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Department board

The board is  the department's highest decision-making body. The board decides the department's policies, priorities and strategies.

Permanent members of the staff elect their representatives for a four year period. The representatives for students and temporary staff are elected each year.

Representatives for the period 2024 - 2027

Chairwoman

  • Elin Haugsgjerd Allern

Permanent academic staff

  • Francesca Refsum Jensenius
  • Carl Henrik Knutsen
  • Kristoffer Kolltveit
  • 1. deputy: Jens Jungblut
  • 2. deputy: Øyvind Stiansen
  • 3. deputy: Jonathan William Kuyper
  • 4. deputy: Marina Povitkina
  • 5. deputy: Målfrid Braut-Hegghammer

Temporary academic staff 2025

  • Eli Sofie Baltzersen
  • 1. deputy: Hallvard Sandven
  • 2. deputy: Sverke Saxegaard

Administrative staff 

  • Linda Gulli
  • 1. deputy: Monika Birkeland
  • 2. deputy: Jörg Walter

Student representatives autumn 2024:

  • Marina Johansen (STV)
  • Deputy: Ole Magnus Gaalaa-Hansen 
  • Erik Alexander Nordby (PECOS)
  • Deputy: Xeia Kelemen

Head of Education:

  • Robert Huseby

Secretary:

  • Administrative Head of Department Ida Weseth Bjøru