The department board is the highest decision making unit of the department. The board is led by the head (chairman) and the deputy head (vice-chairman).

The members represent both academic and administrative staff.

The board also includes undergraduate and graduate student representatives.

Board members 2024 to 2026

Established members

• Mårten Palme, head of department
• Jonas Vlachos, deputy head of department
• Rikard Forslid, teacher/researcher
• Mikael Priks, teacher/researcher
• David Seim, teacher/researcher
• Vacant, teacher/researcher
• Vacant, teacher/researcher
• Vacant, teacher/researcher
• Anders Fogelberg, administrative representative
• Erika Höghede, administrative representative
• Jacob Granqvist, PhD student representative
• Joaquim Cilli, student representative
• Fanni Jokimäki, student representative

Deputy members

• Annika Alexius, teacher/researcher
• Andreas Madestam, teacher/researcher
• Josef Sigurdsson, teacher/researcher
• David Strömberg, teacher/researcher
• Vacant, teacher/researcher
• Durim Bekteshi, administrative representative
• Audrone Mozuraitiene, administrative representative
• Chloé Castagnet, PhD student representative
• Mika Konings, student representative
• Vacant, student representative

• Mårten Palme, head of department
• Jonas Vlachos, deputy head of department
• Anders Fogelberg, acting head of administration
• Adam Jacobsson, director of studies, BA and MA level
• Ann-Sofie Kolm, director of studies, PhD level 

The Department of Economics has a local Council for work environment and equal terms (RALV). The council participates in the preparation of decisions made by the department board or the head of department regarding issues related to the work environment, equality, gender equality, non-discrimination, and environmental matters. The department’s governing documents provide support for the work on these issues.

The department’s RALV consists of the following members:

• Mårten Palme, head of department
• Anders Fogelberg, acting head of administration
• Rikard Forslid, environmental representative
• Cecilia von Mentzingen, safety representative
• Vacant, safety representative
• Susanne Påhlsson, equality representative
• Lukas Ma, PhD representative
• Viktoria Kozek, PhD representative, deputy
• Vacant, student representative
• Vacant, student representative, deputy

Rikard Forslid is the department’s environmental representative.

Here are the governing documents which are the foundation for the department’s activities:

Equality plan 2023_2024-05-28 (2217 Kb)

Guidelines for cases of harassment or abuse_2024-05-28 (2184 Kb)

Strategic plan 2019-2023 (264 Kb)

Environmental plan 2023 (43 Kb)

Ref. no. SU-305-0020-24

Approved by the board of the Department of Economics on 2018-12-13. Latest update 2024-09-05.

Call SOS alarm at 112 in case of an emergency.

Security guard: 08-16 42 00 or 08-15 42 00
University security team, emergency phone: 08-16 17 18

Organisation for crisis situations

Crisis management team

Evacuation leaders

Safety representatives

Action plan in the event of a crisis situation

Updated checklists and information on safety and preparedness are available to support the department on Stockholm University’s staff webpage:

Safety and crisis management

Prepare yourself by learning more about topics such as:

• Fire prevention
• Threats
• Threats via email and social media
• Personal crisis
• Serious accidents or fatalities on campus