Election to the faculty board 2024 – NJ faculty

Last changed: 20 June 2024

Here you will find information about the election concerning NJ faculty. It will be supplemented as decisions are made.

On April 23, the faculty committee decided on who should be members of NJ's nomination committee.

Invitation to nominate candidates

Those entitled to vote within the NJ faculty will this autumn elect eight members and two deputies to the Faculty Board for the period 2025-2027. The dean and the vice dean are also appointed among the eight ordinary members.

Nomination period 1: 17 June to 19 September.

The nominations shall state

  • that the nominee has been consulted and accepted the assignment
  • if the nomination refers to the assignment as
    member or deputy, or
    dean or deputy dean
  • a brief motivation.

Nominations are sent to valberedningen.nj@slu.se no later than 19 September.

Also, attach

  • the candidate's CV of a maximum of one page,
  • information about who is behind the nomination, as well as
  • a letter of intent of a maximum of two A4 pages in which the nominated candidate describes what they want to work for.

Nomination period 2: 1–8 October

Attach the same type of information as for the first nomination period.

Read the invitation here

Timeline for the election

Timeline for election of the faculty board at NJ:

17 June- 9 September

Invitation to nominate candidates for the faculty board. Read how to nominate at the headline Invitation to nominate candidates above.

1 October

The election committee presents its proposal for a new faculty board. 

1-8 October

Invitation to nominate additional candidates. 

21-29 October

Election period.

Hearing 22-24 October

The hearing with the candidates will be held sometime during the period of 22 to 24 October.

Nomination Committee

The faculty board decided 23 April to appoint the following members and personal substitutes (italicized) to the new nomination committee for the period 1 Maj 2024 to 30 April 2027:

  • Sara Bergek, Chair (Aquatic Resources) – Anna Schnürer (Molecular Sciences)
  • Anders Hafrén, Vice Chair (Plant Biology) – Marcos Lana (Plant Production Ecology)
  • Jesper Larsson (Urban and Rural Development) – Björn Lindahl (Soil and Environment)
  • Göran Hartman (Ecology) – Pernilla Tidåker (Energy and Technology)
  • Pia Nilsson (Economics) – Wenche Eide (SLU Swedish Species Information Centre)
  • Karin Hamnér (Soil and Environment) – Anna Berlin (Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology)
  • Willem Goedkoop (Aquatic Sciences and Assessment) – Lovisa Nilsson (Ecology)

Additionally, Sluss will appoint one member and one personal substitute.


Contact

Marie Forsberg
Faculty Secretary
Faculty of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences, SLU
marie.forsberg@slu.se, +46 18 671021