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Letter from the dean
New Research Board in Place,
Vinnova Invests in Teacher
Cooperation
The ground may still be frozen outside,
but our University is full of life and
action! The new Research Board
established by the Vice-Chancellor has
held its first meeting. Göran Landberg,
deputy vice-chancellor in charge of
research matters, is chairing the Board
and Fredrika Lagergren, deputy vice-
chancellor in charge of issues regarding
outreach and cooperation, is vice chair.
The Research Board is a preparatory and
advisory body for the Vice-Chancellor.
Its main purpose is to handle strategic
research and collaboration matters and thereby promote the development of
research of high international quality. Another role of the Board is to stimulate
internal and external collaboration and help to make visible the significance and
relevance of the research performed at the University. It will promote appropriate
and efficient use of research infrastructure through collaboration across faculty and
departmental boundaries and through national and international collaboration with
other higher education institutions. It feels exciting to be part of the launching of the
Research Board and its work.
Although it is still early in the year, it is time to plan for next autumn and the spring
of 2019. I would like to share some information about a project funded by Vinnova
and focusing on stimulating teacher collaboration with non-academic actors.
Interaction between the university world and the rest of society creates opportunities
for important sharing of knowledge and contributes to new teaching approaches,
new research ideas and further development of host organisations by introducing
them to new research findings. We are currently finalising the details of the project
and will share more information later this spring. The Faculty will most likely accept
applications for funding of existing or planned collaborations. Would you like to
develop collaboration related to education or research with an organisation outside
the University? Then this is a great opportunity! The visit must correspond to 20%
part time for six months, but may be designed and planned according to what is
appropriate in each individual case.
Malin Broberg
Pro-Dean
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Professorship in HRM
The Centre for Global Human Resource
Management is operated jointly by the
Department of Business Administration
at the School of Business, Economics
and Law and the Department of
Sociology and Work Science at the
Faculty of Social Sciences. This spring,
the Centre will accept applications for a
chair in HRM - a decision that not least
Volvo and other major companies are happy about. Whether the chair will end up at
the School of Business, Economics and Law or the Faculty of Social Sciences will
depend on the area of expertise of the person appointed.
Read more about CGHRM at the Centre's website
Elections are Under Way -
Here Are the Names
Proposed by the
Nomination Committee
The nomination committee has now
presented its nominations for new Dean,
Pro-Dean and members of the Faculty
Board. Malin Broberg, professor of
psychology and currently Pro-Dean, is
nominated for the position of Dean and Kristian Daneback, professor of social work,
is nominated for the position of Pro-Dean.
View all nominations here
The election of Faculty Board members and the advisory election of deans will end
25 March.
Read more about the elections on the internal pages
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Events Hosted by the New Research
Centres
The work at the new research centres hosted by the
Faculty - the Centre for Collective Action Research
(CeCAR) and the Centre on Global Migration (CGM) - is
in full swing. For example, CGM will arrange a workshop and open panel discussion
on the theme of religion, multilingualism and history at Frölunda kulturhus 12-13
April. In late March, they will host a conference together with Region Västra
Götaland to discuss the impact of a migration background on children's performance
in school.
Food consumption and the importance of seas and oceans for a sustainable future
are some of the topics discussed at seminars organised by CeCAR during the Science
Festival. Since its opening in 2015, researchers affiliated with the Centre have
published around 30 articles on subjects such as energy efficiency, corruption, the
state of our oceans and support for environmental policy.
Read more about the Centre on Global Migration
Read more about the Centre for Collective Action Research
Interventions Needed to Eliminate
Deficits in Education Budgets
Four Departments entered 2018 with a negative capital
balance for education: Political Science, Psychology,
Global Studies and the School of Public Administration.
The Department of Psychology had already presented a plan for how to eliminate the
deficit by 2020. This plan will be revised. Global Studies and Public Administration
will present their plans by the end of April. For Political Science, the deficit is not big
enough to necessitate a plan. Overall for education, the Faculty has moved from an
accumulated surplus of SEK 30 million a few years ago to SEK 10 million in the
annual report for 2017.
Nominate Honorary Doctors
It's time to turn in nominations for honorary doctorates
2018. Each Faculty can nominate two candidates. The
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Faculty Board will make the final nomination decisions
at its meeting 17 May based on the suggestions
presented by a drafting committee. All nominations
must be submitted by 26 April to karl-
fredrik.ahlmark@gu.se.
If you have questions, please contact Karl-Fredrik
Ahlmark
Workshop on Academic Language
How can we help students develop their academic
language?
This is the theme of a half-day workshop scheduled for
12 April. The workshop will target teaching staff at the
Faculty and will focus on how we can strengthen the
students in the area of academic writing. How can
teaching of academic writing be integrated into courses and study programmes? Can
we develop new forms of collaboration between the Faculty's courses and
programmes and the Unit for Academic Language and the University Library?
The participants include Andreas Litsegård from the teacher team that was awarded
the Faculty's pedagogical prize in 2017, Emma Karin Brandin from the Unit for
Academic Language and Emma Pettersson from the Social Science Library. The
workshop will be arranged jointly by the Faculty, the Unit for Academic Language
and the University Library.
Register for the workshop with linn.mattsson@gu.se by 5 April
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The Construction of the ALC
Classroom Begins
The conversion of Studietorget Linné to an ALC
classroom is about to begin. The plan is for the
construction to be completed by the beginning of the
autumn semester. A University-wide network of teachers interested in the
opportunities offered by ALC classrooms is also forming. For more information about
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this, please contact Head of Faculty Office Marie Olofsson; marie.olofsson@gu.se
The Tunnel Construction about to
Begin
The Swedish Transport Administration will now begin
preparing for the construction of a tunnel between the
Department of Psychology and the BASF building. On
12 March, they will start putting out portacabins and small machine shops for
maintenance of equipment that will be used during the construction. A noise barrier
will also be erected around the Department of Psychology. Then the mountain will be
prepared, and the actual drilling of the tunnel will begin in late May.
Read more about the Västlänken project
Changes at the Faculty Tidbits
Office - Malin Broberg replaces Kerstin
Jacobsson in the RED19 reference group
On 1 March, Marita Fagerling started a
- Stellan Vinthagen and Åsa
new job outside the University. Toni
Wettergren have been promoted to
Ilievski, Faculty secretary, will take over
professors of sociology
the post as secretary of the buildings
- Annika Bergström has been
and premises committee and the local
promoted to professor of journalism,
work environment committee. The
media and communication
financial tasks that Marita has been in
- Ann Towns has been promoted to
charge of have been transferred to Anna
professor of political science
Lindström, finance administrator.
- Jenny Wiik has been appointed as
oavlönad docent (reader) in media and
Sofia Nygren, education officer for
communication studies
internationalisation issues, will leave the
- Jonas Ohlsson has been appointed as
Faculty Office for one year to work at
oavlönad docent (reader) in journalism,
Educational Affairs with issues
media and communication
concerning students with disabilities. A
- Sandra Buratti has been appointed as
person to fill her position is currently
oavlönad docent (reader) in psychology
being recruited.
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Redaktör: Lars-Olof Karlsson, lars-olof.karlsson@gu.se
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