Equal Opportunity
As a Cluster, we uphold equal opportunity as an ethical imperative and as an asset. We aim to be aware of, dismantle, and wherever possible eliminate structural obstacles to participation in research that individuals face due to their gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnic or religious affiliation, nationality, age, socio-economic status and dis-/ability, as well as to racist bias. We consider this effort key to achieving not only excellence in research, but also personal and social wellbeing, growth, and resilience within and beyond academia.
Our equal opportunity work builds on and aims to expand both the DFG Research-Oriented Equity and Diversity Standards and our University’s commitment to equity, diversity, and sustainable development.
It centres inclusive practices and expansive and emancipatory initiatives that generate structural shifts in the ways we do research and nurture research communities – those at our Cluster, those with whom we collaborate locally and globally, and those our young scholars will join, shape, and lead in the future.
For us, inclusion is about ensuring that all feel respected and valued and are supported to thrive within our scholarly communities. It is also about opening up research and scholarship to a multiplicity of voices, perspectives, ways of knowing and belonging, social and cultural projects, and stakeholders.
Many of us have long-term connections in communities whose interests, epistemologies, and methodologies have been under severe pressure for the past several centuries, and we all work on precisely the kinds of material artefacts that were often translocated during colonial encounters. We are thus in a unique position to push for changes in global research practices and we have a responsibility to lead in this field.
Accordingly, we strive to put equal opportunity at the core of all we do at the Cluster, from recruiting members, training them, supporting them financially and responding to their needs, to designing our projects, collecting and handling data, writing up and sharing our findings, developing software, organising events, and engaging communities and publics beyond academia.
Equal Training Opportunities
For the past six years, our MA Programme ‘Manuscript Cultures’, hosted by the Asia Africa Institute in the Faculty of Humanities, has welcomed students from over 20 different countries, including Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Colombia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Iran, Italy, Kenya, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Poland, Romania, Russia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Turkey, the UK, the US, as well as Germany. Our MA Fellowship Programme enables us to offer admission also to economically disadvantaged students – often the first in their families to attend university.
The PhD Programme at our Cluster has also attracted students from all over the world. Our current students come from Belarus, China, Ethiopia, Georgia, Germany, Greece, India, Indonesia, Italy, Mali, Peru, Romania, Russia, Singapore, Switzerland, the US, and Vietnam. Many of these young researchers study written artefacts located in or stemming from their countries of origin, and some return to these countries to take up positions in universities, research centres, libraries, and archives. Some of these scholars have recently set up an alumni network and we plan to welcome them back at career development events for current graduate students and postdocs.
We actively promote the scholarly and career development of our MA and PhD students and of our postdocs by organising workshops and programs on key professional and transferable skills within our Cluster. We offer a weekly hands-on workshop on academic writing in English, a beginner’s level German-language course, networking events, career development talks, and mentoring programmes that combine group workshops and one-on-one coaching sessions and that are designed specifically for female scholars and international scholars. Past events have focused on, for example, the hiring process in German academia, academic writing and publishing, and wellbeing and productivity in academia. Our early career researchers can also take advantage of numerous university-wide skill and career development opportunities offered at or through the Career Center, the Hamburg Research Academy, and the Hamburg Center for University Teaching and Learning.
We support the career development and scholarly achievement of our early career researchers also by providing advice on data management and research ethics consultations tailored to their individual projects through our Cluster’s Ethics Committee. By regularly involving our postdocs and junior professors in cross-disciplinary conversations, we equip them to become reflexive and open-minded scholars that will be able to feel at home in a broad variety of disciplinary communities.
We strive to take the interests and perspectives of our postdoctoral researchers very seriously because we are aware that the future of our scholarly communities depends on their work. Some of our postdocs are spokepersons of Research Fields. Together with a postdoc spokesperson, they are full members of our Steering Committee, where they represent the interests of their peers.
Equal Work/Life Balance Opportunities
Members of the Cluster who have family care responsibilities can benefit from various work/family life balance measures offered at the Cluster, including flexible working hours and the provision of student assistants. We hope to soon be able to offer financial aid for research travel with children. We also facilitate Cluster members’ access to university-wide services for researchers with care responsibilities coordinated through the Family Office. All our female professors are entitled to a sabbatical leave financed by the Cluster.
Ethical Research as an Opportunity Equaliser
We seek to multiply opportunities to engage in research on and conservation of written artefacts and to amplify the social and political impact of our research and conservation projects.
Our research emerges from and sparks collaborations not only across disciplines in the humanities, natural sciences, and computer sciences, but also between academic and non-academic communities and between our university and multiple other organisations, from UN agencies to local non-governmental groups, across the Global North and the Global South.
In Cultural Heritage projects that are funded externally but are closely linked to our Cluster and draw on the expertise and networks of our researchers, we partner with local laboratories and educational and research institutes to strengthen their conservation capabilities, help implement conservational treatment of local collections of written artefacts, and improve access to these collections. We also conduct short- and long-term training programs in manuscript conservation and management.
We are currently cooperating with institutions in India, Indonesia, Mali, Nepal, Tunisia, and Vietnam. In the course of these collaborations, we also develop joint research and publication projects. Across these collaborations, we aim to recognise the key role written artefacts play in the definition and practice of local cultural identities and to empower local communities, scholarly and lay ones alike, to determine what knowledge is produced, and how, from and around these artefacts. With ‘Written Artefacts as Cultural Heritage’, launched in 2020, we have established a venue for publishing peer-reviewed research on these topics. In line with our social and political commitments, this journal is openly accessible.
We uphold our commitment to empowering the communities we work with also by advocating FAIR and CARE principles in handling data and by requiring that all Cluster members abide by them in their individual research projects. All software developed within our Cluster is openly accessible. In future, we aspire to develop strategies that will help us open our publications to a more diverse pools of contributors.
Finally, we regularly open our Summer and Winter Schools to students and scholars from all over the world and from across the disciplines. In 2023, we are organising a Summer School which will also be open to both local and international students from across the disciplines and for which financial aid will be available.
Equal Opportunity as a Research Lens
We strive to centre the question of how unequal access to training and research opportunities has shaped research on written artefacts by setting up initiatives focused on writing practices, writers, and written artefacts that have been overlooked and on analytical and interpretive perspectives that have been marginalized in research on written artefacts. Across a variety of Cluster events, we also reflect on what inclusive research on written artefacts or research on written artefacts that fosters equity of opportunities would look like.
As a leading centre for the study of written artefacts globally, we see these as key research questions to be answered at regional, methodological, and theoretical levels. Our goal for the coming years is to incorporate these questions in our scholarship across all our research fields.
We have begun to explore these questions through a lecture series, held in Winter 2022/23 and open to academic and non-academic audiences, entitled ‘Between Invisibility and Autonomy: Negotiating Gender Roles in Manuscript Cultures’. A subsequent lecture series, held in Winter 2023/24, investigates ‘Untold Stories’ in the Cluster’s research on written artefacts. Including talks in both English and German, this new series has enabled us to reach wider audiences also within Germany. Additionally, starting in Winter 2023/24 we have successfully piloted teaching in languages other than English, and in particular in African and Asian languages. This has enabled us to both expand access to our research beyond the anglophone world and broaden our scholarly conversations across linguistic and cultural boundaries.
Finally, our guest professorship programme ‘Gender in Manuscript Cultures’, started in Summer 2023, has enabled us to bring to the Cluster German and international guest scholars whose work centres equity and diversity perspectives, including particularly scholars working at the intersection of written artefact studies and gender studies and of written artefact studies and indigenous studies.
Equalising Future Opportunities
In order to attract a student body that is diverse in terms of ethnicity, gender, and social and educational background, we cooperate with schools in the Hamburg region.
With our Excellence in Schools programme, we walk out of our labs and offices to work with students at their high schools. During these events, and on the Girls’ and Boys’ Days we plan to continue organising yearly together with other Departments and the three other Clusters of Excellence at Universität Hamburg (Climate, Climatic Change, and Society (CLICCS); CUI: Advanced Imaging of Matter; Quantum Universe), children and youth can discover some of the questions we ask at the Cluster and some of the methods by which we investigate them.
We are also currently designing training programmes and instructional resources to enable elementary school teachers to approach literary practices (for example writing systems, book materials and formats, reading and writing traditions) as valuable cultural heritage, particularly in immigrant communities. Here we can build on scholarship on this topic as well as existing forays into children’s literature by some of our researchers.
Female Researchers
Not least in order to assess the impacts of these initiatives, we will soon start monitoring our members’ experiences and needs through dedicated surveys, research-field specific meetings, and meetings for young researchers. In the hope that this contributes to increasing awareness of equal opportunity issues within our community, we plan to share our findings with the entire Cluster at the end of every semester.
If you have questions about the equal opportunity initiatives described on this page or would like to suggest new ones, please contact our Equal Opportunity Coordinator, Mariapaola Gritti.
Please also get in touch with our Equal Opportunity Coordinator if you are a member of the Cluster and are experiencing work conditions that negatively affect you, including hostility, discrimination, or harassment of any kind. The Coordinator can help to find a solution, including through connecting you to relevant advising services and ombudspersons within the university.
You can also contact our Coordinator if you would like us to help you navigate difficult passages in your training or career – for example, balancing work and family life, coping with physical or psychological impairments or disabilities, and adjusting to a new cultural/linguistic/academic context.
We will do our best to understand your needs and help you set up or access relevant support structures.
Overview of support services at UHH and in Hamburg
Overview of support services
Care Work Support
UWA’s Equal Opportunity Coordinator, Mariapaola Gritti (Wa 26, Rm. 2004; mariapaola.gritti@uni-hamburg.de( mariapaola.gritti"AT"uni-hamburg.de); 040 42838 9757) can provide information about family care measures and services available at UWA or UHH and in Hamburg (e.g., parental leave, “sick child” leave, parental allowance (“Elterngeld”), child allowance (“Kindergeld”), childcare, family-friendly working arrangements, etc.). She can also help UWA staff and students access these services.
For more information about measures in support of care work offered through the University:
https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/familienbuero.html
Work Organisation
Flexible working hours:
Provided they attend (when necessary, in person) all required meetings, UWA staff and students can organize their daily work schedules in the ways that best fit their personal and family needs, including through a combination of work on CSMC premises and work at home.
Scheduling of meetings and events:
- As a rule, all meetings and events (mandatory and not) should be held Monday - Friday, 9 am - 6 pm (unless all involved prefer otherwise).
- Events involving a limited number of participants (e.g., RF meetings) should be scheduled at times that work for all participants, including particularly those with care responsibilities.
- Events are to be held in hybrid format whenever suitable (given the goals of the event) and feasible.
Student assistants:
UWA postdocs and junior professors with care responsibilities can request the support of a student assistant (max. 16 hours / month for max. of 6 months, for max. 3 times). To do so, they should submit a brief request specifying why they need an assistant and what tasks they will perform to UWA’s Equal Opportunity Coordinator (mariapaola.gritti@uni-hamburg.de). The request will need to be approved by the Cluster’s Steering Committee.
Care Services
Kindergarten (“Kita”):
A “Kita-Gutschein”, a voucher that can be obtained by applying via the city website or through the local city offices (“Bezirksamt”), is needed to access kindergarten in Hamburg. The standard voucher covers the costs of up to 5 hours of kindergarten / day (including lunch) for all children aged 1 - 6, but a voucher for more hours can be requested (depending on income, a fee might need to be paid for the additional hours). For more information, and to apply:
https://www.hamburg.de/antraege/ (in German only).
To estimate monthly Kita costs beyond the 5 hours / day:
https://serviceportal.hamburg.de/HamburgGateway/Service/Entry/KitaBei (in German only).
The following Kitas are located in proximity of the CSMC:
- Kita Neue Rabenstrasse: https://www.elbkinder-kitas.de/de/kita_finder/kita/2070
- Kita Feldbrunnenstrasse: https://www.elbkinder-kitas.de/de/kita_finder/kita/207
- Kita Kinder Campus: https://www.stwhh.de/kita/kita-kindercampus
- Kita Bornstraße: https://www.stwhh.de/kita/kita-bornstrasse
- Kita Hallerstraße: https://www.stwhh.de/kita/kita-hallerstrasse
For an overview of the Kitas of Hamburg’s Studierendenwerk:
https://www.stwhh.de/en/family-service/daycare-centres-and-flexible-childcare-services
For the Kita on the Bahrenfeld Campus (DESY): https://www.desy.de/about_desy/mission_and_guiding_principles/work_and_private_life/child_care/DESYinform10-12-engWEB_eng.html (this Kita is German-English bilingual)
“Tagesmutter” / “Tagesvater”:
Alternatively, the city can cover the costs of childcare provided by a childminder in a home-style, small-group setting. Applications need to be submitted to the local city offices (“Bezirksamt”). For more information: https://www.hamburg.de/kindertagespflege-elterninfos/4053458/finanzierung/ (in German only).
Flexible childcare:
- Weekend daycare is available at the UKE (University Hospital) daycare centre for children aged 0 - 6 on the first weekend of every month: Fees are as follows: 4€/2-hour block (students) or 6€/2-hour block (employees). See: https://www.stwhh.de/en/family-service/daycare-centres-and-flexible-childcare-services/daycare-centre/integrative-daycare-centre-uke
- Weekend daycare is also available at the Kita KinderCampus for children aged 3 - 10, 10 am - 4 pm. The service needs to be reserved by 1 pm on the Thursday before the weekend on which childcare is needed. See: https://www.stwhh.de/en/family-service/daycare-centres-and-flexible-childcare-services/daycare-centre/daycare-centre-kindercampus
- MIN students and faculty can book childcare slots at the “Zwischenspeicher” on the UHH Stellingen Campus (Vogt-Kölln-Straße 30). Slots are available for children aged 0 - 6, for max. 10 hours/week in 2-hour blocks, 8 am - 8 pm, and need to be reserved in advance. Fees are as follows: 3€/2-hour block (students) or 6€/2-hour block (faculty), or a semester flat rate of 35€/2-hour block (students) or 70€/2-hour block (faculty). See: https://www.inf.uni-hamburg.de/en/service/zwischenspeicher.html
Childcare in emergency situations:
Emergency childcare can be provided, for example, when a child’s regular childcare is unexpectedly cancelled, when a parent is hospitalised, when a parent participates in professional development courses, work-related travel, or has unexpected work-related appointments or assignments. The following forms of emergency childcare are available for UHH’s staff and students:
- Emergency childcare at the Elbkinder Kitas: for children aged 1 - 6, on Monday - Thursday, 6 am - 6 pm & Friday, 6 am - 5 pm, at any of the Elbkinder Kitas all over the Hamburg metropolitan area, for free. In order to access this service, parents should register for it via UHH’s Family Office (familienbuero@uni-hamburg.de( familienbuero"AT"uni-hamburg.de), +49 (0)40 42838 4281); the Family Office will issue an emergency care ID which can be used in all Elbkinder Kitas. When emergency childcare is needed, the desired Kita should be notified (if possible 1 day in advance, or on the same day before dropping off the child) by phone or via the following form: https://www.elbkinder-kitas.de/files/Formular_2_Anmeldung_Gastkinderbetreuung.pdf. The Family Office must also be notified (by phone or email), at the latest on the first day of emergency childcare.
- Reimbursement of independently organised childcare can be requested for childcare provided by a privately recruited baby-sitter, for max. 600€ / year (employees) or 300€ / semester (students), for max. 12€ / hour, 8 hours / day. Requests for reimbursement should be submitted to UWA’s Equal Opportunity Coordinator (mariapaola.gritti@uni-hamburg.de( mariapaola.gritti"AT"uni-hamburg.de)).
- Childcare during work-related travel: on a case-by-case basis, the travel expenses incurred by a caregiver accompanying a researcher on a work-related trip in order to provide care for the researcher’s child can be reimbursed.
- On-site childcare: should UWA events occasionally take place outside core working hours (e.g., in the evening or on weekends), on-site childcare can be organised (upon request).
Family-Friendly Spaces on Campus
- The app UHH global (available for iOS and Android) provides access to maps locating all family-friendly spaces in and around campus, including nursing and diaper-changing facilities, family-friendly cafeterias, childcare facilities, and parent-child rooms.
- University Sports (https://www.hochschulsport.uni-hamburg.de; in German only) offers athletics programs for children aged 1 - 11.
- Parent-child rooms are located at:
- UHH Administration Building, Mittelweg 177, Rm S 0014 (register at: svenja.saure@uni-hamburg.de book at: wd.mittelweg"AT"uni-hamburg.de)
- AAI, Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1, East Wing, Rm 107
- Bahrenfeld Campus, Luruper Chaussee 149, Building 67, Rm 004 & Building 610, Rm 2026 (register at: eileen.schwanold"AT"uni-hamburg.de)
- Grindel Campus, Grindelberg 7, Rm 1007 (register at: sebastian.zubrzycki"AT"uni-hamburg.de)
- Stellingen Campus, Vogt-Köln-Straße 30, Informatikum, Haus C, Rm 120
- Students and staff can borrow portable toy boxes at the following locations:
- Maimonides Centre for Advanced Studies, Schlüterstraße 51, Rm 5020 (contact: karolin.berends@uni-hamburg.de( karolin.berends"AT"uni-hamburg.de); +49 (0)40 42838 9767)
- Biocenter Klein Flottbek, Ohnhorststr. 18, Rm E.054 (contact: ruzica.latincic@verw.uni-hamburg.de( ruzica.latincic"AT"verw.uni-hamburg.de); +49 (0)40 42816 627)
- Department of Chemistry, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 6a, Rm 6 (contact: ingke.klemm@uni-hamburg.de( ingke.klemm"AT"uni-hamburg.de); +49 (0)40 42838 2410)
- Department of Informatics, Vogt-Kölln-Straße 30, Building C, Rm 120 (contact: moldt"AT"informatik.uni-hamburg.de)
- Institute of Experimental Physics, Luruper Chaussee 149, Building 67b, Rm 30
- Hamburg Research Academy, Gorch-Fock-Wall 7, Rm C1069 (contact: office"AT"hra-hamburg.de)
Discrimination and harassment
UHH Discrimination Complaints Office (pursuant to the Germany Equality Law (AGG))
For students:
Alexandra Abeling-Tauchert: alexandra.abeling"AT"verw.uni-hamburg.de; +49 (0)40 42838 9928
Dorothee Wolfs: dorothee.wolfs"AT"uni-hamburg.de; +49 (0)40 42838 4201
Note that these officers are required to legally act on your complaints.
UHH Sexual Discrimination and Harassment
For students:
Franziska Wallburg: franziska.wallburg"AT"uni-hamburg.de; +49 (0)40 42838 8928
Itimad Lasfar: +49 (0)40 42838 8928
For employees:
https://www.kus.uni-hamburg.de/en/themen/gesundheit-familie-soziales-gleichstellung/soziale-beratungsangebote/sozialberatung-suchtpraevention/kontaktstelle-sexuelle-diskriminierung.html
sozialberatung"AT"uni-hamburg.de
Angelina Baster: angelina.baster"AT"uni-hamburg.de; +49 (0)40 42838 5300; +49 (0)151 58332361; Welckerstraße 8, Rm 5.17
Other Services
Intercultural counselling for victims of domestic violence: https://www.verikom.de/en/gewaltschutz-eng/ibera-beratungsangebot-eng/; Norderreihe 61; +49 (0)40 350 177226
Federal Anti-Discrimination Agency: https://www.antidiskriminierungsstelle.de/EN/homepage/homepage-node.html
International students & scholars
International Affairs Office
https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/internationales.html
For MA Students: PIASTA
https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/piasta.html
piasta"AT"uni-hamburg.de; Rentzelstraße 17
For:
- Social & Cultural Programme: Welcome Week, Welcome Buddy Program, International Nights, etc.
- Language tandems and language cafés (contact: piasta-sprachen"AT"uni-hamburg.de)
- Workshops and seminars (contact: piasta-seminare"AT"uni-hamburg.de)
- Advising services: https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/piasta/beratung.html (also legal advice)
Katja Grannis of the International Affairs Office can also be contacted for advice on legal, social and personal matters: international-student-support"AT"uni-hamburg.de
For PhD Students and Researchers: Welcome Service
welcome-service"AT"uni-hamburg.de
For information and advice on visa or other entry requirements, health insurance, housing, etc.
!! Researchers at risk (suffering persecution or oppression) should contact Kristin Günther or Jin Jlussi: international-scholars"AT"uni-hamburg.de
Studierendenwerk Hamburg: Counseling and Orientation for International Students
https://www.stwhh.de/en/counselling/counselling-centre-for-social-international-affairs-besi
Grindelallee 9, 3rd Floor; +49 (0)40 41902155
For advising on social, personal, and economic matters, including health insurance, social benefits, working while studying, housing, communicating with the authorities, as well as in conflict and crisis situations.
AstA UHH: Advice for International Students by Students
Open office hours: Tuesdays 9:15 – 11:15 am & Wednesdays 4:30 – 6:30 pm & Thursdays 12 – 2 pm; Von-Melle-Park 5, Rm 0042, or by phone: +49 (0)40 450204 36
Mental health
UHH-Based Counselling Services
Psychological Counselling for Students
https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/campuscenter/beratung/beratungsangebote/psychologische-beratung.html
Dipl.-Psych. Franziska Wallburg: franziska.wallburg"AT"uni-hamburg.de; +49 (0)40 42838 2543; Alsterterrasse 1, Rm. 413
Dipl.-Psych. Fabian Sengebusch: HOPES"AT"uni-hamburg.de; +49 (0)40 42838 8943; Alsterterrasse 1, Rm. 401
For:
- individual sessions (Arabic / English / French / German / Spanish), to make an appointment: https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/campuscenter/beratung/beratungsangebote/psychologische-beratung/anmeldung.html
- group sessions focused on specific issues (e.g.,: procrastination, stress management for doctoral students, ADHD, Compassionate Mind Training)
- help finding a therapist in Hamburg
- workshops
- short counselling sessions (10-15 mins) in person on Mondays 11 am – 12 pm (by appointment only: https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/campuscenter/beratung/terminvergabe-psychologische-beratung.html)
- short counselling sessions (10-15 mins) by phone (+49 (0)40 42838 8916) on Mondays 11 am – 12 pm (no appointment needed)
- individual and group counselling for students with mental illness (HOPES Programme: https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/campuscenter/beratung/beratungsangebote/psychologische-beratung/hopes.html)
Psychological Counselling for Employees
sozialberatung"AT"uni-hamburg.de
Angelina Baster: angelina.baster"AT"uni-hamburg.de; +49 (0)40 42838 5300 / +49 (0)151 58332361; Welckerstraße 8, 5. Stock, Rm. 5.17 (by appointment only)
Anna Schildt: anna.madeleine.schildt"AT"uni-hamburg.de; +49 (0)40 42838-2302 / +49 (0)151 26825818; Welckerstraße 8
Ronald Hoffmann: ronald.hoffmann"AT"uni-hamburg.de; +49 (0)40 42838 3646 (for help with students needing psychological support)
Annette Juchems-Brohl: Annette.juchems-brohl"AT"uni-hamburg.de; +49 (0)40 42838 3303 (for help with students needing psychological support)
See also: https://www.kus.uni-hamburg.de/en/themen/gesundheit-familie-soziales-gleichstellung/soziale-beratungsangebote/bem.html (for employees returning to work after long-term or severe illness)
UHH Conflict Prevention and Resolution
Sonja Nielbock: sonja.nielbock"AT"uni-hamburg.de; +49 (0)40 42838 9780; Welckerstraße 8, Room 5.14
Eike Mordhorst: eike.karen.mordhost"AT"uni-hamburg.de; +49 (0)40 42838-9548 / +49 (0)151 29803266; Welckerstraße 8, Room 5.17
Other Counselling Services
Studierendenwerk Hamburg: Counselling and Orientation for International Students
https://www.stwhh.de/en/counselling/counselling-centre-for-social-international-affairs-besi
Grindelallee 9, 3rd Floor; +49 (0)40 41902155
AStA UHH: Counselling for Students by Students
https://www.asta-uhh.de/2-beratung/05-psychologische-unterstuetzung.html (scroll down for English)
psych-beratung"AT"asta.uni-hamburg.de
- psychological counselling every Friday 2 – 6 pm (on Zoom: https://uni-hamburg.zoom.us/j/93565713650; passcode: 85400567; no appointment needed)
- Safe Space and Open Gathering every 1st Thursday of the month at 7:30 pm
- Service provided by psychology students – not psychotherapy, but self-clarification and orientation
Magnus Hirschfeld Centrum: Counselling for LGBTQI* Individuals
https://www.mhc-hh.de/beratungsstelle/
Verikom gGmbH: Intercultural counselling (focus on women and domestic violence)
https://www.verikom.de/en/gewaltschutz-eng/ibera-beratungsangebot-eng/
Norderreihe 61; +49 (0)40 350 177226
Self-Help Groups
https://www.kiss-hh.de/ (in German): +49 (0)40 395767
Workplace accommodations
Office for Students with Disabilities and Chronic Health Issues
https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/studieren-mit-behinderung.html
To reserve an online appointment: https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/studieren-mit-behinderung.html (scroll down for the calendar)
Or: beeintraechtigt-studieren"AT"uni-hamburg.de
Dr. Maike Gattermann-Kasper: maike.gattermann-kasper"AT"uni-hamburg.de: +49 (0)40 42838 3764; Alsterterrasse 1, Rm 301
Dr. Susanne Peschke: susanne.peschke"AT"uni-hamburg.de; +49 (0)40 42838 8386; Alsterterrasse 1 (accessibility questions)
Representative for Individuals with Severe Disabilities
Dennis Basler: sbv"AT"uni-hamburg.de; +49 (0)40 42838 6884 / +49 (0)151 12071144; Mittelweg 177
Office hours: Tuesdays 9 – 11 am & Thursdays 8 – 9 am (in person, online, and by phone)
For general inquiries: sbv"AT"uni-hamburg.de; +49 (0)40 42838 3387 on Mondays 10 – 13 am & Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays 9 am – 12 pm (by phone)
Emergency contacts
Help for victims of violence
www.hilfetelefon.de 08000 116 016 (violence against women; advice given in multiple languages, counselling also available via chat, email, and for hearing impaired people)
http://en.frauennotruf-hamburg.de/; +49 (0)40 255566 (rape crisis centre; also in English)
https://weisser-ring.de/english 116 006
www.opferhilfe-hamburg.de +49 (0)40 381993
www.ikb-lale.de +49 (0)40 30227978 (focus on intercultural situations)
www.verikom.de +49 (0)40 350177226 (esp. for people with migration backgrounds)
Social and Psychiatric Crisis Services
Altona: https://www.hamburg.de/altona/sozialpsychiatrischer-dienst/
Bergedorf: https://www.hamburg.de/bergedorf/gesundheit/77572/sozialpsychatrischer-dienst/
Harburg: https://www.hamburg.de/harburg/gesundheit/14815286/sozialpsychiatrischer-dienst/
Hamburg-Mitte: https://www.hamburg.de/harburg/gesundheit/14815286/sozialpsychiatrischer-dienst/
Hamburg-Nord: https://www.hamburg.de/hamburg-nord/gesundheit/38586/sozialpsychiatrischer-dienst/
Wandsbek: https://www.hamburg.de/wandsbek/sozialpsychiatrischer-dienst/
TelefonSeelsorge: 0800 1110111 / 0800 1110222
Studentische TelefonSeelsorge: +49 (0)40 41170411