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Academic Appointments Board

Term of Office 1 January 2024 - 31 December 2026

The Academic Appointments Board prepares matters and submits proposals for appointments of professors, adjunct professors, visiting professors, senior lecturers and associate senior lecturers.

The Academic Appointments Board’s proposals for the appointment of professors are submitted to the Faculty Board which, after taking a position on the proposal, forwards the matter to the vice-chancellor for a decision. The Academic Appointments Board’s proposals for the appointment of senior lecturers are submitted to the dean for a decision.

The board also drafts decisions for the Faculty Board in matters concerning the appointment of readers.

Read more about the appointment of readers

All applications in a round of applications are processed by the Academic Appointments Board at one and the same meeting.

The board is appointed by the Faculty Board and is to be composed of a chair (dean, pro dean or vice dean), three representatives of teaching staff with research expertise and two student representatives. In addition, substitute representatives, at least two for teaching staff with research expertise and at least one for students, are to be appointed. One of the teaching staff representatives is to be appointed as vice chair.

Members

  • Åsa Lundqvist, Vice Dean, Chair
  • Helle Rydström, Department of Sociology, Vice Chair
  • Fredrik Björklund, Department of Psychology
  • Mats Heide, Department of Communication
  • Linn Andreou Brolin, doctoral student representative
  • Saga Petersson, student representative

Deputy Members

  • Hanna Bäck, Department of Political Science
  • Christian Fuentes, Department of Service Studies

Contact

Hanna Liljeblad
Faculty Administrator
+46 46 222 41 08
hanna [dot] liljeblad [at] sam [dot] lu [dot] se

Meeting schedule

Autumn 2026

  • 24 August
  • 28 September
  • 26 October
  • 30 November