BIKO - Advice on discrimination

In Germany, a modern, cosmopolitan country, people with diverse lifestyles, backgrounds, and opinions come together. Society is characterized by great diversity. THM is proud of this diversity and sees it as an opportunity. We are committed to ensuring equitable participation in all areas, promoting respectful dialogue, and clearly opposing all forms of discrimination.

Interpersonal conflicts are nevertheless sometimes unavoidable. In a pluralistic society, the existence of differing values ​​harbors potential for conflict.

The BIKO team offers all THM the opportunity to report incidents of racially motivated discrimination, discuss them, and develop solutions.
Racially motivated discrimination includes the following characteristics:

  • Discrimination regarding external characteristics such as skin color or clothing
  • Discrimination based on ethnic origin
  • Discrimination based on religious affiliation (religion) and/or worldview

The BIKO team's work is based on the THM (see announcement of July 19, 2019 / AMB 55/2019 ). The BIKO contact persons are officially appointed by the presidium and act within the framework of a presidium resolution.

Who can contact us?

  • Our advice is aimed at all students of THM

What do we offer?

  • Confidential consultation with information on possible courses of action
  • Support for conflict resolution in an intercultural context

We guarantee:

  • Your request will be treated with absolute confidentiality
  • Apart from your direct contact person, no one will know about the conversation
  • Additional people will only be involved if this is explicitly requested

Contact:
Consultations with the BIKO team are, of course, confidential.
Please arrange an appointment directly with one of the contact persons listed below, or use the reporting form on our website if you wish to remain anonymous.

 

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Harciye Agirman-Ortac

  • +49 6441 2041-3811
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Prof. Dr. Dorra Baccar

  • + 49 6031 604-3764
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Julius Jay Butler

  • Giessen Campus
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  • +49 641 309-6323
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Prof. Dr. Keywan Sohrabi

  • +49 641 309-6600
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Please use the email addresses in the contact information if you would like a response from your respective contact person.

If you prefer to contact one of the BIKO representatives completely anonymously, please use the following online reporting form. Please note: The form is anonymized, and we will only be able to contact you if you include your contact details in the text.

Online reporting form

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For general questions to the contact point for intercultural conflict resolution, you can contact them by email at This email address is protected against spambots! JavaScript must be enabled to view it! . Please note: All contact persons will be contacted via this central address.

Employees who are affected by discrimination should contact the AGG officer .

You can about further contact points for help and advice services at THM here .