Department board members

Members in 2026

From the management

• Kjetil Rødje, Head of Department / Chair
• Rune Karlsen, Head of Studies / Deputy Head of Department and the board's deputy chair

Representatives permanent academic staff

• Steffen Krüger, Senior Lecturer
• Liv Hausken, Professor
• Joakim Johansen Østby, Senior Lecturer
• Øyvind Ihlen, Professor, 1st substitute
• Cristina Archetti, Professor, 2nd substitute
• Jon Inge Faldalen, Associate Professor, 3rd substitute

Representative temporary academic staff

• Guri Barka Martins, PhD candidate
• Charlotte Hidle, PhD candidate, substitute

Representative for the administration

• Sofia White Petterson, Higher Executive Officer
• Elisabeth Hoff, Advisor, substitute

Student representatives

• Kristine Sofie Brekke
• Samuel Ostrev Berntsen
• Sigrid Noteng, 1st substitute
• Ronja Chawki Johansen, 2nd substitute

External representative

• Åse Kringstad
• Jørn Mortensen, substitute

Permanent members (categories):

• Head of Department
• Three representatives for the permanent academic staff
• One representative for the temporary academic staff
• One representative for the administrative staff
• One external representative
• Two student representatives

Term length

• The representatives for the temporary academic staff and student representatives are elected for one year at a time. The elections are normally held at the end of each year.
• The rest of the board is elected each fourth year.