Department board

Representatives for permanent academic staff and administrative staff are elected for 2021-2023. Representatives for temporary academic staff and students are elected for the year of 2021.

Members of the board	Deputy members
Eiri Elvestad Head of Department / Chair	Petter Bae Brandtzæg Head of Research / Deputy Head of Department
Liv Hausken Professor Representative permanent academic staff	1. Deputy. Taina Bucher, Associate Professor 2. Deputy. Maria Lüders, Professor 3. Deputy. Cristina Archetti, Professor Deputy representative permanent academic staff
Arnt Maasø Associate professor Representative permanent academic staff
Rune Karlsen Professor Representative permanent academic staff
Anna Grøndahl Larsen Senior Lecturer Representative temporary academic staff	Truls Strand Offerdal PhD candidate Deputy representative temporary academic staff
Helén Rummelhoff Senor Executive Officer Representative for the administration	Bjørnar Hjulstad Administrative Head of Studies Deputy representative for the administration
Celine Ryel Student representative	1. Deputy Matilde Berg Fagerland 2. Deputy Helene Marie Bakke Deputy student representative
Jonas Nicolay Corneliussen Student representative
Rune Røsten External representative	Heidi Austlid Deputy external representative

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.