Organisation

The Department of Social Anthropology is headed by a board where the Head of Department is President. The Head of Department has the highest responsibility for all departmental operations.

Head of Department

Associate Professor Renita Thedvall

Deputy Head of Department

Professor Johan Lindquist

The Department board

The Department Board settles major issues of policy nature, and has the ultimate financial responsibility of the department.

Head of Department

Renita Thedvall

Deputy Head of Department

Johan Lindquist

Teaching staff

Regulars
Molly Sundberg, docent
Ivana Maček, docent
Mark Graham, professor
Gustav Peebles, docent

Deputies
Eva-Maria Hardtmann, docent
Beppe Karlsson, professor

Administrative staff

Regular
Afsaneh Ebrahimi Saeed, head of administration

Deputy
Peter Skoglund, administrator

Postgraduate student council

Regular
Emma Cyr

Deputy
Shi Yeu Nga

Student councils

Regular
Vilhelmina Andersson
Lova Marcusdotter

Deputy
Ari Correia de Paiva Bulas Cruz

PhD council

Chair: Vilma Johansson
Vice chair: Balthazar Gras

Representative in the Department Board:
Emma Cyr (ordinarie)
Shi Yeu Nga (suppleant)

Representative in the Supervisory Group:
Nga Shi Yeu (ordinarie)
Emma Cyr (suppleant)

Representative in the Faculty Council:
Joel Stanley Rodrigues (ordinarie)
Balthazar Gras (suppleant)

Last updated: 2026-10-01

Source: Department of Social Anthropology