One university for all - for us that means...

In terms of social sustainability, diversity also includes the opportunity for all members of the university to participate in the design of the campus and workplace, for example.

Dr. Silke Rühmland

Community projects must be driven by boldly assembled, diverse teams. This is the only way to bring new dynamism to the traditional methods.

Dr. Carsten Thoms

We want to work and study together in a respectful atmosphere. The network is therefore a great enrichment. Only through appreciation is it possible to rethink the world together.

Prof. Jens Strackeljan

We want to create an environment in which every person has the same opportunities to develop their personality and allow it to unfold.

Queer Campus Magdeburg

By living diversity, we realize and empower our own individuality and thus our community. What place could be better for this than the university, where we learn, teach and research together!

For me, a picture is better than a thousand words: diversity is simply more beautiful - like a colorful meadow of flowers. And besides, the community is more resilient in times of crisis.

Prof. Dr. Dominique Thévenin

The university must lead the way in making diversity a matter of course so that we all look behind public facades or attitudes and see the people.

Prof. Oliver Speck

By taking responsibility for the conscious handling of heterogeneity, for an understanding of integration and inclusion that does justice to the diversity and multi-layeredness of human life, we strive for great enrichment both internally and externally.

Prof. Borna Relja

We must succeed in including the diversity of all university members in our decision-making processes and acting accordingly.

Dr. Loreen Lesske

The great challenge is to offer still better support to our young international researchers and in so doing keep in mind the additional dimensions of diversity.

Dr. Barbara Witter

For me as a young woman from Syria, it was not always easy to reconcile education and motherhood. Furthermore, I had to learn a new language quickly.  Thanks to Otto von Guericke University, I was able to successfully complete my education. I am proud that I am still employed at the university.

Fadwa Ahmar

A university is like a mosaic, the more colorful the more beautiful. And yet the beautiful overall picture only unfolds for the viewer when the small different parts of the mosaic interact with and on each other without prejudice. As a German-Syrian, I have become a cosmopolitan, a mosaic of small colorful stories, especially at OvGU.

Hanna Astafan

In our daily work in Relationship Management, we meet very different people whom we support to successfully contribute with their competences and passions. It is up to us to promote diversity, connect people and strengthen the Guericke community.

Katrin Pauer und Nance Kaemmerer

The appreciation of diversity at our OvGU includes working together for equal opportunities for students with chronic illnesses or disabilities and providing as barrier-free study programmes as possible as well as unbureaucratic ways to compensate for disadvantages.

Dr. Marion Schulze

Create exchange: We want different opinions and perspectives to be heard and taken into account.

Editor-in-chief of the student magazine tja?! (Rosa Wasiak)

We want all employees to be satisfied with their work and the workplace and thus have a sense of belonging to our university. Diversity influences this goal extensively; diversity must be a matter of course.

Siegrid Liebherr

Just as a monoculture in agriculture is not viable in the long term, and a uniform mush from the kitchen that is always the same dulls the mood, it is always true that diversity is not only essential for survival, but also brings a lot of joy. We should therefore strengthen the diversity of our academic community and celebrate our diversity together.

Prof. Abdolkarim Sadrieh

For me, diversity means above all respect and appreciation for every person. Accepting each personality as it is should not only be a matter of course for our society, but also means a gain for all of us. Because we actually benefit from using all the potentials and inspirations that a strong community offers us. We live in a time in which common solutions are important, which virtually demands that we rethink the world together - and that's where every good idea counts.

Dirk Alstein

Our future lies in the hands of the youth of tomorrow. This includes not only the students of OVGU but also the trainees. We as youth and trainee representatives are always happy to see a colorful mix among the trainees and work to ensure that they then get to know a respectful and appreciative working environment. We help to ensure that all trainees can build a good foundation for their working lives.

Youth and trainee representation of the OVGU (until 2021)
(Lea Kamrad, Nancy Bunge, Lisa Ziemer)

Especially in times of crisis, it is of high importance to ensure equal opportunities and diversity in order to create a harmonious and fair atmosphere for all students. There must be no distinction as to one's origin, skin color, sexual orientation or religion. Sharing opinions and discussing existing difficulties in order to understand the other point of view is essential. By living diversity, we as students can create a prejudice-free space in the lecture halls. Consequently, the OvGU campus is not only green, but also colorful.

Konrad Feil & Kathrin Kivanc (Students of OVGU)

Diversity can shape a community. The feeling of belonging somewhere is one of our basic needs. Why not create a place where everyone can feel comfortable?

Dr. Uwe Genetzke

In a democratic society, science contributes to a lively social debate on how common social concerns can be shaped in the sense of freedom, equality and solidarity. This concerns not least the organisation of social knowledge production itself and requires universities to be structured in an open, diverse and equal-opportunity way and to dismantle inequality relations along race, class and gender lines.

Prof. Dr. Tina Jung

At a university, diversity in science is a cornerstone: Only with diversity of thought, different perspectives and academic freedom can we be successful together in future-oriented research.

Dr. Dana Zöllner

For me, diversity on the job is a modern way of being together at work. It is widely accepted that so-called "mixed teams" perform optimally. Different perspectives depending on age, gender or cultural and religious affiliation help to see beyond one's own horizon. In my opinion, this is already very well practised at our university.

Dr Andreas Drust & Dr Ursula Föllner (Staff Council)

The diversity of what was previously barely noticeable as a backdrop behind the people in everyday life now appeared much more clearly. It even exists when not a single university member is present.

Jan Wilhelm

Different experiences, perspectives and ways of dealing with things come together and may seem "irritating" in the first interaction, but they generate important impulses for (further) development in the true sense, namely broadening horizons and transformation experiences. Diversity is thus an elementary basis and should be lived across organisations in all areas of the university.

Dr Anne Gieseler

At our university, very different people come together, from different countries, cultures, social classes, generations, status groups and also with different gender identities. This offers the opportunity to look beyond one's own nose and to exchange ideas with people who have had different experiences.

Birgit Magdowski