The Academic Council consists of 5 academic staff, 3 students, and the dean. Additionally, 3 technical/administrative staff take part in handling non-academic matters which are relevant to the development of the faculty, its organisation, and finances. In handling academic matters, the technical/administrative staff members have observer status.
Academic staff representatives
- Astrid Eichhorn, professor, Department of Physics, Chemistry and Pharmacy
- Jakob Christensen-Dalsgaard, associate professor, Department of Biology
- Jan O. Jeppesen, professor, Department of Physics, Chemistry and Pharmacy
- Nils J. Færgeman, professor, Department of Biochemistry Molecular Biology
- Rolf Fagerberg, professor, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
Student representatives
- Alexander Degner
- Isak Juhl Nielsen
- Louise Willumsen
Technical/administrative staff representatives
- Heidi Grøn Jensen, laboratory technician, Department of Biology
- Peter Bækgaard Madsen, outreach coordinator, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
- Sanne Lindgaard Hedemann, laboratory technician, Department of Physics, Chemistry and Pharmacy
Dean
Marianne Holmer
Secretary
Sabine Gantzhorn Hildebrand
Meetings in 2023
- 6 February
- 17 April
- 19 June
- 15 September
- 26 October
- 14 December
Underlying rules
The Danish Universities Act contains the general rule that a university must have a number of academic councils, as well as general principles for how the members are elected.
Read the Danish Universities Act (in Danish)
The statutes for the University of Southern Denmark contains rules on the election and operation of academic councils.
The rules of procedure regulate the formal framework for the work of the Academic Council.