How we work

As a cluster of excellence, we want to promote excellent working conditions. In our view this entails fair treatment, free from structural or individual discrimination. In order to work towards this goal, we focused on early career researchers who are in a particularly vulnerable state of their careers and worked closely with the administrative structure of the University of Stuttgart to find reliable and transparent solutions. In this way, we were able to help shape the university-wide measures in the area of equity and diversity in the long term. The topics we address are generated from the needs of the members of SimTech.

The SimTech Committee for Equity and Diversity took and takes part in several panels:

Audit Familienfreundliche Hochschule
In 2022 Uni Stuttgart received the permanent certification as a family friendly university. The procedure entailed four dialogue-sessions in which SimTech committee members contributed with their special expertise in the topics network, care work and human resource management.
Diversity Audit
In 2023 Uni Stuttgart embarked on the process of earning a Diversity Certificate. SimTech is represented in the Steering Committee and actively participates in the working group on diversity sensitive education – this entails any educational aspects the university offers as employer. A special focus of SimTech is set on supporting persons in new leadership positions (Junior Professors, Junior Research Group Leaders) in increasing the skills needed to excel in their respective leadership or advisory positions. SimTech also contributes to the working group “Communication”, demonstrating that non-discrimination and fair treatment is a topic relevant to all.

Audit familienfreundliche hochschule

In 2022 Uni Stuttgart received the permanent certification as a family friendly university. The procedure entailed four dialogue-sessions in which SimTech committee members contributed with their special expertise in the topics network, care work and human resource management.

Audit familiengerechte hochschule