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The equality representatives

The equality representatives at the Doctoral Schools at the University of Warsaw are responsible for supporting PhD students and employees of the Doctoral Schools in matters related to discrimination and other forms of inappropriate behaviour. We encourage you to contact us if you have experienced or witnessed unequal treatment—based on sex, age, disability status, sexual orientation, nationality, ethnic origin, or religion—as well as mobbing or sexual harassment. We will guide you to the University institutions that can provide assistance, and we will help you establish contact with them.

You can contact us by email (j.romanski@uw.edu.pl, m.e.sandowicz@uw.edu.pl) or meet us in person on the first Tuesday of each month between 10:00 and 11:00, at the Doctoral School office at 56/66 Dobra St. (even months) or 1 Pasteura, room 308 (uneven months).

Useful links

  1. https://rownowazni.uw.edu.pl/en/ – University website dedicated to equality, where you will find definitions of forms of discrimination and practical advice for people who have experienced discrimination or witnessed it; description of procedures for reporting inappropriate behaviour at the UW; and a list of institutions providing support and equality. Here you will find information on initiatives supporting neurodiversity and LGBTQ+ and transgender individuals at the University, along with practical guides on anti-discrimination activities, inclusive language, and preventing sexual harassment.
  2. https://ombudsman.uw.edu.pl/en/start/ – the website of the University Ombudsperson, Magdalena Miksa, and her team. The Academic Ombudsperson can be contacted in cases of conflicts (between employees, between a student and an employee, etc.), discrimination, and inappropriate behaviour.
  3. The Psychological Support Centre (CPP) provides assistance to students and staff of the University of Warsaw who struggle with low mood, stress, or other psychological difficulties. It offers free, short-term, and emergency psychological support along with workshops and training. It manages a helpline and an intervention point for the University community, meetings of a club for neurodiverse students, a support group for LGBTQ+ people, and the project “Pack your peace” offering psychological support to people on Erasmus+ scholarships.
  4. Office for Persons with Disabilities (BON) is a university unit supporting members of the UW community with disability-related needs. You can contact the BON regarding issues related to disability, illness, or health conditions that affect studying or working, as well as mental disorders, autism spectrum disorder, ADHD, dyslexia, or learning difficulties.
  5. ‟Where to seek support” map.

Guidebooks and other resources

  1. Anti-discrimination Guidebook for students and employees of the University of Warsaw.
  2. Guide to the prevention of sexual harassment at the University of Warsaw.
  3. Social campaign “We Are All Equal”
  4. Social campaign against hate speech.

Courses

(see also https://rownowazni.uw.edu.pl/en/equality-actions/education-and-training/)

  1. Understanding Equality – an online course devoted to issues related to equal treatment and counteracting discrimination, available as an OGUN course for students and as a training course for UW staff.
  2. Prevention of Sexual Harassment at the University – an online course offering theoretical and practical knowledge about sexual harassment and ways to counteract it; created in cooperation with the Feminoteka Foundation, available as an OGUN course for students and as a training course for the UW staff.
  3. Mobbing at Workplace – Prevention, Recognition, and Responses – an online course introducing issues related to mobbing with particular emphasis on this problem in the academic environment and the UW anti-mobbing procedure.
  4. Discrimination, Conformism, and Resistance: History and Memory of the Forced Segregation of Polish and Jewish Students in the Second Polish Republic – an online course presenting the history of academic exclusions, forms of opposition against discrimination, and contemporary ways of commemorating a difficult past, available as an OGUN for students.

Changing names and pronouns by transgender and non-binary students

The University of Warsaw is currently developing systemic solutions to facilitate the use of preferred names and pronouns by transgender and non-binary students within the University. A draft overlay for the USOS and APD systems is underway. Until it is ready, students who are willing to use preferred names and pronouns or those willing to create an email address alias should complete the form: https://forms.gle/7CADEzvPPusx1mfm9.

Please use your university email address when filling out the form.