Conflicts and Mediation
TU Bergakademie Freiberg regulates the handling of allegations of scientific misconduct in the special directive „Regulations on safeguarding good scientific practice and on handling scientific misconduct" of March 2015 “ (Ordnung zur. This directive follows the recommendations in the Memorandum of the German Research Foundation (DFG) on “Safeguarding Good Scientific Practice”.
According to the Regulations on safeguarding good scientific practice and on handling scientific misconduct (see above) TU Bergakademie Freiberg has set up a “Commission for the investigation of allegations of scientific misconduct”. Its members are appointed by the Rectorate. They can be contacted by everyone suspicious of scientific misconduct and can be consulted in cases of conflict. For the current term of office (from 1stAugust 2014 to 31st July 2017) the commission consists of these members:

Prof. Dr. Martin Bertau
Faculty of Chemistry and Physics (Faculty 2), Institute for Technical Chemistry
Leipziger Straße 29, 09599 Freiberg
Telefon +49 3731 39-2384

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jana Kertzscher
Faculty of Mechanical, Process and Energy Engineering (Faculty 4), Institute for Electrotechnics
Bernhard-von-Cotta-Straße 4, 09599 Freiberg
Telefon +49 3731 39-2926

Prof. Dr. Dirk Rübbelke
Faculty of Business Administration (Faculty 6), Professor for macroeconomics (with special focus on economics of resources)
Lessingstraße 45, 09599 Freiberg
Telefon +49 3731 39-2763

Dipl.-Wi.-Ing. Stephan Rohleder
Faculty of Business Administration (Faculty 6), Research assistant
Lessingstraße 45, 09599 Freiberg
Telefon +49 3731 39-2735
Advisory members

Prof. Dr. Monika Mazik
DFG-Ombudsperson, Faculty of Chemistry and Physics (Faculty 2), Institute for Organic Chemistry
Leipziger Straße 29, 09599 Freiberg
Telefon +49 3731 39-2389

Prof. Dr. Broder Merkel
Vice-Rector for Research Faculty of Geosciences, Geoengineering and Mining (Faculty 3), Institute of Geology
Bernhard-von-Cotta-Straße 2, 09599 Freiberg
Telefon +49 3731 39-2775