Nominating Committee

The task of the Nominating Committee is to submit proposals for members of the Board of the Faculty of Law, the Dean and Deputy Dean, and the faculty's representatives in the Electoral College.

The Nominating Committee shall consist of four representatives and one deputy for representatives of teaching staff with research expertise and one representative and one deputy for other employees.

At the Faculty of Law, the Nominating Committee is also tasked with submitting proposals for 

• members of the Academic Appointments Board, the Committee on Doctoral Education and the Educational Committee
• Vice Dean
• Head of Department, Deputy Head of Department and Assistant Head of Department
• the Director of Studies for first- and second-cycle programmes and the Director of Studies for the third-cycle programme

The Nominating Committee appoints its chair from among its members. In addition, the staff organisations may each appoint a representative, who is given the right to attend, speak and propose in the Nominating Committee.

In its nomination work, the Nominating Committee shall endeavour to be very open to different interests and opinions.

Members

Representatives of teaching staff with research expertise are:

• Professor Birgitta Nyström, Chairperson
• Lecturer Daria Davitti
• Professor Xavier Groussot
• Postdoctoral fellow Torvald Larsson

Representatives for other employees are:

• Study counsellor Jenny Backer

Deputy for teaching staff with research expertise will be announced soon and deputy for other employees is administrative coordinator Pernilla Sandberg.

The doctoral students have appointed Sara Bergström as their representative on the Election Committee and the students have appointed Sofia Åhman.

The staff organisations can each appoint a representative, who is given the right to attend, speak and propose in the Nominating Committee. SACO has appointed Senior Lecturer Olof Beckman as its representative.
 

Appointment of Chair of Academic Appointments Board May – December 2026

The chair of the Academic Appointments Board, Birgitta Nyström, will retire in the spring of 2026. A new chair of the Academic Appointments Board will thus be appointed for the remainder of the current term of office. Decisions are made by the Faculty Board of Law. 

If you have any questions or wish to propose a candidate as the new chair of the Academic Appointments Board, you are welcome to contact one of the members of the Nominating Committee.

More information about the Academic Appointments Board can be found here:
Academic Appointments Board | Faculty of Law
 

The Nominating Committee prepares proposal for a new Director of Studies for undergraduate and advanced level education with special responsibility for educational issues at the Faculty of Law

The Nominating Committee at the Faculty of Law has been tasked with proposing a new Director of Studies for the remainder of the current term of office. The decision will be made by the Faculty Board.

If you have any questions or would like to propose a candidate for the position of Director of Studies with responsibility for undergraduate and advanced level education, please contact one of the members of the Nominating Committee.
 

The Nominating Committee prepares a proposal for a new member (teacher representative) in NUF 

The preparation is on-going and the decision is made by the Faculty Board.

If you have any questions or wish to propose a candidate as a new member, you are welcome to contact one of the members of the Nominating Committee.

More information about doctoral education can be found here: Doctoral studies | Faculty of Law