On 1 July, the deans of all faculties at Umeå University will be replaced with new representatives. The Vice-Chancellor has now reached a decision on the boards at the faculties of Arts and Technology and Sciences. The decisions on the faculties of Social Sciences and Medicine were reached in April.
From the left: Åsa Karlsson Sjögren, Torkel Molin, Mikael Elofsson and Sara Sjöstedt de Luna
Photo: Mattias Pettersson and Per Melander
At the Faculty of Arts, Professor Åsa Karlsson-Sjögren has been appointed dean, and Senior Lecturer Torkel Molin has been appointed pro dean. Irene Gustafsson, the Museum of Forestry in Lycksele, Lapland, has been appointed external member.
At the Technology and Sciences Faculty Board, Professor Mikael Elofsson has been appointed dean, and Professor Sara Sjöstedt de Luna has been appointed pro dean. Maria Hedblom, Skogstekniska klustret (the Cluster of Forest Technology) is appointed external member.
The current term of office for the members of the faculty boards terminates on 30 June 2017. The terms of office for the new deans, pro deans and external members of each respective faculty board stretch from 1 July 2017 until 30 June 2021.
The appointment is regulated in The rule of procedure for Umeå University and The Rule of procedure for the election and appointment of members of the Faculty Boards – including dean and pro dean (documents available in Swedish). The Election Committee at each faculty has the assignment of nominating one woman and one man, chosen among the permanently employed professors or senior lecturers at the faculty, to the posts as chair (dean) and vice chair (pro dean) of the Faculty Board. It is also the role of the Election Committee to nominate one or two individuals as external members.
Read more about the election process
For more information, please contact:
Daniel Andersson, Academy clerk
Faculty of Arts, Jeanette Dareblom, Head of the Dean's Office
Faculty of Science and Technology, Anders Lundin, Head of the Dean's Office