The University of Cologne offers counseling services in case of mental problems.
Student's Service Center – psychological counseling tailored to the students' environment
Service center inclusion – psychological counseling
UoC employees in general – not only doctoral candidates
If you understand German, in the meantime this web site might be useful
http://empower.uni-koeln.de/
If you reach a point where you need immediate support, you can always contact the University hospital.
Clinic and Polyclinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
Ambulance secretary
Monika Janzen
Telefon +49 221 478-39540
or in emergencies
Please contact our staff during the week between 08:00am - 04:00pm at
phone +49 221 478-87291
Outside these hours, you can always reach the psychiatric doctor on duty via the central gate:
phone +49 221 478-0
Furthermore, please feel free to use the anonymous drop-box on the SFB956 internal webpage (you have to be logged in) to leave a message. The message will be received by the scientific coordinators, who will then act according to your request, e.g. bringing your request to the attention of Gender Board or giving information on counseling services.
We also have anonymous Collections of biased statements and micro discrimination (you have to be logged-in). This is meant to share our experience in the work environment regarding biased statements and micro discrimination, in order to raise our awareness of such issues.