Management and organization at the Centre for Women's and Gender Research

As the Centre’s highest governing body, the Board has overall responsibility for the Centre’s activities.

Composition of the Board

The Board consists of four permanent academic staff members with expertise in areas such as women’s studies and gender theory, two student representatives, one joint representative for staff groups A, B and C, and their personal deputies.

The academic staff members are nominated jointly by the faculties, while the student representatives are nominated by the Student Parliament. The employees’ representative on the Board shall be elected by the Centre Council. The requirements of Section 21 of the Gender Equality Act regarding gender representation must be fulfilled within each of the two groups: academic staff and students.

Members from the group of permanent academic staff are appointed for a term corresponding to the University’s ordinary election periods. Student representatives are appointed for one year. The employees’ representative is appointed for two years.

Chair of the Board

The Chair of the Board is appointed by the University Board from among the permanent academic staff members. The Board itself appoints a Deputy Chair from among its other members.

The Chair of the Board may make decisions in matters that cannot be postponed until the Board or the Executive Committee is able to convene. The Chair may also decide on routine matters that are not considered sufficiently important to warrant calling an extraordinary meeting.

Responsibilities of the Board

As the Centre’s highest governing body, the Board has overall responsibility for the Centre’s activities and shall ensure:

1. That the Centre’s academic activities maintain a high standard and are conducted in accordance with the overarching laws, regulations and guidelines established by the University’s leadership and other relevant authorities. The Board shall pay particular attention to ensuring that the Centre’s interfaculty role is maintained.
2. That the Centre’s activities are conducted in accordance with applicable laws, regulations and other rules.
3. That the Centre’s financial resources are managed in accordance with the conditions laid down in budget allocations and other binding decisions.
4. That the Centre’s activities are carried out in an appropriate and cost-effective manner.
5. That annual accounts and a report on the results of the Centre’s activities are submitted each year.
6. That a proposed budget for the coming year is presented annually.

The Head of Centre shall possess academic qualifications, normally at the level of professor. The Head of Centre is appointed by the University Board following a recommendation from the Board of the Faculty of Humanities. The Centre Board shall submit a statement before the appointment is made.

Head of Centre attends meetings of the Board and the Executive Committee with the right to speak and to submit motions. The Head of Centre is responsible for ensuring that the Centre’s activities are underpinned by sound academic standards, prepares cases for the Centre Board, the Executive Committee and the Chair of the Board, and is authorized to recommend the disbursement of budget funds allocated to the Centre.

The Head of Centre has responsibility for following up the academic and administrative staff affiliated with the Centre.

The Centre has a Centre Council. All persons employed by or working at the Centre have the right to attend council meetings and vote. The Council shall be convened at least twice each semester and is chaired by the Head of Centre. The Council has the right to submit proposals to the Centre Board. It may provide advice to the Head of Centre, comment on plans for the Centre and on matters relating to the working environment, as well as raise any other issues concerning the Centre’s activities that it finds appropriate to address.