Meetings, groups and councils

Purpose and Function

The purpose with the Advisory Board for SmålandsNavet within School of Business and Economics is to create closer contact with representatives from business and society. The diverse professional experiences of the group members enable exciting discussions and reflections on challenges in our environment, thereby providing a much-needed and important sounding board for SmålandsNavet and its development. We also hope for the group's support as our ambassadors, to make our research and education visible and spread knowledge in relevant networks.

The purpose of the council is to provide SmålandsNavet with guidance to strengthen the operations both in the short and long term. The council will be advisory on various issues and will be linked to the School of Business and Economics' collaboration with small and medium-sized enterprises in the region.

Questions to the council are initiated by both the dean and the members of the council.

The council meets approximately 4 times a year.

The function of the council is to provide valuable feedback on how the labor market is developing, what future needs small and medium-sized enterprises see in a longer perspective within our areas and research fields. The council should also act as a bridge between academia and the labor market with the aim of giving the School of Business and Economics the opportunity for broader impact within collaboration.

Composition

Participants in the Advisory Board should be representatives from the private and public sectors. The composition of the council should be as broad as possible to have a wide anchoring and knowledge to bring into the council. The Governor of Kronoberg County is the chairman of the council. The dean and administrative resources from SmålandsNavet participate in the meeting. Other persons invited depend on the issues being discussed.

Maria Arnholm, landshövding Kronobergs län

Linda Fransson, VD Gnosjö Automatsvarvning

Joacim Johansson, VD Astrid Lindgrens Vimmerby

Bengt Germundsson, kommunstyrelsens ordförande Markaryd

Mattias Lindqvist, Program manager Ikea Älmhult

Leif Melin, professor emeritus vid Jönköping International Busienss School, JIBS

Elisabeth Sundin, professor emeritus, Linköpings universietet

Marita Holst, Övergripande projektledare NorrlandsNavet

Anneli Nilsson, VD Ölands sparbank

Jenny Andersson, VD Stjärnamo Kyckling AB, Mönsterås

1. The case is entered in a missive where the case's registration number, name, background and proposal for a decision are entered.

 The missive must state where the matter has been prepared, e.g. the review group for course syllabi, head of department, subject programme coordinator, etc.

2. All submitted items must be provided with a registration number. This is also to be stated in the missive.

You can request a registration number from registrator@lnu.se

To ensure that you receive a correct registration number, please enclose a draft of the decision.

3. When the above is completed, the case administrator registers the item in the decision meeting in the register.

4. The decision is communicated to the administrator when the minutes are signed. The case administrator will process the case and complete it in the register.

Notices and decisions are published online.

If you want to take part in decisions and documents, you can contact the register at  registrator@lnu.se or the secretary of the decision meeting catarina.gaunitz@lnu.se

Find agendas and minutes on the Swedish version of this page.

2025

• 2025-03-11--12 Faculty Conference

2024

• 2024-03-12--13 Faculty Conference in Karlskrona - Minutes
• 2024-05-23 Faculty Meeting
• 2024-09-19 Faculty Meeting
• 2024-12-12 Faculty Meeting

2023

• 2023-01-26 Minutes
• 2023-02-16 Minutes
• 2023-03-29--30 Faculty Conference
• 2023-04-20 Faculty Meeting - the entire meeting was a workshop with the Section for Higher Education Teaching and Learning
• 2023-05-25 Minutes
• 2023-06-15 Minutes
• 2023-09-21 Minutes
• 2023-12-07 Minutes

Chairman

• Andreas Stephan, Vice-Dean

Subject representatives

• Christina Öberg, Marketing and International Business
• Hans Grönqvist, Economics
• Helena Forslund, Supply Chain Management/Logistics
• Maria Mårtensson Hansson, Management control, accounting and auditing
• Marianna Strzelecka, Tourism Studies
• Peter Karlsson, Statistics
• Saara Taalas, Entrepreneurship
• Stefan Lagrosen, Leadership and Organisation

Research leader representative

• Natalia Berg

Doctoral student representative

• Irene Achieng Ochieng

Secretary

• Diana Axelsson Olsson, Head of Education

The Research Council at the School of Business and Economics is tasked with:

• Advisory on various research-related issues
• overall responsibility for developing the faculty's work with research quality and research evaluations
• Prepare and follow up the Faculty Board's decisions regarding research.
• Prepare strategic decisions and implement guidelines that have been decided by the faculty board and handle matters from LNU's central ULG research council.
• Formulate strategies and priorities to strengthen and bring together the faculty's research efforts and develop LNUC and the mission of the knowledge environments.
• Coordinate the faculty's research activities and efforts to obtain external funding and participation in national and international research programmes.

• Susanne Ackum, Chairman
• Anders Pehrsson, Board member
• Thomas Giebe, Member
• Jessika Stomberg, controller
• Mia Parkkinen, student representative

The responsible head of department and any subject representative are co-opted into their cases.

Secretary and convener:

• Jessica Drott, HR
• Kristofer Stahl, HR

The Recruitment Council meets every Monday at 10:00 and cases are reported by the Head of Department to the HR Partner no later than the Tuesday before.

Susanne Ackum is the chair of the interview and trial lecture when hiring a professor.

Anders Pehrsson or Thomas Giebe is the chair of the interview and trial lecture for the appointment of a senior lecturer.  

Chairman

• Stephan Reinhold, Vice Dean for Education

Teacher representatives

• Michaela Sandell, Department of Marketing and Tourism Studies
• Thomas Giebe, Department of Economics and Statistics
• Natalia Berg, Department of Management

Student representatives

• Kalmar ESS
• EHVS

Adjunct

• Emmelie Hedin Ekholm, Rapporteur-General
• Katarina Ellborg, Pedagogical Developer/Chairman of the Course Committee (KUS)
• Mattias Sigvardsson, Secretary

Items are sent to feh.utbildning@lnu.se who notify others in the Education Council. Describe the case in a separate sheet or email.

Decided in June 2023

The Education Council:

The Education Council at the School of Business and Economics is tasked with handling quality issues related to education at undergraduate and graduate level, this includes handling matters and issues from both faculty and central LNU levels. The Council may also receive assignments from the Faculty that aim to develop education at undergraduate and graduate level. 

For the entire assignment, see the assignment description.

The Council meets twice a semester and hosts a number of workshops. The meeting times are approximately 4 weeks before the Faculty Board's meetings

UR's meeting times and deadlines for matters and documentation (please note that the programme syllabi have their own timetable) are as follows:

2025

• 8 January
• 26 February
• 29 April 
• 22 August
• 13 November

Cases and documentation are sent to feh.utbildning@lnu.se

Meeting minutes can be found on the Swedish version of this page.

The following functions are included:

• Chair: Katarina Ellborg
• Department representatives:
  
  • Management: Veronica Svensson Ülgen
  • Marketing and Tourism Studies: Kaisa Lund
  • Economics and Statistics: Deliang Dai
• Student counsellor: Ivana Stanic
• Student representatives: Ida Kempe
• Secretary/administrator: Angelica Wendt & Linda Stark

Cases to be prepared:

• New course syllabi
• Revised course syllabi
  o When revising only literature, preparation is done via UA and concerned teachers, not via KUS.

Assignment
Review course syllabuses regarding:

• Formulation of objectives, content, teaching methods, and examination
• Alignment with rule and guideline documents for course syllabuses, such as local regulations including pre-requisites.
• Formalities and general design

KUS is expected to keep informed regarding local rules and regulations as well as relevant developments in their area of work. This involves contact with Sektionen för Högskolepedagogik (SeHP) and other relevant parts of the university.

• Chair: Andreas Stephan, Pro-Dean
• Programme Director for the Doctoral Programme in Business Administration: Viktorija Kalonaityte
• Programme Director for Doctoral Education in Economics and Statistics: Hans Grönqvist
• PhD student representative: Adam Birgersson
• Secretary: Ivana Tomic-Kokic