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(Crisis) Support for Group leaders, professors, senior scientists, scientfic staff (WiMis)
Where to turn to when I'm encountering problems?
Your first person of contact is always your project or group leader. If you encounter work- or research-related problems, we would like to encourage you to ask your project / group leader for an appointment anytime you need it.
All university staff is invited for an annual meeting with their project or group leader. These meetings can be used to discuss your current work and further career but you can also use it to talk about potential challenges. If your project / group leader forgets to invite you regularly, it is perfectly all right to remind her/him.
The English translation of the annual meetings is annual performance reviews. This term is rather misleading, the meetings are not meant to focus on your performance! See annual meetings
Irrespective of whether you are facing problems or not, it is always a good idea to communicate and exchange with your colleagues. They might be facing similar challenges and it can be helpful to exchange your strategies to handle them.
If you need someone to discuss challenges with supervision of a PhD student or Postdoc, you can contact the manager of the MARUM Early Career Researcher Support Programme (link) or the graduate dean of the graduate school GLOMAR.
If you have to deal with a matter where you have the impression that the rules of good scientific practice might be disregarded or if you experience conflicts regarding supervision that could not be settled otherwise, you can contact the MARUM Ombudsperson. She / he is a member of a different institute to allow for independence.
In case you feel your problem is related to a gender bias, family-related challenges or unequal treatment, you are also very welcome to contact the MARUM women’s representatives (equal opportunity commissioners).
The University of Bremen offers a Social Counselling Service that provides qualified advice from a psychologist for those who have problems at work, in their private life or with health-related issues. Here you can also get advice on how to find a therapist in Bremen.
People who are suffering an addiction or want to prevent an addiction can contact the Arbeitsstelle Suchtprävention (counselling in German only; if you need counselling in English, you can turn to the Social Counselling Service)
Do you miss something in this list?
Please contact Christina Klose