Support and information centers

The mdw offers its employees and students various support and information points that deal with diversity, anti-discrimination and structures and experiences of disadvantage. The contact points and contact persons are grouped according to different diversity dimensions, which can also overlap and interact with each other.

 

Social dimension

• hmdw-Department for Social Policy and Inclusion
• Grants and Scholarships at mdw

 

Cross-dimensional

• Administrative Department for Equality, Gender Studies & Diversity
• Working Group on Equal Opportunities
• Staff association for General University Personnel at the mdw
• Staff Association for Research and Artistic Personnel at the mdw
• hmdw – Students' Union
• Platform Gender_mdw
• mdw-Initiatives for Refugees
• Psychosocial Support for Students
• ÖH-Helpline for Students
• Verein ChronischKrank® Österreich
• Senat Working Group barrier-free_mdw

 

Parenthood / Care

• Kindergruppe Sprachmelodie
• Regulation of individual working time models in consultation with Personnel Administration
• Home office-regulation for administrative staff (June 2021)

 

Mental & physical abilities

• Representation of Disabled Individuals
• hmdw-Department for Social Policy and Inclusion
• Working Group on Equal Opportunities
• Inclusive Mobility Officer DI Berthold Huber
• Disability officer Dipl.-Heil. Päd. (FH) Katharina Pfennigstorf
• Senat Working Group barrier-free_mdw

 

Gender

• Administrative Department for Equality, Gender Studies & Diversity
• Working Group on Equal Opportunities
• hmdw-Department for Equality and Diversity
• Platform Gender_mdw
• Gender-related and sexual harassment & bullying: Human Resources Development – Center for Further Education, Working Group on Equal Opportunities (AKG), the Works councils for Research and Artistic Personnel for General University Personnel, the Department of Human Resources, and for students also the hmdw.
• queer_mdw

 

National origin

• hmdw-Department for Study Affairs and Concerns of Foreign Students
• mdw-Initiatives for Refugees

 

Sexual orientation

• hmdw-Departement for Equality and Diversity
• queer_mdw is a platform linked to the Senate Working Group on Sexualities and Gender Diversity and open to all mdw staff and students.