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Simone Krost

Zentrale Gleichstellung

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Email:
simone.krost@hs-ruhrwest.de

Telephone:
+49 208 88254-740

Occupation:
Central Gender Equality Officer
Podcast-Cover mit Porträt einer lächelnden Person vor blauem Hintergrund. Grafische Elemente zeigen ein Mikrofon- und Sprechblasenmotiv sowie den Schriftzug Podcast – Köpfe der HRW und HRW Folgen, No. 04/25

Chancengleichheit an der HRW: Wie geht das?

Staffel 2 Episode 4

Simone Krost bekleidet an der HRW eine Schlüsselposition, die von großer Bedeutung ist: die der zentralen Gleichstellungsbeauftragten. Sie sorgt nicht nur dafür, dass Angehörige aller Geschlechter an der Hochschule gleiche Chancen erhalten, sondern ist auch mit ihren Kolleginnen in den Fachbereichen eine treibende Kraft – zum Beispiel im Kampf gegen Diskriminierung und sexualisierte Gewalt. Simone Krost erzählt, dass die HRW schon auf einem guten Weg ist. Das Thema Chancengleichheit und wie sie gelebt werden kann, ist und bleibt weiter eines der wichtigsten Themen der Hochschule.

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Simone Krost studied Social Sciences with a focus on Media Studies, Political Science and Sociology at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf and completed a semester abroad at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. She subsequently obtained a Master’s degree in Marketing Communications in Berlin.

She began her professional career as an Officer for University Communications at design akademie berlin, before taking on senior roles in Licensing Management at ProSiebenSat.1 Licensing GmbH and in Product Management at Verlagsgruppe Random House.

In 2019, Simone Krost joined the Business Institute at Hochschule Ruhr West as a Research Associate with a focus on Marketing. In 2021, she was elected Central Equal Opportunities Officer of HRW and was confirmed for a further term of office in 2024. In this role, she is committed to advancing equal opportunities and diversity, initiates projects such as the action week “Viva la Gender”, the networking and mentoring programme “HERWINGS”, and coordinates partnerships, for example with the Kunstmuseum Mülheim an der Ruhr.

Simone Krost is dedicated to improving institutional frameworks and enabling fair participation at all levels.

You can best reach me by email at Simone.Krost@hs-ruhrwest.de or by telephone on +49 (0)208 882 54 740.

Requests for advisory appointments or complaints may also be sent to gleichstellung@hs-ruhrwest.de or kummerkasten-gleichstellung@hs-ruhrwest.de.

Since 2021
Central Equal Opportunities Officer, HRW

2019 – 2021
Research Associate, Business Institute (Marketing, Prof. Simone Roth), HRW

2017 – 2022
Self-employed Wedding Planner

2013 – 2016
Head of Product Management (cbj/cbt), Verlagsgruppe Random House

2011 – 2013
Head of Licensing Inhouse Brands, ProSiebenSat.1 Licensing GmbH

2010 – 2011
Officer for University Communications, design akademie berlin, SRH University of Applied Sciences for Communication and Design

2010
Master’s Thesis, NBCUniversal, New York City

2008 – 2010
Master’s degree in Marketing Communications, design akademie berlin

2007
Studies in Sociology and Political Science, University of Auckland

2005 – 2008
Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences (Sociology, Political Science, Media Studies), Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

 

Simone Krost is a member of UN Women Germany.

University Administration

Central Equal Opportunities Officer
since April 2021 (re-elected April 2025)

Ex officio member of all university committees.

Chair, Equal Opportunities Commission