Tenure Board
Quality assurance for all tenure track procedures and all procedures for granting the status of “Group Leader: Early-Career Researchers/Junior Academics” is carried out by the Tenure Board; an Executive Board committee. The Tenure Board supports all procedures at Paderborn University from an interdisciplinary perspective and guarantees uniform formal standards as well as transparency and procedural security.
Tasks and responsibilities
The Tenure Board is responsible for:
- Verifying that the university-wide criteria for approval of the status of “Group Leader: Early-Career Researchers/Junior Academics” are met and preparing a recommendation for the Executive Committee
- Advising the Executive Committee during the intermediate evaluation of group leaders of early-career researchers/junior academics
- Advising the Executive Committee during the intermediate and final evaluations in the tenure track procedure and preparing a recommendation for the Executive Committee
Regulations
- Regulations governing group leaders of early-career researchers/junior academics (NWGLO)
- Regulations governing quality assurance in tenure track procedures (TT-Ordnung)
Members of the Tenure Board:
| Permanent voting members | Subsitute members | |
|---|---|---|
| Five professors (one from each faculty) | Prof. Jochen Schmidt (Arts and Humanities) | Prof. Christina Bartz ((Arts and Humanities) |
Prof. Urska Kosi (Business Administration and Economics) | Prof. Dennis Kundisch (Business Administration and Economics) | |
| Prof. Natascha Nisic (Science) | Prof. Arno Schindlmayr (Science) | |
| Prof. Walter Sextro (Mechanical Engineering) | Prof. Iris Gräßler (Mechanical Engineering) | |
| Prof. Katrin Temmen (Computer Science, Electrical Engineering and Mathematics) | Prof. Eric Bodden (Computer Science, Electrical Engineering and Mathematics) | |
| Two academic staff members | Dr. Julia Steinhausen ((Arts and Humanities) | Dr. Hilke Teubert (Science) |
| Dr.-Ing. Kay-Peter Hoyer (Mechanical Engineering) | Julian Decius ((Arts and Humanities) | |
| One student | Kim Huchtmann (Business Administration and Economics) | Paula Probst (Mechanical Engineering) |
Regular guests:
Irmgard Pilgrim, Central Equal Opportunities Officer
Julia Christina Schneider, representative body for disabled persons
Please note: The Tenure Board members are elected for the Executive Board’s current period of office (31.03.2024) and the student member and substitute member for a period of office of two years (until 30.09.2021).
