The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft is committed to a policy of equal opportunities for men and women, and supports efforts to create an equitable work life balance. The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft is committed to bringing more women into applied research. It aims to increase the proportion of female scientists in all areas where they are currently underrepresented. In order to achieve this objective, the different circumstances and interests of men and women need to be identified and integrated in every project and program from the outset, and reviewed at regular intervals thereafter. The findings are used as a basis for improving gender equality aspects in personnel recruitment and throughout the working lives of our female employees. To check that the measures are implemented in every institute and as a contact person for the employees there is an equal opportunities officer in every institute and a central equal opportunities commissioner in the headquarters.

Fraunhofer research teams are composed of a well-balanced mix of members. This enables them to exploit the creative potential of both sexes and a variety of different age groups, cultural backgrounds and scientific disciplines, and thus improve the quality of their results.

The ability to achieve a happy equilibrium between leisure interests, family and work lies at the very heart of the equal opportunities ethos. A healthy work-life balance is a high priority for all our staff.

To be an attractive employer, the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft needs to give employees every opportunity to organize their work flexibly. Looking towards the future, our intention is to systematically expand the part-time and teleworking arrangements we already offer, along with the hitherto rarely used option of taking sabbatical leave.

• Girls' Day
• Doctoral Program
• Fraunhofer mentoring program
• Childcare
• Support for active fatherhood

If you are interested in starting your doctoral studies at our institute next year, please submit your curriculum vitae and your doctoral thesis subject, to Ms. Annegret Dorn by June 1, 2013.

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  Annegret Dorn

  Equal opportunities officer
  Fraunhofer IZI

  Perlickstraße 1
  04103 Leipzig, Germany

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