Department management
The head of department (prefect) and chairman of the department board is since 1 January 2021 Anna Rosling. Deputy Head is Anssi Laurila.
The head of department is appointed by the Vice-rector (Dean) on a proposal by the Board, and the prefect appoints deputy prefect. The Faculty Board appoints research programme professors, while the head of department appoints the directors of undergraduate and graduate studies. The duties for the prefect and department board are described in “Rules and procedures at Uppsala University”.
Research programmes/Subdepartments
The department is divided into four research programmes. Each programme is lead by a professor appointed by the Faculty Board, who is responsible that the program is managed in a collegiate spirit, and within the limits and resources that the board, the head of department and the faculty board makes available. In addition, the department hosts a field station (the Erken Laboratory), headed by a station manager.
| Research programme/Subdepartment | Head of programme |
|---|---|
| Evolutionary Biology | Niclas Backström |
| Limnology | Lars Tranvik |
| Plant Ecology and Evolution | Sophie Karrenberg |
| Animal Ecology | Frank Johansson |
Department board
The department board is the highest descision-making body in the department.The department makes descisions on the internal organisation of the department, the budget and general guidelines for the activites of the deparment.
Representatives from all groups active in the department are part of the board and the head of the department is chairman.
Board minutes are found in the employee portal.
Department board 2023
| Corporation | Regular | Deputy | Term |
| Personal deputy: | |||
| Head of the department and chairman | Anna Rosling | Anssi Laurila | 2021-01-01 - 2023-12-31 |
| Group deputy: | |||
| Teacher/researcher | Robert Muscarella | Gesa Weyhenmeyer (1) | 2023-01-01 - 2025-12-31 |
| Elina Immonen | Pascal Milesi (2) | ||
| Claus Rüffler | Veera Nogerius (3) | ||
| David Berger | Vaishali Katju (4) | ||
| Personal deputy: | |||
| Tech/Admin | Frida Svedbergh | Anna Backeryd-Lindström | 2023-01-01 - 2025-12-31 |
| Group deputy: | |||
| Students | Sofia Papadopoulou | Lars Höök | 2023-01-01 - 2023-12-31 |
| Jesper Boman | |||
| David Manyara |
Adjunct to the board: One representative for the health and safety officers
The steering committee
The department's steering committee consists of the chairs of the research programmes, the heads of the research station and administration, and the chair and deputy chair of the department. The steering committee is a forum for exchange of information, and coordination of various tasks and issues across the department's different units.
The executive committee
Decisions on short-term positions and stipends are delegated from the board to an executive committee, consisting of the department head, the deputy department head, and the head of administration.
Administration
The administrative staff at IEG and their duties.
| Duties | Name |
| Administrative manager | Anna-Lena Klerks |
| Economist, Evolutionary biology, Animal Ecology | Frida Svedbergh |
| Economist, Limnology & Erken | Anna Backeryd |
| Economist, Plant Ecology & Evolution, Animal Ecology | Emelie Tollin |
| Document manager/Department archivist | Emelie Tollin |
| HR generalist, Evolutionary biology & Animal Ecology | Sandra Gustafsson |
| HR generalist, Limnology & Plant Ecology | Annette Berger |
| Ladok | Jenny Lundh |
Working environment and Equal opportunities committee
The working group consists of representatives from every personnel category, the Head of Administration, chairman and the adjunct safety agent. The group supports the chairman in matter related to the working environment and equal opportunities and handles issues related to the working environment and equal opportunities, updates and distributes information, writes procedures, makes suggestions for action plans, guidelines and policies and follows up on decisions and actions. The working group meets every quarter. An annual review of the work is performed in February/March.
| Name | |
| Anna Rosling | Chairman |
| Anna-Lena Klerks | Coordinator |
| Gunilla Engström | |
| Annette Berger | Secretary |
The Equal Opportunities Group within the IEG has the following composition:
| Name | |
| Dolly Kothawala | Chairman |
| Ingrid Ahnesjö | |
| Annette Berger | HR support |
| Sebastian Sobek | |
| Madeline Chase |
Safety contacts
Work safety contacts for IEG are:
| Name | Reasearch program |
| Christoffer Bergvall | Limnology |
| Yvonne Meyer-Lucht | Plant Ecology and Evolution |
| Vacancy | Evolutionary Biology |
| Johanna Liljestrand-Rönn | Animal Ecology |
| Nahid Heidari | Main Safety contact for EBC |
| Helena Enderskog | Erken research station |