DEAN ELECTIONS. Sahlgrenska Academy’s Drafting Committee now invites all employees to nominate candidates for the roles of Dean and Pro Dean during the term of office from 2024 to 2029 inclusive.

On December 31, 2023, the current terms of office for Dean Agneta Holmäng and Pro Dean Henrik Hagberg at Sahlgrenska Academy will expire. The Faculty Board has tasked Sahlgrenska Academy’s Drafting Committee to initiate, in consultation with the Vice-Chancellor, the preparatory process for appointing a Dean and Pro Dean at the Academy for the period from January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2029.

The Drafting Committee’s task is, in consultation with the Vice-Chancellor, to draw up proposals for the positions of Dean and Pro-Dean. After an advisory election, the Vice-Chancellor will appoint the Dean and Pro Dean.

Academy staff are welcome to propose candidates for the two positions. The nominations must be received by the Drafting Committee not later than April 15. As the basis of the selection process, the Drafting Committee has developed a requirements profile, which may be found at the end of this document.

Who is eligible to nominate?

Every employee at Sahlgrenska Academy is welcome to nominate a candidate. Nominations must include reasons for your choice and the person’s résumé (max 6 pages with a maximum of 10 selected publications). The résumé must reflect the candidate’s experience in terms of (academic) leadership, teaching, research, collaboration, and cooperation with the community (the “third mission” of Swedish universities).

Please email your nomination to valberedning@sahlgrenska.gu.se with the word NOMINATION in the subject line. Nominees must have been asked whether they wish to be nominated; must be eligible (see below); and must have agreed to the nomination. Nominees’ names will (after their consent has been obtained) be published in Akademiliv at the time of the election. The names of those nominating candidates will not be published.

Who is eligible to stand for election?

Eligible to be Dean or Pro-Dean at Sahlgrenska Academy is anyone employed at the University of Gothenburg whose employment comprises at least 50% of full time and who are appointed indefinitely or have an appointment that includes at least two years of continuous employment.

Those eligible to be Dean or Pro Dean at Sahlgrenska Academy are employees employed at the University of Gothenburg who have at least 50% of full-time employment and who have a permanent position, or who have been employed on a continuous basis for at least two years.

Drafting committee

The Faculty Board has appointed the following committee members:

• Per Lindahl, Chair, Institute of Biomedicine (lindahl@wlab.gu.se)
• Magnus Hakeberg, Institute of Odontology (hakeberg@odontologi.gu.se)
• Christopher Holmberg, Institute of Health and Care Sciences (holmberg@gu.se)
• Ingela Hammar, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology (hammar@gu.se)
• Inger Gjertsson, Vice Chair, Institute of Medicine (gjertsson@rheuma.gu.se)
• Mats Geijer, Institute of Clinical Sciences (geijer@gu.se)
• Gabriel Bake, Sahlgrenska Academy Office (bake@gu.se)
• Niclas Johansson, student representative (gusjohnias@student.gu.se).

Election process

During spring and summer 2023, the candidates will be evaluated, initially on the basis of their résumés and thereafter through interviews and reference checks. In late August the Committee, in consultation with the Vice-Chancellor, will decide which candidates to put forward as candidates for election. In September, there will be a hearing at which the candidates present themselves and their vision for the Academy, and the Academy’s employees get the chance to post questions to the candidates.

Electronically, by means of the University’s Sunet Survey tool, the election will take place between October 9 and 18. The Committee reserves the option of holding a separate election of the Vice Dean during November.

The regulations governing the appointment of the Dean and Pro Dean are described in the Rules of Procedure at the University of Gothenburg (ref. GU 2022/1764, adopted on June 16, 2022), which may be found here.

 

With compliments,
The Drafting Committee

 

 

Requirements profile for Dean and Pro Dean at Sahlgrenska Academy for the term of office from January 1 to December 31, 2024

The Drafting Committee has drawn up a requirements profile, which will be used for evaluating the nominees for the positions of Dean and Pro-Dean.

Personal characteristics

• good communication skills both verbally and in writing in Swedish and English
• responsiveness and commitment
• good relationships with, and understanding of, the Faculty’s various parts and characteristics.

Academic leadership

• experience of responsibility for staff and financial administration at an academic institute, department, or equivalent
• knowledge of the University’s function as a government agency, its administration, and its budget process
• track record of leadership characterized by a good work environment and academic collegiality.

Education

• experience of teaching at basic (Bachelor’s), advanced (Master’s), or research (licentiate or doctoral degree) levels.
• knowledge of the academic remit of education and its conditions
• knowledge of the students’ work and study environment.

Research

• established researcher* in one of the Academy’s research fields
• knowledge of the conditions of research funding, in Sweden and internationally
• knowledge of the infrastructure required to conduct clinical and experimental research.

Cooperation

• knowledge and experience of cooperation with Region Västra Götaland
• commitment to cooperation with the University’s various faculties, other higher education institutions, and the business sector
• knowledge of the “third mission” of Swedish universities.

Integrity and ethics

• has shown leadership characterized by high integrity, an ethical approach and academic honesty
• commitment to diversity, gender equality and equal treatment
• commitment to sustainability issues.

University of Gothenburg

• commitment to the strategic importance and community role of the University of Gothenburg
• commitment to Sahlgrenska Academy’s strategic importance and role in the University
• commitment to internationalization
• understanding of the Dean’s role as representative of the University.

* A person with his or her own research group and research grants, an independent research program, and tenure with time allocated to research.