Dean Election 2024
In the spring of 2024, the deanery for the period from January 1, 2025, to December 31, 2028, will be elected. Employees and students are invited to propose candidates for the positions of dean and vice dean. A timetable for the election will be announced during February.
The deanery is elected as a team, consisting of a dean and a vice dean. Therefore, in the same proposal, names of candidates for both positions must be stated. The election of the deanery will be conducted through electronic voting.
If only one proposal for the deanery is received within the deadline specified in the timetable, according to UiO's election regulations (§ 26 pt. 2), there will be no regular election. The election will then be carried out by the incumbent Faculty Board. The proposed deanery will be considered elected if it receives a majority in the Faculty Board. If such a majority is not obtained, the election process will be restarted.
Candidate proposal
Candidate proposals should be sent by email to the Election Committee with a copy to the Election Secretariat by April 2, 2024 at 12:00 PM.
Candidate proposal
- Proposal for candidates should include the candidates' names, titles, and workplace at the faculty.
- Proposal for candidates must be signed by at least ten people who have the right to vote
- Candidates who are proposed should have been asked and have agreed to take on the position if they are elected.
- All proposals must be formulated so that both the dean and vice dean positions are filled when the election is completed.
- A person can only sign one proposal for the same position.
- Among the signatories of a proposal, there should be a contact person whom the election committee can contact in connection with the proposal.
Election Board
The Faculty Board has appointed the following election board:
- Head of the Election board, Professor Ragnhild E. Paulsen, Department of Pharmacy
- Head of Administration, Tone Skramstad, Center for Computing in Science Education, CCSE
- PhD Heidi Bråthen, Department of Informatics
- Student, Sunniva Sol Standnes Blix, Department of Informatics
The Election Board is responsible for ensuring that the elections of the Dean and Vice-Dean, Head of Departments, the Faculty Board, and the Board of Departments are carried out in accordance with the University’s election regulations.
Election committee
- Head of Election Committee, Professor Atle Jensen, Department of Mathematics
- Professor Trude Storelvmo, Department of Geosciences
- Center Coordinator Benedikte Fagerli Karlsen, RoCS
- Student, Karl Elwyn Brown, Department of Astrophysics
The tasks of the election committee are to ensure that the job description for the dean is made known to both voters and potential candidates, and that the candidates are presented in a way that provides voters with a solid basis for evaluating their qualifications for the role. The committee is responsible for actively searching for suitable candidates, and its members have the right to submit independent proposals.
Timetable for the dean's election
- April 2, 2024
- 12:00 PM: Deadline for submitting candidate proposals
- The election board approves candidate proposals
- April 4, 2024
- 12:00 PM: Presentation of candidates by the election committee
- April 11, 2024
- 3:00 PM: Candidates are presented at a meeting
- April 18, 2024
- 8:00 AM: Electronic voting opens
- April 25, 2024
- 12:00 PM: Electronic voting closes
- 3:00 PM: Announcement of result
Election Secretariat
The faculty director organizes a permanent election secretariat under the election board: