Election 2023
- 01.11.2023: Deadline for nominating candidates
- 27. November -1. December 2023: Election period (if more than two candidates)
General information about elections
How often are elections held?
Within the groups permanent Scientific Staff and Technical-Administrative Staff, the staff elect their representatives every four years.
Representatives for Fixed-term Staff and for students are elected each year.
An external representative is appointed every four years by the faculty board following a proposal from the department board.
Who has the right to vote?
According to UiO's election regulations, employees in at least half a position at the units that carry out elections, as well as professor II's, have the right to vote. Decisive for voting rights is the employment relationship on the day the person votes. You can vote for people within your own voting rights group.
Students must be registered for the semester to have the right to vote. The right to vote applies at the department/faculty in which they are registered, at elections to the university board and at elections of the rector/vice-rector. If a student is registered at more than one institute/faculty, the student himself decides where he should have the right to vote.
Questions regarding the right to vote can be addressed to the electoral board's secretary.
Who can propose candidates?
Anyone who has the right to vote at the election can put forward a proposal for any eligible person within their own voting rights group. All fixed-salaried employees in at least half-time positions, as well as professors II, have the right to vote cf. UiO's election regulations.
Previous elections
Autumn 2022
New representatives for the department board for 2023 is to be elected: one representative and one deputy representative.
- Thursday 01.12: Deadline for nominating candidates
- 12.-15. December: Election period (if more than two candidates)
Autumn 2020
The election period for Permanent Scientific Staff and Administrative Staff is four years. The election period for Fixed-term Staff and Student Representatives is one year.
The results from the Department Board Election for 2021-2024
Permanent Scientific Staff
- Alexander Jensenius
- Hallgjerd Aksnes
- Ragnhild Brøvig-Hanssen
- Yngvar Kjus, 1st Deputy Representative
- Åshild Watne, 2nd Deputy Representative
- Nanette Nielsen, 3rd Deputy Representative
Fixed-term Staff
- Cagri Erdem
- Dongho Daniel Kwak, Deputy Representative
Technical-Administrative Staff
- Ingrid Stange Ytterstad
- Marit Johanne Furunes, Deputy Representative
Student Representatives
- Eivind Knapper
- Jonas Ulleland
- Jørn Hansen, Deputy Representative
Participation
Permanent Scientific Staff: 21 of 24 persons in the census have voted (87.5 %)
Administrative Staff: 8 of 11 persons in the census have voted (72.73 %)
Fixed-term Staff: 15 of 28 persons in the census have voted (53.57 %)
Students: 33 of 266 persons in the census have voted (12.41 %)