Conflict counseling and Anti-Discrimination

LMU offers a wide range of counseling options for conflict resolution. The university is actively committed to protection against discrimination. All members and guests of LMU should feel welcome and safe at the university.

LMU stands for a tolerant work and study environment that is free of discrimination and violence. In order to create conditions that enable respect, inclusion and participation for all members, LMU has established numerous counseling and contact points. These support in overcoming conflicts and advise university members who experience discrimination.

Francesca Biagini, Vice President for International Affairs and Diversity

How you can act:

Seek a personal conversation first.
Get support from supervisors and persons with managerial, training, and qualification tasks from your study or work environment or from the faculty.
In cases of conflict: Get support from the conflict resolution officers for students or academic staff or contact the staff council for employees, who will support you in resolving conflicts.
In the event of discrimination, anti-semitism, harassment, sexual harassment, and sexual assault: If you experience discriminatory behavior, contact the anti-discrimination officers or other specialized internal and external counseling and outreach services.
They will support you and offer information about protection and possible courses of action and explain the formal complaint procedure and possible arbitration.

Seek a personal conversation first. Get support from supervisors and persons with managerial, training, and qualification tasks from your study or work environment or from the faculty. Take advantage of a basic and confidential initial and referral counseling session. Get informed about your protection and possible courses of action. Demand clarification on the formal complaint procedure and possible arbitration. In acute situations, call the police immediately.

Seek a personal conversation first. Get support from supervisors and persons with managerial, training, and qualification tasks from your study or work environment or from the faculty. In case the incident is not clarified during the conversation, you can take advantage of a basic initial consultation or file a formal complaint.

Take advantage of a basic and confidential initial and referral counseling session. Get informed about your protection and possible courses of action. Demand clarification on the formal complaint procedure and possible arbitration. Ask for a referral to other appropriate specialized internal or external counseling and support offices.

File your formal complaint at antidiskriminierung@lmu.de. Describe the events that occurred and submit evidence as well as information regarding measures already taken. Please note that you are not entitled to an anonymous handling of the complaint and that submitting a complaint may result in legal implications.

In acute situations, call the police immediately! In cases that are relevant under criminal law, please contact the competent state investigating authorities. Police emergency call: 110. Police Munich for victim protection: +49 89 2910-4444. Women’s emergency call: +49 89 7637 37.

Contacts for Conflict counseling

Conflicts can occur anywhere in the teaching, study and work environment. They are often caused by diverging interests and convictions of the conflicting parties. In order to contribute to a respectful study and work environment, LMU is committed to dealing constructively with conflicts and has appropriate counseling and outreach services.

LMU Counseling and Outreach Services

Dealing with discrimination

Students, academic staff, administrative and technical staff as well as guests of LMU can seek help from the counseling and outreach services if they experience or observe discrimination, anti-semitism, harassment, sexual harassment or sexual assault at the university.

LMU Policy

LMU is committed to protecting against discrimination, harassment, sexual harassment, and sexual assault. LMU promotes a culture of awareness based on mutual respect and tolerance as well as respect for the dignity of each person. This Policy ensures that cases of discrimination, harassment, sexual harassment and sexual assault at LMU are dealt with transparently.

Policy for Preventing, Protecting against, and Dealing with Cases of Discrimination, Harassment, Sexual Harassment, and Sexual Assault at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Discrimination explained

Basic initial counceling

Formal complaint procedure

Prevention and Raising Awareness

LMU takes preventive measures and raises awareness within the institution to protect against discrimination, harassment, and assault.

Prevention

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Campus emergency contact numbers

Police emergency
110
Munich police for victim protection
+49 89 2910-4444
Women's emergency
+49 89 7637 37
Emergencies on the university campus
+49 89 2180-8888
Central guard at the main building
+49 89 2180-2313
Central control room campus Großhadern/Martinsried
+49 89 2180-77790

Important emergency information

Who are you?
Provide your name
Where is the dangerous situation?
LMU, building address, floor, phone number.
Why are you calling?
What type of danger are you or others in?
How many?
How many people are immediately at risk and where are they exactly?