The Executive Board
Role
The executive board is the departments highest decision-making body. The group decides the department's policies, priorities and strategies.
The head of the department is the chairperson of the board and prepares the matters to be dealt with. The administrative head of department is the board's secretary.
All the meetings of the executive board er open.
The board exercises its responsibilities based upon resolutions made by the University Board and the Faculty Board and within the laws and regulations that are valid at the time.
The matters passed by the board are regulated by the department's management and administration regulations.
The board is responsible for
- The annual plan and the budget.
- The principal plans, principles and priorities for the department, such as, for example, the department's strategic plan and academic priorities.
- The accounts and annual report
- Internal organisation
- Recruitment of the head of department and academic positions. The final recruitment decision is made by the Faculty board, which has responsibility for recruitment.
Election to the executive board
Permanent members of staff elect their representatives for four year periods. The representatives for student sand temporary staff are elected each year.
External representatives are appointed for a period of four years by the Faculty Board on the recommendation of the department executive board.
Members 2016-2019
| Representatives | Full | Deputy |
|---|---|---|
| Head of department | Katrine Fangen | No deputy |
| Deputy head of department | Kristian Stokke | No deputy |
| Representative for permanent academic staff | Anne Lise Ellingsæter | Grete Brochmann Inger Furseth Jemima García-Godos Hege Merethe Knutsen Marianne Nordli Hansen Willy Pedersen |
| Representantative for temporary academic staff (2018) | Synneva Geithus Laastad | |
| Representative for administrative/technical staff | Maren Ringstad | Brita Langeid Matthew Rix Whiting |
| Student representative for department's programmes (Autumn 2013) | Kristin Jensen (sociology) |
Lina Helene Elgin (human geography) |
| Student representative for interdisciplinary programmes (Autumn 2013) | Thea Kleiven (OLA) |
Nina Hvambsahl Michalsen (UTV) Ivar Østby Simonsen (KULKOM) |