The European Commission has introduced the Gender Equality Plan (GEP) as a mandatory eligibility criterion for the allocation of funding under the Horizon Europe Framework Programme for Research and Innovation. Gender equality thus becomes a fundamental cross-cutting principle in research and innovation. The Gender Equality Plan serves as a guide for future regular reporting on the progress made towards gender equality objectives and standards.
The regularly updated reports on the Gender Equality Plan document the changes, measures and achievements in gender equality work at Leibniz University Hannover. These reports consist of a description of the general gender situation at Leibniz University Hannover, supplemented by data, statistics and contributions from the faculties, central departments and the administration. A new report is published every four years.
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Equality report 2024
Equality Report on the Gender Equality Plan 2024PDF, 2 MBEquality Report on the Gender Equality Plan 2024 (accessible)PDF, 370 KB
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Equality Report 2020
Embracing diversity of opportunity! Report on Leibniz University Hannover’s 2020 Gender Equality Framework Plan
In April 2021, the LUH Senate reviewed the equality reports submitted by the central equality officer, the faculties, the Leibniz Schools, the central departments and the administration. The reports document the current status of equality, family support services and diversity management. New targets and measures were adopted for the next reporting period, running until 2024.
Equality Report 2020PDF, 10 MB -
Equality Report 2016
Equal Opportunities – Family Services – Diversity Management: Report on Leibniz University Hannover’s Equality Plan 2016
With this report on the 2016 Equality Plan, Leibniz University Hannover is presenting, for the eighth time, a document outlining the specific features and achievements of its equality work, as well as its objectives and measures up to 2020.
Equality Report 2016PDF, 6 MB
Gender equality strategies in the programme for female professors
Leibniz University has successfully applied for the third time under the federal and state government’s programme to promote female professors. You can find the equality plans for this nationwide funding programme here:
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Living Parity: Equality as the Standard (2024)
With its gender equality plan “Living Parity: Equality as the Standard” ("Parität leben: Gleichstellung als Standard"), Leibniz University has been selected for the fourth time under the federal and state government’s program to promote female professors, thereby securing funding for the initial appointment of up to three female scholars to tenured W2 or W3 professorships.
With this concept, LUH is adopting new approaches to ensure gender parity at the university in the future. These include expanding gender equality monitoring to track the gender balance at various stages of academic careers and developing a gender-sensitive approach to the appointment process.
Equality Concept "Living Parity: Equality as the Standard" (2024)PDF, 1 MB -
Offensive Gender & Diversity 2020 (2014)
In 2014, Leibniz University Hannover successfully applied for the second time to the federal and state government’s programme to promote female professors. The new gender equality concept developed for this purpose, “Offensive Gender & Diversity 2020,” includes the following priorities:
- Establishment of a tenure-track programme to increase the proportion of female professors to 30 per cent
- Initiative to increase the proportion of women on governing bodies
- Continuation, implementation and further development of the diversity management programme established in 2013
Equality Concept "Offensive Gender & Diversity" (2020)PDF, 1 MB
