Vice-Rectorate for International Affairs, Diversity and Society
Vice-Rectorate for International Affairs, Diversity and Society
Prof. Dr. Michaela Vogt
Vice-Rector for International Affairs, Diversity and Society
- Telephone
- +49 521 106-67754
- Room
- UHG B3-268
Bielefeld University strives to continuously develop as a national and international location for students, researchers, teaching staff and administration. The activities in the responsible cross-cutting topics of internationalisation, equality, diversity, inclusion, sustainability, health and reconciling appointments/studies and family/care responsibilities are geared towards this goal of holistic location development and make an important contribution to this.
In this way, the Vice-Rectorate promotes excellent research and innovative teaching, which attracts international researchers, teaching staff and students of all genders and backgrounds.
Close networking with national and international partners and the OWL region enables research and teaching to address the needs of society - such as the qualification and recruitment of outstanding (international) specialists with a special focus on female scientists in the scientific and technical fields - and thus actively address current challenges and development needs. Strategic partners and international networks such as NEOLAiA play a key role here.
General objectives of the Vice-Rectorate:
- Increasing the international mobility of students and administrative staff
- Internationalisation of excellent research and researchers
- Making Bielefeld University visible as a "Lighthouse Diversity, Inclusion & Gender Equality"
- Making solid networks between Bielefeld University and urban society visible
Supporting Bielefeld University's focus and profile areas, especially with regard to the following aspects:
- Establishing and expanding regional, national and international networks and collaborations that promote research
- Implementing excellent measures and initiatives in the areas of equality, diversity and inclusion
Current news
New podcast episode: uni.intern in conversation with the rectorate
Guest: Prof'in Dr Michaela Vogt, Vice Rector for International Affairs, Diversity and Gender Equality
https://aktuell.uni-bielefeld.de/uniintern/podcast-uni-intern-im-gespraech-mit-dem-rektorat-3/
Michaela Vogt is the new Vice Rector at the university
Today (13 December 2024), the University Election Assembly of Bielefeld University unanimously elected Professor Dr Michaela Vogt as a new member of the Rectorate. She succeeds Professor Dr Alexandra Kaasch, who stepped down from her position as Vice-Rector for personal reasons. The personnel change is accompanied by a new structure and a new name for the Vice-Rectorate.
https://aktuell.uni-bielefeld.de/2024/12/13/michaela-vogt-ist-neue-prorektorin-an-der-universitaet/
Strategic areas
Michaela Vogt has been Professor of Educational Science specialising in the theory and history of inclusive education at Bielefeld University since 2018. She studied to become a teacher at the University of Würzburg and completed her doctorate in school education in 2014 with the doctoral thesis "Professionswissen über Unterstufenschüler in der DDR" (published in 2015, Klinkhardt-Verlag). After working as a research assistant at the University of Würzburg from 2008 and as a deputy professor at the University of Education Freiburg in 2015 and 2016, she worked as a junior professor at the University of Education Ludwigsburg from 2017 to 2018. After several research stays as a visiting professor at the University of Canterbury (New Zealand), she was also appointed adjunct professor there in 2024.
At Bielefeld University, she initially worked in the Rectorate as Rectorate Representative for International Networking and the European University NEOLAiA and has been Vice Rector for International Affairs, Diversity and Society since December 2024.
- Assistant
Julia Tissen
Assistant to the Vice-Rector for International Affairs, Diversity and Society
prorektorat.internationales-diversitaet@uni-bielefeld.de
- Telephone
- +49 521 106-3994
- Room
- UHG B3-233