The Graduate Academy's Ombudsman Office is an independent and impartial advisory and mediation body. The ?ombudspersons are appointed by the Senate. It is their task to arbitrate serious conflicts between doctoral researchers and their supervisors or to mediate between the parties involved. In addition, the ombudspersons are responsible for arbitrating and mediating in severe conflicts between postdocs and their supervisors, as long as the conflicts arise from the supervisory relationship and the work on further academic qualification (e.g. habilitation or habilitation-equivalent achievements).
The ombudsman are six experienced academics who act confidentially, independently and impartially. They have their background in different disciplines:
In cases of conflict, please contact Dr. Gunda Huskobla. She supports the activities of the ombudsman in the office of the Graduate Academy and will pass on your request upon preliminary consultation.
When violations of “good scientific practice” are discussed in public, people often think of cases of plagiarism in doctoral theses. However, the topic covers a substantially wider spectrum of scientific conduct:
Examples of inappropriate academic behaviour include inventing or faking data, violating intellectual property (theft of ideas or plagiarism), and sabotaging the research of others. The Friedrich Schiller University Jena has adopted guidelines concerning the protection of good scientific practice. These can be found here.
In the event of suspicions or accusations concerning scientific misconduct, please contact one of the persons of trust. The German Research Foundation (DFG) has also deployed an ombudsman for scienceExternal link whom you may approach.
The staff representative council?de of Jena University offers consulting in cases of mobbing, stalking and harassment.
The department for staff development offers in cases of conflict mediation between conflict parties (employees of Jena University).
Information on contact points, counselling services and reporting forms in cases of discrimination
