Information for Members of Search Committees
Tasks of search committees
The tasks of search committees are regulated in § 98 UG (summarization of all procedural steps) and include the following areas:- To review the application documents
- To submit all appropriate applications to reviewers
- To draw up a list of suitable candidates, who are being invited to the hearing lectures
- To invite to and to perform the hearings (together with the Rector)
- To decide on a shortlist of suitable candidates (to be submitted to the Rector)
Basis for the work of search committees
The rights and the responsibilities of the search committee members have as a basis the following provisions:University Law ("Universitätsgesetz UG")
- § 2: Guiding principles, for example, the combination of research with the development of arts and with teaching; diversity of scientific and artistic theories, methods and schools of thought; equality between women and men
- § 20 Subparagraph 3: Freedom from instructions for the members
- §§ 41-44: Promotion of women and the implementation of this promotion
- § 48: Obligation to secrecy (confidentiality) for members
- The rules of procedure for the search committee shall be determined in accordance with the rules of procedure for the Senate dieangewandte.at/satzung (page 59 continued).
- Promotion-of-women plan § 3 Subparagraph 1