The Faculty’s Bodies and Commitees

The academic staff of the Faculty of Social Sciences are represented by two people on the Faculty Council. The term of office is two years.  The non-professorial academic staff are represented by:

The non-scientific employees of the Faculty of Social Sciences are represented by one person on the Faculty Council. The term of office is four years. The current representative is Ms. Leonie Cegla.

The Faculty Study Commission must be involved in all matters relating to teaching, studies and examinations before decisions are made by the Faculty Council. The commission is appointed by the Faculty Council. It consists of a maximum of ten members, four of whom are students or doctoral candidates. The respective Dean of Studies of the Faculty is the ex officio chair of the Study Commission.

The Doctoral Committee advises and decides on the Faculty's doctoral matters. This includes, for example, admission to the doctoral procedure, the appointment of supervisors, decisions in cases of conflict and advice on the creation and amendment of the doctoral regulations. The committee is made up of professors, honorary and junior professors, junior research group leaders with doctorates, full-time private lecturers and associate professors from the Faculty of Social Sciences. In addition, the speakers of the Doctoral Covenant are advisory members of the Doctoral Committee. The Dean chairs the Doctoral Committee.

The habilitation committee decides, among other things, on the acceptance of the habilitation application, the acceptance of the written and oral habilitation thesis and the further decisions to be made in accordance with the habilitation regulations of the University of Mannheim. It consists of the Dean, the professors, the other habilitated members and the positively evaluated junior professors of the faculty, the emeritus and retired professors who have declared their willingness to participate in the habilitation procedure prior to the decision on admission to the habilitation. The Habilitation Committee is chaired by the Dean.

The Doctoral Convention of the Faculty of Social Sciences consists of all doctoral candidates enrolled at the Faculty of Social Sciences and represents their interests. The spokespersons of the convention are advisory members of the doctoral committee.

The Equal Opportunities Officer of the Faculty is involved in the implementation of equal opportunities for women and men and in the elimination of existing disadvantages for female academics and students at the Faculty. She is elected by the Faculty Council and is a member of the group of professors. She is also assigned to the faculty management as a representative of the Dean's Office. Her two deputies are also elected by the Faculty Council and come from the other two departments of the faculty. In this way, all three departments (Political Science, Psychology and Sociology) are represented. The Faculty Equal Opportunities Officer or one of her deputies is a member of the Faculty's appointment and selection committees.

The students of the Faculty of Social Sciences are represented by two departmental representatives: The Faculty Representation for Sociology and Political Science and the Faculty Representation for Psychology.

They are the voice of the students and the first point of contact for the faculty management in student matters. In addition, members of the departmental representatives are elected members of the Study Commission and the Faculty Council of the Faculty of Social Sciences.

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Departmental representative for Sociology & Political Science 

Department representation for Psychology