Bielefeld School of Public Health

Wer wir sind und wofür wir stehen

The Confidential Team of Trust of the Faculty of Public Health is an interdisciplinary working group. We are your first point of contact and here to support you if you have experienced discrimination at the faculty and seek assistance. If needed, we are happy to refer you to specialized support services within our extensive counseling network both within and outside the university.

While we are not an official counseling service, our work is based on the fundamental principles of confidentiality, tolerance, and respectful interaction. Through our efforts, we aim to foster a culture at the faculty that promotes diverse, equitable, and respectful interactions and raises awareness of the various forms of discrimination for the long term.

How to contact us

You can reach the Confidential Team of Trust by e-mail at: vertrauensteam.gesundheit@uni-bielefeld.de

This functional email address is maintained Monday through Friday by our team members Anna Groß-Bölting and Jörg Riedel. The restriction to only two people with read and write access to our official e-mail address helps us to guarantee you the highest possible level of confidentiality. Ms. Groß-Bölting or Mr. Riedel will contact you by e-mail upon your request and discuss the further procedure with you.

Depending on your concern, there are different pocedures possible: If you want a large group, that supports you, we can forward your request to the whole Confidential Team of Trust (see below) for further processing. If you would like to explicitly exclude certain members of the team from processing your request, we will withdraw them from the entire communication. If you might just want one person or a small team to support you, we will arrange that. Whatever you need!

If you perhaps already know in advance with whom you would like to discuss your concern, you can contact the individual team members directly via their personal e-mail address. You can also contact the representative of your status group directly. This may be appropriate, for example, if you prefer to communicate your concerns directly in private rather than through our official functional email address.

Regardless of what you decide, all inquiries will be treated as strictly confidential and will only be handled by the team members you have chosen as your contact person(s).

Our activities & your opportunities to get involved

If you have (co-)experienced discrimination at the BISPH and would like to have support in dealing with it, please contact us at any time. We will handle your concerns with absolute confidentiality. We are not a counseling center, but we are well connected within the university (e.g. AStA, LiLiGoesMental, ZSB) and will direct you to a suitable contact person. We do not take any steps in this process without you or your consent.

We draw attention to discrimination through events and other activities. Interested students and employees of the faculty are always welcome to discuss with us and to develop ideas for further activities.

If you are interested in joining the Confidential Team of Trust, you can attend one of our meetings and "get a taste". The meetings take place in a 4-6 week rhythm and are announced to students and staff of the faculty in advance by e-mail. However, there may be items on the agenda that cannot be discussed with all participants due to confidential concerns.

Team members

Dr. Marina Böddeker, scientific assistant

Anna Groß-Bölting, scientific assistant

Prof.’in Dr. Petra Kolip, Professor

Leyla Polat, scientific assistant

Jörg Riedel, technical and administrative assistant

Lena Schumann, scientific assistant

Friederike Wietschel, student member

Lara Köhler, student member