Organisation & governance
Here you can find information about the members of the departmental board, management, health and safety representatives, working group for gender equality, equal opportunities and diversity, as well as our research council.
On this page you find more information about:
- Departmental board
- Management
- Health and safety representative
- Working group for gender equality, equal opportunities and diversity
- Research council
Departmental board
The departmental board is the department’s highest decision-making body. The budget, activities plan, appointment of examiners, course syllabi and required reading lists are some of the matters decided upon by the board. In addition, the board takes decisions on guidelines, action plans and policies.
Members for the period from 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2028:
Chair | |
| Kristina Jönsson - Head of department | |
Teaching staff | |
| Full members: | Substitute members: |
| Jonathan Polk | Catarina Kinnvall |
| Niklas Altermark | Moira Nelson |
| Stina Melander | Orlanda Siow |
| Martin Hall | Thomas Hickmann |
Other staff | |
| Lidija Lindoff | Björn Frostner |
Doctoral students | |
| Hanna Ekström | Bibi Imre-Millei |
Students’ union | |
| Full member: | Substitute member: |
| To be announced | To be announced |
| To be announced | |
| Contact: instrep [dot] svet [at] samvetet [dot] lu [dot] se (instrep[dot]svet[at]samvetet[dot]lu[dot]se) | |
Other roles with attendance rights (not board members) | |
Head of Peace and Conflict Studies Isabel Bramsen | Head of Intelligence Analysis studies Johan Matz |
Assistant head of department for Sara Kalm | Board Secretary Helen Fogelin |
Communications officer Björn Frostner | Responsible for research coordination Robert Klemmensen |
Safety representatives Åsa Knaggård Kristina Gröndahl Nilsson | Deputy head of department Rikard Bengtsson |
Management
Head of department
Kristina Jönsson
Available by appointment, room 409
E-mail: kristina [dot] jonsson [at] svet [dot] lu [dot] se (kristina[dot]jonsson[at]svet[dot]lu[dot]se)
Telephone: +46 46 222 89 43
Deputy head of department
Assistant head of department for undergraduate and master's education
Director of first and second cycle studies
Rikard Bengtsson
Available by appointment, room 412
E-mail: rikard [dot] bengtsson [at] svet [dot] lu [dot] se (rikard[dot]bengtsson[at]svet[dot]lu[dot]se)
Telephone: +46 46-222 89 30
Assistant head of department for doctoral studies
Director of doctoral studies
Sara Kalm
Telephone: +46 46 222 01 58
E-mail: sara [dot] kalm [at] svet [dot] lu [dot] se (sara[dot]kalm[at]svet[dot]lu[dot]se)
Responsible for research coordination
Robert Klemmensen
Telephone: +45 4022 7614
E-mail: robert [dot] klemmensen [at] svet [dot] lu [dot] se (robert[dot]klemmensen[at]svet[dot]lu[dot]se)
Health and safety representatives
Our health and safety representatives for 2024-2026 are Åsa Knaggård and Kristina Gröndahl Nilsson. They represent the employees.
Working group for gender equality, equal opportunities and diversity
This is an advisory and preparatory body. It consists of representatives of teaching staff, technical/administrative staff, research students and other students.
Research committee
The research committee is an advisory and preparatory body, whose main duty is to support the department’s researchers in their work on applying for external research grants.
Members
During 2024-2027
- Robert Klemmensen (Chair)
- Annika Björkdahl
- Markus Holdo
- Sara Kalm
- Catarina Kinnvall
- Ian Manners
- Jonathan Polk
- TBD (Doctoral student representative)
Rules and regulations contains parts of Lund University's steering documents in English
At Lund University, there are overarching rules and decisions in several different areas.
Read about overall decisions and rules on the Staff Pages