Management and organisation at the Faculty of Psychology

• Dean: Stine Lehmann
• Deputy Dean: Torbjørn Torsheim
• Vice-Dean: Elisabeth Flo-Groeneboom

• Faculty Director: Karen Lomeland Jacobsen
• Assistant Faculty Director: Anne Kristin Aanstad

The HR Section is responsible for recruitment processes and promotion cases, among other tasks. We provide advice and guidance to managers and employees on HR-related matters, work with salary negotiations, international HR, and reporting. In addition, we are responsible for health, safety and environment (HSE) matters and environmental sustainability.

The staff unit is responsible for providing secretariat services to the Faculty Board, internal communication, elections, and the coordination of facilities and buildings.

• Anette Bynes D'Arcy, Head of the HR Section
• Turid Høstmark, Administration Staff (reports to the Faculty Director)

The Study Section supports students throughout their studies and coordinates the Faculty’s educational activities. The section works closely with academic staff and programme leaders to ensure the smooth administration and development of all study programmes. Key responsibilities include programme and course administration, student and timetabling systems, and the organisation of finals.

• Hege Sygna, Head of Section
• Denise Flatmark, Deputy Head of Section

The Research Section is responsible for the administration of the PhD programme and provides research administrative support to all staff.

• Anne Kristin Lamo Aanstad, Head of the Research Section.

The Finance Section supports the Faculty’s financial operations and strategic planning. Its responsibilities include financial management, budgeting and reporting, as well as financial administration for externally funded projects and research activities.
 

• Solfrid Johanne Sture, Head of Section

The Faculty Board is the faculty's highest body, and makes decisions on overarching financial and strategic matters for the faculty. Read more on the Faculty Board's web page.

The Information and Consultation Committee (IDU) is a formal body for information and consultation in accordance with the Basic Agreement for the Civil Service. Its role is to safeguard employees’ right to participation and co-determination.

The committee meets ahead of Faculty Board meetings and may provide input on matters to be considered by the Board.

The committee discusses matters of a general or principal nature, but not individual personnel cases. The employer provides information on ongoing issues and matters scheduled for consideration by the Faculty Board. The committee may also initiate issues of its own.

Members

The committee consists of representatives from trade unions and the Faculty’s Chief Safety Delegate.

The Faculty Director represents the employer.

Secretary: Turid Høstmark

The Election Committee facilitates and oversees elections at the Faculty. It is responsible for making all decisions related to elections that are not assigned to another body.

Responsibilities of the Election Committee

In addition to elections of the Dean and Vice Dean, as well as Heads of Department at all departments, the Election Committee is responsible for elections of representatives to:

• The Faculty Board of the Faculty of Psychology
• The Department Council at the Department of Clinical and Biological Psychology
• The Department Council at the Department of Social Psychology
• The Department Council at the Department of Education
• The Department Council at the Department of Health Promotion and Development (HEMIL)

Membership

The Election Committee consists of members representing all voting groups (A, B, C and D).

Group A (permanent academic staff) and Group C (technical and administrative staff) are appointed for four-year terms. Group B (temporary academic staff) and Group D (students) are appointed for one-year terms.

Secretary: Turid Høstmark

Contact the Election Committee

valgstyret.psyk@uib.no 

The Committee for Quality in Education and Evaluation (KUE) supports the continuous development and enhancement of the Faculty’s educational programmes. The committee monitors the quality of teaching and learning and ensures that evaluation and quality assurance practices align with the University’s quality assurance framework.

The committee is composed of academic staff and students and is led by the Vice-Dean for Education.

The departmental Teaching Committees play a central role in the governance and development of education at the Faculty. They make decisions on academic and educational matters within their delegated authority and help ensure the quality and continuous development of study programmes and courses.

The committees bring together academic staff, programme leaders, clinic directors, department leadership, and student representatives, ensuring broad participation in the planning and delivery of education.

Teaching Committees:

• Department of Psychosocial Science
• Department of Education
• Department of Health Promotion and Development (HEMIL)
• Academic Council for the Professional Psychology Programme

The Academic Council for the Professional Psychology Programme serves as an advisory body on issues concerning the programme’s development, quality, organisation, and academic content. The council provides recommendations to support the continued advancement of psychology education at the Faculty.

Responsibilities of the Advisory Board

The Advisory Board:

• advises the departments, the Committee for Education (KUE), and the Faculty Board on matters relating to the study programme
• considers issues concerning courses and assessment methods at programme level that cut across departments
• works on quality assurance and the further development of the study programme
• follows up matters related to clinical placements, professional practice, and professional ethics
• contributes to academic coordination and coherence throughout the programme
• oversees the programme examiner scheme
• collaborates with other psychology programmes in Norway and relevant professional networks

Members

The Advisory Board consists of representatives from the academic community, external members, and students. It is chaired by the Vice Dean for Education.

Secretary: Grete Line Simonsen, Programme Coordinator for the Professional Programme in Psychology

Mandate

The Professional Programme Advisory Board was established on 1 January 2014.

The Board comprises the two Heads of Department, the three Programme Directors, two external representatives, and two student representatives.

As an interdisciplinary body for the Professional Programme in Psychology, the Advisory Board provides advice and recommendations to the departments, the Committee for Education (KUE), and the Faculty Board. It also makes decisions concerning courses, assessments, and other programme-level matters that span multiple departments.

The Board places particular emphasis on quality assurance in relation to the programme’s societal responsibilities, professional practice, professional ethics, and clinical placements. It serves both as a consultative body and as an initiator of proposals that may be followed up by teaching committees or by KUE, depending on the nature of the matter.

In addition, the Advisory Board has decision-making authority regarding faculty-owned courses, comprehensive credit transfer cases, overarching guidelines for exemptions from compulsory teaching activities, assessment methods, and the academic coherence and coordination of the programme, including student workload across courses.

The Board is responsible for appointing programme examiners, entering into contracts with them, and following up programme examiner reports in collaboration with the academic communities at the departments.

The Advisory Board also coordinates collaboration and exchange of experience with psychology programmes at other Norwegian universities and with the National Council for Psychology Education. Furthermore, it has academic responsibility for transfer arrangements from other psychology programmes, including the assessment of admission qualifications and credit transfer applications.

Where overarching academic expertise is required, the Board provides advice and decisions relating to internationalisation and student exchange agreements for the Professional Programme in Psychology.

The Advisory Board works closely with the study administration to ensure effective communication with staff and students and to support a positive learning environment within the programme.

The primary role of the Research and Research Education Committee (FFU) is to promote research, doctoral training, and the practice of good research ethics and integrity at the Faculty of Psychology.

The committee's activities are regulated by the Regulations for the Degree of Philosophiae Doctor (PhD) at the University of Bergen.

The FFU serves as an advisory body to the Faculty Board on key research policy matters. It is responsible for promoting research, researcher training, and high standards of research ethics and integrity across the Faculty.

The FFU oversees the PhD Programme Board and reports to the Faculty Board. The PhD Programme Board, in turn, reports to the FFU.

Composition

The committee consists of the Deputy Dean for research, and the research coordinators from all departments, SLATE, and the Norwegian Centre for Crisis Psychology. In addition, the FFU includes the Chair of the PhD Programme Board, two representatives of fixed-term academic staff, and two student representatives.

The Deputy Dean for Research serves as Chair of the committee and appoints a deputy chair from among the committee members.

The PhD Programme Board oversees the Faculty’s doctoral education and contributes to the continuous development of the PhD programme. The board works to ensure high academic standards, a strong research training environment, and the quality of the organised doctoral programme.

Composition

The board is composed of representatives from the Faculty’s research schools, a doctoral candidate representative, and an additional departmental representative. It reports to the Research and Research Education Committee (FFU).

Chair: Jørn Hetland

psykSTIP is an academic and policy-oriented, as well as social, committee that works to promote the interests and perspectives of both internal and external PhD candidates enrolled in the doctoral training programme at the Faculty of Psychology, University of Bergen (UiB).

The committee aims to be inclusive and maintain close contact with the PhD candidate community as a whole. It works to ensure that doctoral candidates at the Faculty of Psychology receive the best possible start to their careers as early-stage researchers.

The committee consists of PhD candidates from the Faculty’s various academic environments: HEMIL, IBMP, IKP, ISP, and IPED. Information about the current representatives can be found on the committee’s blog.