External representatives

Chairman of the board Vidar L. Haanes, Professor, The Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society
Maren Bjerkeng, Development Manager at Aspelin Ramm
Tore Guiden, Professor, Oslo Met
Paula Crabtree, Vice Chancellor, Stockholm University of the Arts

Deputies
1. Executive Vice President Siri Hunnes Blakstad, Sintef
2. Joar Nango, committee member, Arts Counsil Norway

Internal representatives
Permanently employed in teaching/research positions

Permanent members:
Ole Lund, Associate Professor, Department of Design (Gjøvik)
Brita Fladvad Nielsen,Associate Professor, Department of Design
Steffen Wellinger, Professor, Department of Architecture and Planning

Deputies:
Ole Andreas Alsos, Associate Professor, Department of Design
Bendik Manum, Professor, Department of Architecture and Technology
Jan Felix Eberhard Gmelin, Professor, Trondheim Academy of Fine Arts

Temporarily employed in teaching/research positions

Permanent member:
Lina Naoroz Bråten, PhD Candidate, Department of Architecture and Planning

Deputy:
Leander Spyridon Pantelatos, Phd Candidate, Department of Design

Permanently and temporarily employed in technical and administrative positions

Permanent member:
Tone Woie Alstadheim, Senior Advisor, Faculty administration
Deputy:
Olav Wist, Office Manager, Department of Architecture and Planning

Students

Faculty representative, Milla Yia Randsborg

Faculty representative, Vilde Helle Viken

Deputy:
Faculty representative, Kaja Grindheim Ronglan

Mandate

The Faculty Board is the supreme body of the Faculty.

The Faculty Board is responsible for establishing the paramount objectives, priorities and strategies of the unit within the frames of the current regulations and the resolutions of the superior level.

Thus the Faculty board ensures this by determining:

• the strategy of the unit and its superior priorities regarding the disciplines
• budget and the distribution frame
• matters of great strategic or principal importance
• reports on goal achievement relative to strategy and budget

Composition:

The Faculty Board consists of 11 members:

• Chairman of the Board (external)
• 4 members of the scientific staff, of which 1 representative for the temporarily employed
• 2 student representatives
• 1 members of the technical- and administrative staff
• 3 external representatives in addition to the Chairman of the Board

For each member group a corresponding number of deputies is to be elected/appointed.

Secretary of the Faculty Board is the Dean. The Dean also attends the board meetings and holds the right to speak.