The Department Board is the highest decision making body of the Department. The Board is led by the Head of Department (Chairman) and the Deputy Head of Department (Vice-Chairman). The members represent both academic staff and administrativ staff. The Board also consists of student representatives from first and second cycle studies as well as PhD students.

List of Department Board members 2021 - 2023 (In Swedish)

Meetings during Spring 2023

1 February
8 March
17 May

Protocols from previous board meetings (In Swedish)

Governing Documents at Stockholm University – Rules & Regulations

The department's activities are also governed by internal documents that are decided in accordance with current decision-making and delegation procedures. If the document does not apply to the current year, it is under revision.

Operational plan 2023-2024 (In Swedish) (125 Kb)

Local environmental policy 2023 (201 Kb) (In Swedish)

Local crisis managment plan 2023 (277 Kb) (In Swedish)

The department's local council for work environment and equal opportunities was established in September 2017. The council meets once or twice per semester, and discusses both the physical and psychosocial work environment at the department.

Council members:

Monika Gänssbauer, Head of department
Gunnar Linder, Deputy head of department
Anneli Hilmersson, Head of administration
Johan Fresk, Work environment representative (Director of studies Asian languages and cultures)
Astrid Ottosson al Bitar, Work environment representative (Senior lecturer, Middle Eastern language and cultures)
Andreas Bengtsson, PhD student (Japanese langauge and culture)
Ewa Machotka, Senior lecturer (Japanese language and culture)
Margarita Shiraishi, Student counselor
A reprepresentative from the local student council (SAMT)

Meeting protocols 2019-2020 (In Swedish)

In the event of an emergency or accident, always call 112. The emergency number 112 is dialed directly on the department's telephones.

1. Put yourself in safety and take steps to prevent further personal injury.

2. Call 112 and call an ambulance, police and fire brigade.

3. Call the security guard 08-16 22 16.

Defibrillator

The closest defibrillator to our department office is in the South House, House F, floor 4. 

When you remove the defibrillator from the cabinet, the security section personnel and the security guard who are trained in D-CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation with defibrillation) are alerted.

When you have started D-CPR, call 112 and send out a person who meets the ambulance.

Stockholm University has over 50 defibrillators placed on the premises

Fire safety

All premises must be evacuated before critical conditions occur in the event of fire or threatening situations. By critical conditions is meant, risk to human life and health.
In the event of a fire, everyone must immediately start evacuating the buildnings to safety.

Evacuate without delay when the fire alarm sounds or when there is a risk to life or health or when orders for evacuation are given by the police, rescue service or your evacuation leader.

Responsible for Fire safety at the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies is Viveca Andersson.

Local crisis plan

The department has a local crisis plan with contact information and routines for crisis management should a serious incident occur on the department's premises.

Local crisis managment plan 2023 (277 Kb) (In Swedish)

Emergency and Crisis plan at Stockholm University

In case of emergency