Advisory Bodies of Social Sciences

The Faculty Board of Social Sciences has established committees to address specific issues. Here you can find more information about them, including the members and the secretary.

Working Group on Undergraduate and Postgraduate Education (SAGA)

The Working Group on Undergraduate and Postgraduate Education is responsible for the following:

  • Serving as a reference group to the Faculty Board of Social Sciences on matters related to undergraduate and graduate education.
  • Monitoring and overseeing the overall quality, efficiency, and organization of the faculty's first- and second-cycle programs.
  • Receiving and preparing departments' reports following program reviews within the framework of SU's quality system for education.
  • Additionally, the group works to promote quality work in education within the departments.

Members of the group include:

- Magnus Nermo, Vice Dean, Department of Sociology (Chair)
- Torbjörn Bildtgård, Department of Social Work
- Jon Nyhlén, Department of Political Science
- Lilianne Eninger, Department of Psychology
- Stefan Möller, Department of Computer and Systems Sciences
- Jessica Franzén, Department of Statistics
- Margareta Aspan, Department of Child and Youth Studies
- Two student representatives

Office Support: Kristina Nilsson Björkenstam, Head of Education at the Faculty Office

Working Group on Postgraduate Education

The Working Group for Doctoral Education has the following responsibilities:

  • Act as an advisory group to the Faculty Board of Social Sciences regarding doctoral education matters.
  • Take overall responsibility for interdepartmental doctoral programs.
  • Receive and prepare departmental reports following program reviews within the framework of SU's quality system for education.
  • Nominate prize winners for the Swedish Association of Higher Education's prize for the best thesis of the year after consultation with the group, as delegated by the chair of the group.
  • Allocate donation scholarships.

Members of the group include:

- Jonas Häckner, Vice Dean, Department of Economics (Chair)
- Tatjana von Rosen, Department of Statistics (Vice Chair)
- Anna Westberg Broström, Department of Child and Youth Studies
- Åsa Smedberg, Department of Computer and Systems Sciences
- Niklas Heijl Bremberg, Department of Political Science
- Mats Nilsson, Department of Psychology
- Kari Trost, Department of Special Education

Office support is provided by Anna Nyberg, Head of Education at the Faculty Office.

Budget Committee

The Budget Committee serves as an advisory body to the Faculty Board of Social Sciences on financial matters. The Committee is responsible for preparing the Faculty's annual budget decisions.

Members of the Budget Committee:

- Yvonne Svanström, Dean, Department of Economic History and International Relations (Chair)
- Lena Hübner, Associate Dean, Department of Social Work
- Markus Jäntti, Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI)
- Astri Muren, Department of Economics
- Fredrik Nordin, Stockholm Business School
- Michael Carlson, Department of Statistics
- Jonas Häckner, Department of Economics
- Jenny Cisneros Örnberg, Department of Public Health Sciences
- Three student representatives

Office support: Ann-Sofie Andersson, Controller at the Faculty Office.

The Board of Docentship

The Social Sciences Board of Docentship is responsible for preparing the Faculty's appointment of docents.

Members:

- Sten Nyberg, Department of Economics (Chair)
- Jelena Zdravkovic, Department of Computer and Systems Sciences (Vice Chair)
- Tommy Jensen, Stockholm Business School
- Stefan Wiklund, Department of Social Work
- Fredrik Jönsson, Department of Psychology

Alternate members:

- Hanna Ginner Hau, Department of Special Education
- Anna Lund, Department of Sociology

The Gender Equality Group

The Gender Equality Group aims to promote and support equality and gender balance within the departments among both staff and students. It provides a platform for sharing experiences and showcasing best practices.

Members:

- Magnus Nermo, Vice Dean, Department of Sociology (Chair)
- Åsa Smedborg, Department of Computer and Systems Sciences
- Charlotta Magnusson, Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI)
- Ulf Mörkenstam, Department of Political Science
- Mats Börjesson, Department of Child and Youth Studies
- Tove Pettersson, Department of Criminology

The group also includes a student representative and a doctoral student representative.

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Teaching Proposal Board I

The task of the Teaching Proposal Board I is to prepare appointments of Senior Lecturers and Professors, as well as promotion cases. This must be done in accordance with the rules in the Higher Education Ordinance and Stockholm University's employment regulations.

Teacher Proposal Board I works with cases concerning the following departments:

  • Department of Child and Youth Studies
  • Department of Teaching and Learning
  • Department of Special Education
  • Department of Psychology


Members

- Lena Hübner, Vice Dean, Department of Social Work (Chair)
- Stephan Hau, Department of Psychology
- Simo Vehmas, Department of Special Education
- Danielle Ekman Ladru, Department of Child and Youth Studies
- Daniel Lövheim, Department of Teaching and Learning

There are two student representatives on the Teacher Proposal Committee I.

Deputies

- John Axelsson, Department of Psychology
- Stefan Lund, Department of Teaching and Learning

Employee organisations

- Trade union representative.

Office support: Kay Artle and Johan Magnéli at the Faculty Office.

Teaching Proposal Board II

Teacher Proposal Board II prepares appointments of Senior Lecturers and Professors, as well as promotion cases. This is done in accordance with the rules in the Higher Education Ordinance and Stockholm University's
employment regulations.

Teacher Proposal Board II works with cases concerning the following departments:

  • Department of Public Health Sciences
  • Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI)
  • Stress Research Institute
  • Department of Social Work
  • Department of Criminology
  • Department of Human Geography
  • Department of Social Anthropology
  • Department of Sociology
  • Department of Political Science
  • Department of Economic History and International Relations

Members

- Magnus Nermo, Vice Dean, Department of Sociology (Chair)
- Ulf Jansson, Department of Human Geography (Vice Chair)
- Renate Minas, Department of Social Work
- Ilona Grünberger, Department of Public Health Sciences
- Johan Lindquist, Department of Social Anthropology

Deputies

- Eva Erman Department of Political Science
- Tove Pettersson Department of Criminology

Two student representatives are included in the faculty proposal committee II.

Employee organisations

Trade union representative.

Office support: Kay Artle and Johan Magnéli at the Faculty Office.

Teaching Proposal Board III

Teacher Proposal Board III prepares appointments of Lecturers and Professors as well as promotion cases. This is done in accordance with the rules in the Higher Education Ordinance and Stockholm University's
employment regulations.

The Teaching Proposal Board III works wit cases concerning the following departments:

  • Department of Economic History and International Relations
  • Stockholm Business School
  • Institute of International Economics (IIES)
  • Department of Economics
  • Department of Statistics
  • Department of Computer and Systems Sciences
  • Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI) (Economics)

Members

- Jonas Häckner, Vice Dean, Department of Economics (Chair)
- Tatjana von Rosen, Department of Statistics (Vice Chair)
- Janis Stirna, Department of Computer and Systems Sciences
- Jacob Östberg, Stockholm Business School
- Elise Dermineur Reuterswärd, Department of Economic History and International Relations

Deputies

- Jakob Svensson, IIES
- Marcus Jäntti, SOFI

Two student representatives are included in the faculty proposal committee III.

Employee organisations

Trade union representative(s).

Office support: Kay Artle and Johan Magnéli at the Faculty Office.

Myrdal Committee

Gunnar Myrdal is one of the Faculty's foremost researchers of all time. He is internationally recognised and has a distinctly interdisciplinary interest. Gunnar was also an important social commentator, which fits well with the faculty's ambition to be an actor in time, and in society. To honour his name and reputation and to inspire today's researchers to work in his spirit, each year the Faculty asks a researcher at or outside the Faculty to give an open lecture on a current issue in the spirit of Gunnar Myrdal.

The members are:

- Jakob Svensson, Institute of International Economics (IIES)
(Chair)
- Johanna Ringarp, Department of Teaching and Learning
- Jonas Häckner, Vice Dean, Department of Economics
- Marie Evertsson, Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI)
- Matthew Lindquist, Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI)

Scholarship Committee

The Scholarship Committee's task is to prepare cases and propose decisions concerning donation scholarships and other scholarships such as the Anna Ahlström and Ellen Terserus Foundation.

Members of the committee

- Jonas Häckner, Department of Economics (Chair)
- Tatjana von Rosen, Department of Statistics
- Niklas Heijl Bremberg, Department of Political Science

Office support is provided by Anna Nyberg, Head of Education at the Faculty Office.

Last updated: 2024-09-30

Source: The Faculty of Social Sciences