Academic Network of Safety and Equality

17 06 2024

Academic Network of Security and Equality  (ASBiR) is a community connecting people performing functions at Polish universities related to the protection of academic rights and values, as well as security, equality and diversity. ASBiR has been a registered association since April 2023, and its bodies include employees of the University of Warsaw dealing with equality and security.

Goals and scope of the organization’s activities:

• providing a space for safe and confidential sharing of knowledge and experiences about problems existing at the university and ways of solving them,
• searching for the best action patterns in situations requiring help,
• creating a knowledge base and good practices,
• diagnosing and reporting problems common to many academic institutions,
• conducting joint research and creating “inter-university” reports,
• national and international cooperation with organizations working for equality and safety in the academy, in particular with the European Network of Ombuds in Higher Education – ENOHE,
• sharing information about national and international events.

How we operate?

We meet at least once every two months online. The meetings are organized alternately by people from the network and concern specific, previously agreed topics. During the meetings, we discuss common problems, share experiences, present solutions adopted at individual universities, discuss current issues and inform each other about planned events and news.

At least once a year, we meet at a stationary plenary meeting, organized on a rotating basis by subsequent universities.

The network also has its own virtual space on the Teams platform, which is used for ongoing communication, regular online meetings and gathering a common knowledge base.

The ASBiR library is available HERE (avaliable in Polish).

How to join us?

We invite all interested persons to join the Network’s activities. If you perform functions related to the protection of academic rights and values, safety, equality and diversity in the academic world and you care about the goals adopted by our Network – join us!

We encourage you to participate in the events we organize, support us in updating the website and contribute to the creation of a virtual community. Persons interested in joining the association are asked to read the statute and then contact the secretary – ombuds@ur.edu.pl

More information:

Academic Safety and Equality Network (the website is available in Polish)

Linked In: Academic Safety and Equality Network