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Faculty organisation

The Dean has overall responsibility for the activities of the Faculty of Education. In addition to the Dean, there is also a Pro Dean, two Associate Deans and a Head of Faculty Office. Faculty of Education's highest decision-making body is the Faculty Board.

The Faculty of Education consists of four departments. The faculty's highest governing body is the Faculty Board. The Faculty Board is responsible for research, education and collaboration. Within the framework provided by the University Board and the Vice Chancellor the Faculty Board also decides on the main focus, governance and internal organization of the activities.

The Departments are directed by the Head of Department (prefekt). The Head of Department is appointed by the Dean who is in charge of the faculty's overall operations towards the Vice-Chancellor. To support the Dean there is a Management Team.

The Dean has the overall responsibility for the activities of the Faculty of Education.

The faculty management consists of: Dean, Pro Dean, two Associate Deans and Head of the faculty office.

Dean
Åke Ingerman 
e-post: ake.ingerman@gu.se
+46-31-786 2637

Pro-Dean, with responsibility for Research
Gun-Britt Wärvik
e-mail: gun-britt.warvik@ped.gu.se
+46-31-786 2266

Vice Dean for Education
Maria Svensson
e-mail: maria.svensson@ped.gu.se
+46-31-786 20 46

Vice Dean for Third-cycle Education, internationalization and sustainability
Christel Larsson
e-mail: christel.larsson@gu.se
+46-31-786 6511

Head of faculty office, Administrative Director
Mats Hermansson
e-mail: mats.hermansson@gu.se
+46-31-786 6397

Controller
Karin Timan
e-mail: karin.timan@gu.se
+46-31-786 2227

Other management personnel:

Deputy Head of faculty office, Administrative Director
Karin Fogelberg
e-mail: karin.fogelberg@gu.se
+46-31-786 63 18

Manager
Anna Brodin
e-mail: anna.brodin@gu.se
+46-31-786 64 69

Manager, Centre for Educational Sciences and Teacher Research
Jonas Emanuelsson
e-mail: jonas.emanuelsson@ped.gu.se
+46-31-786 22 65

The faculty's highest decision-making body is the Faculty Board. The Faculty Board is responsible for strategic planning, overall governance and quality assurance of education, research and collaboration. The Faculty Board is a collegiate body with a majority of members with scientific competence. The Faculty Board also provides a forum for discussion and coordination of the Faculty's activities.

You can find more about the Faculty Board, contact details and minutes (in Swedish) on our internal pages.

The Faculty of Education Office is a qualified administrative support for the faculty board and its evaluation body, faculty management and prefect council.
The Faculty Office also provides some administrative service to the faculty's departments and units and is responsible for parts of study guidance and educational management for teacher training.

Staff list for the Faculty of Education

Through its work, the Office will contribute to the University achieving its goals in The University of Gothenburg vision 2021 to 2030 - A university for the world.