Initial contact on site Confidential guides: Available for you directly on site
Take the first step
Have you experienced a difficult situation (conflict, discrimination, harassment, bullying, stalking) and would like to have an initial assessment by talking to someone you trust?
It can be helpful to find someone in the immediate vicinity of your organisation who has specific knowledge of the particular circumstances on site.
From 15 November 2024, 68 guides will be offering an opportunity for confidential initial contact at various locations throughout the university. The confidential guides are trained volunteers from various areas of the university who are happy to take the time to talk to you and your concerns in confidence. They are there for you to make initial contact and refer you internally or externally. In addition, all other confidential contact points at the university are also available for discussions and for you and are subject to a duty of confidentiality during counselling sessions.
Would you like a confidential counsellor in your institution or based on other criteria (language skills, position, etc.)? Choose your confidential counsellor from the pool of the entire university - and together we will clarify further options for counselling or further process steps at the university.
What concerns can be brought up in a conversation with the guides?
The confidential guides have space for your issues and will support you with an outside perspective in case of uncertainties and refer you to the right contact points. The guides are trained to categorise your situation in the initial contact, even without details. Avoiding re-traumatisation is the premise of the initial consultation.
! The approach of the guides and the discussions are fundamentally confidential and anonymised, i.e. without mentioning names or details of third parties that allow conclusions to be drawn about individuals!
You can contact them with concerns about work or study conflicts, but also for initial information on sexual harassment, sexual coercion and violence, bullying, stalking and (multiple) discrimination. Experiences of discrimination include sexist, racist, anti-Semitic, anti-Muslim, ableist, trans- or queer-phobic acts or statements.
How do I get in touch?
From 15 November 2024, the following people will be available to listen to you in a confidential first contact as confidential guides.
- You are welcome to make an appointment for a personal meeting by email or direct contact.
- Please only state your wish for a confidential meeting!
- There is room for content in personal contact. Confidential guides are there for you in the initial meeting. Names or unique characteristics of third parties are not necessary in order to understand what options you have. Thank you for bearing this in mind during the conversation.
GUIDE confidential guides
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| Aeschbach, Nicole | Faculty of Chemistry and Earth Sciences Institute of Geography | Research staff academic field | German English
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| Angrick, Christian he/him | Department of Physics and Astronomy Institute for Theoretical Physics | Research staff academic field | German English | |
| Axer, Peter | Faculty of Law | Professor Research staff | German English | |
| Azzam, Nour | Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science | Student | Arabic German English French | |
| Bajak, Kathrin she/her | Medical Faculty Heidelberg Integrative Virology Collaborative Research Centers | Research staff | German English | |
| Bär, Stefan | Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences | Professor Research staff Academic field | German | |
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| Bartels, Lea | Department of Physics and Astronomy Physics | Student Assistant | German English | |
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| Becker, May-Britt | EXC STRUCTURES | Managing Director | German English | |
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| Böttner, Michaela | Faculty of Philosophy HCCH | Management Academic Support | German English Italian | |
| Braye, Alexandra she/her | University administration Division 7 (international relations) | Staff Academic Support | German English French | |
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| Colaianni, Nicole | Faculty of Philosophy Department of History ZEGK - Centre for European Historical and Cultural Studies HCA | Research staff Academic field | German English Italian | |
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| Diehl, Cosima | University Computing Centre | Assistant Manager Academic Support | German English | |
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| Dinkelbach, Gudula | University Libraries Library System | Staff Academic Support | German | |
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| Domsch, Katrin | Centre for Organismal Studies – COS Faculty of Biosciences | Research staff Academic field | German English | |
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| Effinger, Sophia | Faculty of Law | Research staff Academic field | German English French | |
| Goldberger, Ursula she/her | Medical Faculty Mannheim University Medicine | Staff Academic Support | German English Portuguese | |
| Groteclaes, Anna Leoni she/her | Faculty of Law | PhD Candidate Research staff Academic field | German English French Spanish | |
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| Haußmann, Annette she/her | Faculty of Theology | Professor Research staff Academic field | German English | |
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| Herrmann, Svea | University administration Division 7 (international relations) | Staff Academic Support | German English | |
| Heß, Katharina
| Faculty of Chemistry and Earth Sciences Institute of Geography | PhD Candidate Research staff Academic field | German English Spanish | |
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| Hofmann, Sarah | Medical Faculty Mannheim Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology | Research staff Academic field | German English | |
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| Hübner, Katrin | Faculty of Biosciences BioQuant | Management Administrative staff Research staff Academic field | German English | |
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| Jabbusch, Sarina | Faculty of Biosciences Centre for Organismal Studies – COS Working Group Anti-Racism | PhD Candidate Research staff Academic field | German English | |
| Jost, Laurence she/her | Medical Faculty Heidelberg Virology Collaborative Research Centers | Research staff Academic field | German English French | |
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| Keller, Kim | Faculty of Behavioural and Cultural Studies Institute of Psychology | PhD Candidate Research staff Academic field | German English | |
| Kieser, Meinhard | Medical Faculty Heidelberg IMBI - Institute for Medical Biometry | Professor Research staff Management Academic field | German English | |
| Klages, Hana | Faculty of Modern Languages and Literatures Institute of German as a Foreign Language | Staff Academic Support | German Czech Slovak | |
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| Kloss, Gerrit | Faculty of Philosophy Department of Classical Philology | Professor Research staff Academic field | German English Italian | |
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| Knapp, Sophie | Faculty of Modern Languages and Literatures Department of German Language and Literature | Research staff Academic field | German English | |
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| Koch, Layla | Faculty of Theology | PhD Candidate Research staff Academic field | German English French | |
| Kottmann, Vanessa | Faculty of Law | Student | German English | |
| Kückelhaus, Marcel he/him | Faculty of Modern Languages and Literatures Department of German Language and Literature | Research staff Academic field | German English French | |
| Lebek, Mara she/her | SAI - South Asia Institute | Student Assistant | German English | |
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| Lindenberg, Katajun | Faculty of Behavioural and Cultural Studies Institute of Psychology | Professor Research staff Management Academic field | German English | |
| Maulella, Margherita she/her | Heidelberg School of Education – HSE | Assistant Manager Academic Support | German Italian | |
| Mentele, Toni | Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences AWI - Alfred Weber Institute for Economics | Staff Academic Support | German Spanish English | |
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| Orth, Oliver | University administration Division 5 (Human Resources Division) | Management Staff Academic Support | German English | |
| Patzel-Mattern, Katja | Rectorate | Professor Vice-Rector | German English | |
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| Paul, Jana she/her | Faculty of Philosophy Centre for European Historical and Cultural Studies – ZEGK Institute for Religious Studies | Student | German English | |
| Pietschke, Yannic he/him | Department of Physics and Astronomy Institute for Theoretical Physics | PhD Candidate Research staff Academic field | German English French | |
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| Proux-Wieland, Catherine she/her | catherine | Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science | Staff Academic Support | German English French Spanish |
| Quéau, Muriel she/her | University administration Division 8 (Foundations and Assets) | Staff Academic Support | German English French | |
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| Quintes, Philip | Faculty of Law | Student | German English French Italian | |
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| Rauch, Ferdinand | Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences | Professor Research staff Academic field | German English | |
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| Renninghoff, Sabine | Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences | Staff Academic Support | German English French | |
| Repnow, Robin he/him | Faculty of Law | PhD Candidate Research staff Academic field | German English French Italian | |
| Röthig, Franziska she/her | Faculty of Theology | Management Staff Academic Support | German English | |
| Schanne, Sita | University administration Division 5 (Human Resources Division) | Staff Academic Support Management | German English | |
| Scheer, Susanne she/her | University administration Division 5 (Human Resources Division) | Staff Academic Support heiTRACKS Career Support for Post-Docs | German English | |
| Schenk, Sabine she/her | University administration Division 7 (international relations) Heidelberg University Office Kyoto – HUOK | Staff Academic Support | German English Japanese | |
| Scheurich, Ursula | ZNF - SERVICE CENTRE Neuenheimer Feld Department for Glass Technology | Staff Academic Support | German | |
| Schirmer, Swantje |
heiQUALITY office 4EU+ Office
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| Schröder, Susanne | Faculty of Law | Staff Academic Support | German | |
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| Srir, Selma she/her | Faculty of Philosophy Department of History ZEGK | Student Assistant | German English | |
| Stuck, Michelle | Faculty of Chemistry and Earth Sciences Student representatives of Chemistry and Biochemistry | Student | German English | |
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| Thimm, Guido | ZAH - Centre for Astronomy | Research staff Academic field | German English | |
| Thomas, Karoline | Department of Physics and Astronomy Institute of Environmental Physics | Staff Academic Support | German English French Russian | |
| Trigilia, Lea-Marie | Faculty of Philosophy Department of History | Student Assistant | German Spanish English Italian | |
| Tuci, Giulia she/her | Department of Physics and Astronomy Physikalisches Institut | PostDoc Research staff Academic field | Italian English | |
| Vardag, Sanam | Department of Physics and Astronomy Institute of Environmental Physics | Research staff Academic field | German English | |
| Weineck, Benjamin he/him | Faculty of Philosophy CATS Seminar für Sprachen und Kulturen des Vorderen Orients Abteilung Islamwissenschaften | Research staff Academic field | German English | |
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| Wirtz, Markus | Centre for Organismal Studies – COS Faculty of Biosciences | Research staff Academic field | German English French | |
| Zhaglina, Marina she/her | Faculty of Law | Student Assistant | German English Russian | |
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| Zürn, Gerhard | Department of Physics and Astronomy Institute for Physics | Research staff Academic field | German English |