Team Ombudspersons

A team of ombudspersons is available to doctoral students and their advisors at Heidelberg University as confidential points of contact

In the event of conflicts that may arise from work on a dissertation, they serve as an independent body to which both doctoral students and advisors can turn. The ombudspersons see themselves as a counseling and mediation service.

Current Ombudspersons

The following professors are currently serving as ombudspersons during the central administrative phase (Filter Status: "Current ombudsperson"). You can also see the representatives designated as their successors (Filter Status: "Succesor").

Important!

You are free to choose your own ombudsperson. Your choice does not necessarily have to be based on their or your own professional background.

Table filters

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	Prof. Dr. Johanna Stachel Mathematics, Engineering, and Natural Sciences Physikalisches Institut Im Neuenheimer Feld 226 69120 Heidelberg Phone: 06221 54 19 500 Email: stachel@physi.uni-heidelberg.de
	Prof. Dr. Oriol Vendrell Mathematics, Engineering, and Natural Sciences Institute of Physical Chemistry (PCI) Faculty of Chemistry and Geosciences Im Neuenheimer Feld 229 69120 Heidelberg Phone: 06221 54 5215 Email: oriol.vendrell@uni-heidelberg.de
	Prof. Dr. Michael Radich Humanities Karl Jaspers Centre Voßstraße 2, Building 4400 Room 400.01.15 69115 Heidelberg Phone: 06221 54 4301 Email: michael.radich@hcts.uni-heidelberg.de
	Prof. Dr. Vahram Atayan Humanities Institut für Übersetzen und Dolmetschen (IUED) Leiter der französischen Abteilung Raum: IUED 007c Plöck 57a 69117 Heidelberg Phone: 06221 54 7559 Email: atayan@uni-heidelberg.de
	Prof. Dr. Sabina Pauen Law, Economics, and Social Sciences Psychologisches Institut der Universität Heidelberg Hauptstraße 47 69117 Heidelberg Phone: 06221 54 7269 Email: sabina.pauen@psychologie.uni-heidelberg.de
	Prof. Dr. Fruzsina Molnár-Gábor Law, Economics, and Social Sciences Juristische Fakultät der Universität Heidelberg BioQuant-Zentrum Im Neuenheimer Feld 267 (BQ 049) 69120 Heidelberg Email: fruzsina.molnar-gabor@uni-heidelberg.de
	Prof. Dr. Lazaro Centanin Life Sciences and Medicine COS Heidelberg Im Neuenheimer Feld 230 69120 Heidelberg Phone: +49 6221 54-6253 Email: lazaro.centanin@cos.uni-heidelberg.de
	Prof. Dr. med. Christian Schaaf Life Sciences and Medicine Institut für Humangenetik Im Neuenheimer Feld 366 69120 Heidelberg Phone: 06221 56-5151 Email: christian.schaaf@med.uni-heidelberg.de
	Prof. Dr. Christiane von Stutterheim Senior Ombudspersons in an advisory role Institute for German as a Second Language Plöck 55 69117 Heidelberg Email: cv@sidf.uni-heidelberg.de
	Prof. em. Dr. Michael Wink Senior Ombudspersons in an advisory role Senior Professor at the IPMB, Pharmazeutische Biologie Im Neuenheimer Feld 329 69120 Heidelberg Email: wink@uni-hd.de

Consultation process

How to contact us

Questions or problems can be submitted to the Ombudsperson of your choice initially

by email
or by post.

The ombudsperson will then contact the applicant in order to clarify the problem and determine which offices or authorities could contribute to finding a solution. In some cases, a simple advising session may be sufficient to resolve the problem. In other cases, the ombudsperson will, with the permission of the applicant, arrange a mediation session with the other parties involved. The ombudsperson has the authority to make recommendations regarding further action. The implementation of the recommendations, however, is up to the parties involved.

Services

The services of the office of ombudsperson

are free of charge
cannot be contested in a court of law
or referred to another authority.

The responsibilities of the following institutions remain unaffected:

jurisdictions of the doctoral committees or
the committee for the safeguarding of good academic practice.