Contact overview
This page contains the contact details of the people you can turn to if you want to talk in confidence, make a report, or file a complaint. Unsure where to turn? Take a look at the selection guide.
(Former) students and (former) employees can go to the Confidential Advisors for Inappropriate Behaviour for advice and support. The information provided is always treated confidentially. The confidential advisor is there for you as reporter and thinks with you about the possibilities and assists you in submitting a formal complaint. The confidential advisor will also consider further after-care or expert support. Any follow-up actions to a report are only taken with your consent.
There are two confidential advisors for inappropriate behaviour: Marian Joseph and Stefan Vuurens. You can contact them directly if you would prefer to speak to a specific person, or send an email to the email address that they both read.
The Committee for Interpersonal Integrity consists of nine members. An external chairperson, three members from outside the UU with professional knowledge and expertise of specific types of violations, three members from within the UU with knowledge of the organisation, and two student members.
There are two confidential advisors for research integrity: Iris Engelhard and Bert Theunissen. You can contact them directly if you would prefer to speak to a specific person, or send an email to the email address that they both read.
The Executive Board has also jointly appointed the confidential advisers on personnel-related matters, inappropriate behaviour and research integrity as confidential advisers for whistleblowers. An employee who suspects wrongdoing can contact them for information, advice and support.
Contact
There are two ombudspersons for personnel-related matters. You can contact them directly if you would prefer to speak to someone specifically, or send an email to the email address that they both read.
- Ombudspersons: Annemieke Meijer and Sandrien Banens
- Contact: ombudsman-personeel@uu.nl
- Page ombudsperson staff
There is an ombuds officer for students: Roel Notten. You can contact him directly at the e-mail address.
- Contact: r.notten@uu.nl
Learn more about the complaint coordinators on the student website.
The Staff Welfare Worker provides personal support for difficult situations and conversations. Are you dealing with a difficult situation, at work or elsewhere that affects your work, and do you need personal support? Are you experiencing a tense or uncertain situation and are you unsure how to move forward with it? Then the staff welfare workers can help you achieve more clarity, relaxation, confidence or safety.
The PhD psychologist is there for PhD candidates struggling with psychological problems caused by the PhD process or directly affecting it. Read more about the PhD psychologist (access with solis-id).