In April 2023, the University Board approved amendments to the University’s rules of procedure to enable the introduction of the new Campus Gotland Board and the Gotland Committee. The Vice-Chancellor subsequently approved instructions for both the Board and the Committee. Members of the Committee have been nominated by different parts of the University and on 7 June 2023 the Vice-Chancellor decided on the members of the Board.
Campus Gotland Board
The role of the Campus Gotland Board is to work on development, coordination and the increased promotion of Campus Gotland’s profile.
The instructions for the Campus Gotland Board summarise the Board’s duties:
- to support the disciplinary domains and faculties in developing their activities at Campus Gotland and integrating them in the University;
- to propose candidates to the Vice-Chancellor for the appointment of Adviser to the Vice-Chancellor on Campus Gotland;
- to be responsible for the further profiling of education and research at Campus Gotland and to propose allocation of strategic funding for measures intended to enhance Campus Gotland’s profile;
- to promote coordination of the University’s education and research on Gotland;
- to coordinate and develop the University’s collaboration with regional actors on Gotland;
- to follow up and evaluate the measures implemented to develop and enhance Campus Gotland as a whole;
- to propose how to allocate direct government funding and funding agreement targets in Bachelor’s and Master’s education, in dialogue with the disciplinary domain and faculty boards; and
- to participate in other respects in the treatment of activities at Campus Gotland in the annual operational planning process.
On 7 June 2023, the Vice-Chancellor decided to appoint the following individuals as members of the Campus Gotland Board for the period 7 June 2023 until 30 June 2026:
- Tora Holmberg, chair
- David Black-Schaffer
- Daniel Gillberg
- Erik Lindberg
- Joakim Palme
- Anna Singer
- Christina Wedén
- Sebastian Willman
Two student members will be nominated by the University’s students.
The trade unions have the right to attend and speak at meetings.
Gotland Committee
The Gotland Committee is to provide advice to the Adviser to the Vice-Chancellor on Campus Gotland and consists of members of the academic staff who work at Campus Gotland as well as students.
The instructions for the Gotland Committee summarise the Committee’s duties:
- The Gotland Committee provides advice to the Adviser to the Vice-Chancellor on Campus Gotland on the following matters:
- measures to promote the development and increased coordination of the University’s education and research on Gotland;
- the University’s collaboration with regional actors on Gotland;
- the development of Campus Gotland’s profile.
The Gotland Committee is also instructed to submit opinions to the University Administration and the Division for Central Services on:
- infrastructure issues such as the physical work environment (teaching premises, laboratories, student and staff spaces, etc.); and
- administrative support to Campus Gotland.
For the period 7 June 2023 until 30 June 2026, the Gotland Committee consists of the following members:
- Jakob Berglund Rogert
- Andreas Hedrén
- Stefan Ivanell
- Ann-Christin Karlsson
- Anna Karlström
- Mia Ljungblom
- Anna-Carin Nordvall
- Gunilla Rosenqvist
- Erika Sandström
- Andreas Thor
Three student members will be nominated by the University’s students.
Right to attend and speak at meetings
- Malin Dahlén
- Kirsten Åkerman
The trade unions have the right to attend and speak at meetings.
Adviser to the Vice-Chancellor on Campus Gotland
The role of Adviser to the Vice-Chancellor on Campus Gotland will continue to exist but with a modified mandate. The Adviser will be chief rapporteur and will work for the Campus Gotland Board. Greater emphasis will be placed on coordinating and developing activities in collaboration with disciplinary domain and faculty boards.
The position of Adviser to the Vice-Chancellor on Campus Gotland is under recruitment, having been advertised with a deadline for applications of 7 June 2023. While the recruitment is in progress, Olof Jansson’s mandate as Adviser to the Vice-Chancellor on Campus Gotland has been extended until the end of September 2023.