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 2020–2023
| Representatives | Full | Deputy |
|---|---|---|
| Head of department | Anniken Hagelund | No deputy |
| Deputy head of department | Jemima García-Godos | No deputy |
| Representative for permanent academic staff |
1st deputy: Trude Lappegård 2nd deputy: Magne Flemmen 3rd deputy: Lars Erik Kjekshus 4th deputy: Grete Brochmann 5th deputy: Øyvind Wiborg 6th deputy: Marianne Nordli Hansen |
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| Representantative for temporary academic staff (2020) | Maren Toft |
1st deputy: Camilla Houeland 2nd deputy: Eirik Jerven Berger |
| Representative for administrative/technical staff | Stina Petersen |
1st deputy: Audrey Stark 2nd deputy: Runar Forsetløkken |
| Student representative for department's programmes (spring and autumn 2020) | Not appointed (sociology) |
Not appointed (human geography) |
| Student representative for interdisciplinary programmes (spring 2020) | Not appointed (KULKOM) |
Not appointed (UTV) Not appointed (OLA) |