Representatives for equality

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 at
j.romanski@uw.edu.pl (Jan Romański) or m.e.sandowicz@uw.edu.pl (Małgorzata
Sandowicz).

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; a 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://ombuds.uw.edu.pl/en/main-page/ – 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) assists 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.