BIKO - Advice on discrimination

In Germany, as a modern, cosmopolitan country, people with different lifestyles, different origins and different opinions come together. Society is characterized by great diversity. The THM is proud of its diversity and sees it as an opportunity. It is important to us to organize fair participation in all areas, to promote respectful exchange and to clearly oppose any discrimination.

However, interpersonal conflicts are unavoidable from time to time. In a pluralistic society, the existence of different values ​​creates the potential for conflict.

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

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

The basis for the work of the BIKO team is the THM anti-discrimination guidelines (see announcement dated July 19, 2019 / AMB 55/2019). The presidium contact persons are officially commissioned by the presidium and act within the framework of a presidium resolution.

Who can contact us?

  • Our advice is aimed at all THM students

What do we offer?

  • Confidential advice 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 find out about the conversation
  • Other people will only be included if this is expressly requested

Contact
The advice from the BIKO team is of course confidential.
Arrange a meeting directly with one of the contacts listed below or use the reporting form on our homepage if you would like to remain anonymous.

 

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Harciye Agirman-Ortac

  • +49 6441 204-1211
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Prof. Dr. Dorra Baccar

  • + 49 6031 604-3764
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Julius Jay Butler

  • Campus - Gießen
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  • +49 641 309-6323
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Dr. Stefanie Klos

  • +49 641 309-1013
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Prof. Dr. Keywan Sohrabi

  • +49 641 309-6600
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Please use the e-mail addresses in the contact information if you would like feedback from your respective contact person.

If you would prefer to contact one of the BIKO contact persons completely anonymously, please use the following online reporting form. Please note: the form is anonymous and we can only contact you if you provide 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 send an e-mail to This email address is being protected from spam bots! To display JavaScript must be turned on! . Note: All contact persons will be written to via this collective address.

Employees who are affected by discrimination, please contact the AGG officer.

You can find out more about other contact points for help and advice at the THM here to inform.