Organisation

The Department of Political Science’s work is led by a head of department, who is supported by a deputy head of department, an administrative manager and study directors. The department's highest decision-making body is the department board.

Executive Group

Head of Department: Göran Sundström
Deputy Head of Department: Eva Erman
Head of Administration: Christian Möllerop
Director of Studies, First level: Jouni Reinikainen
Director of Graduate Studies: Niklas Bremberg

The Department Board

The department is headed by a board. The board itself is constituted by the Head of Department, the Deputy Head of Department, and representatives for the department's employees and students.

Upcoming Board meetings

Spring 2025
Tuesday, March 11, 13:00-15:00, F702
Tuesday, April 22, 13:00-15:00, F702
Tuesday, May 27, 13:00-15:00, F702

HT 2025
Tuesday, October 7, 13:00-15:00, F702
Tuesday, November 4, 13:00-15:00, F702
Tuesday, December 9, 13:00-15:00, F702

The constitution of the Political Science Department Board

Term (i.e. "mandatperiod): 2024-01-01 – 2026-12-31

Head of Dept.: Göran Sundström
Deputy Head of Dept.: Eva Erman
Head of Administration: Christian Möllerop (permanently invited with the right to speak)
Director of Studies, First level: Jouni Reinikainen (permanently invited with the right to speak)
Secretary: Svante Emanuelli

Teachers (associate professors/professors) Ordinary	Deputy
Maria-Therese Gustafsson	Ludvig Norman
Jonas Tallberg	Ulf Mörkenstam
Jan Teorell	Niklas Bremberg

Teachers (others) Ordinary	Deputy
Pär Nyman	Sanna Lundquist
Marta Reuter	Sirus Dehdari Håfström

Students (post-graduate) Ordinary	Deputy
Joseph Noonan	Silva Mertsola

Students (1st and 2nd cycle) Ordinary	Deputy
Unfilled seat	Unfilled seat


Administrative staff Ordinary	Deputy
Pernilla Nordahl	Eleonora Chirindi
Oskar Eriksson	Makieu Betts

The Research Education Council

The Research Education Council discusses and decides on issues concerning postgraduate education at the department.

Chair: Ludvig Beckman

Secretary: Makieu Betts

PhD Council

The Ph.D. council at the Department of Political Science monitors issues related to postgraduate education and the doctoral student's working environment at the department. They also elect representatives to the department board, faculty council and various working groups at the department.

Chair: Isabella Strindevall

At the PhD Council meeting on September 30 september 2024 the following new representatives were elected to the Department Board (i.e. IS), FUR and SFR:

Department Board (i.e. IS): Joseph Noonan (ordinary) Silva Mertsola (deputy)
FUR: Ebba Minas, Jasmijn van der Most, Julia Feine (ordinary)
RALJ: Camilla Wangmar, Einar Bäckström (ordinary)
SFR: Sandor Gorni (ordinary) Laura Ritter (deputy)
Doktorandrådet: Isabella Strindevall (chair) Johannes Geith (vice chair)

Council for Work Environment

The Department of Political Science has a local council for work environment, equal treatment and equality. In connection with the local council, it is established an action plan to be able to exercise systematic work on the workplace environment.

Chairman: Magnus Reitberger.

Contact

Last updated: 2025-09-17

Source: Department of Political Science