university environment - be simply a matter of course. As an independent body, the Working Group on Equal Treatment Issues will continue to work for the establishment and realization of this ‘matter of course’.

The members can be contacted through the Office of the Working Group on Equal Treatment Issues at the University of Applied Arts Vienna.

Staff

Liste der Mitglieder der Funktionsperiode: 
1. Oktober 2022 bis 30. September 2025 
 
Vertreter:innen der Universitätsprofessor:innen 
Univ.-Prof. Olga Grjasnowa, BA (Sprachkunst)
Univ.-Prof. Dr. phil. Dipl. Sozw. Nanna Heidenreich (Transkulturelle Studien)   
Univ.-Prof. Mag. art. Dr. phil. Ruth Mateus-Berr (Didaktik f. Kunst u. Interdisz.Unterricht)
Univ.-Prof. Marina Vishmidt, Phd (Kunsttheorie)

Ersatzmitglied:
Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. phil. Gabriele Jutz (Medientheorie)
 

Vertreter:innen der Gruppe der Universitätsdozent:innen sowie der wissenschaftlichen und künstlerischen Mitarbeiter:innen im Forschungs-, Kunst- und Lehrbetrieb 
Sen. Lect. MMag. art. Caroline Heider (Angewandte Fotografie und zeitbasierte Medien)
Univ.-Ass. Mag. arch. Daniela Kröhnert (IKKK sowie Digitale Produktion)
Astrid Poyer, wiss. Mitarb. (Kunstgeschichte)
Sen. Sc. Mag. phil. Dr. phil. Monica Titton (Mode)                                                                     
Sen. Art. Mag. art. Stefan Wirnsperger (Malerlei und Animationsfilm)

Ersatzmitglied:
Sen. Sc. Mag. art. Hannes Loichinger (Malerei)

Vertreter:innen des allgemeinen Universitätspersonals 
Zehra Baraçkılıç, BA MA (Transkulturelle Studien)
Mag. phil. Doris Löffler, MBA (Gleichstellung)
Julia Sprenger, BA MA (Philosophie, Gender Art Lab)       
Georges Younes, BA MSc (Applied Human Rights)
Ersatzmitglied:
Andrea Klaura, MSc MA (Coding Lab, Base)
 
Vertreter:innen der Studierenden 
Sarah Naomi Rapatz (Cross Disciplinary Strategies)
Fricka Lindemann BA
Ersatzmitglieder:
N.N.
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