New nominating committee, hiring of lecturers, and a proposal for a new master’s programme
The faculty board's February meeting
At the faculty board’s second meeting of the year, decisions were made regarding new recruitment procedures, a new nominating committee, and a suggested new master’s programme was presented.
During the latest faculty board meeting, it was decided to initiate the recruitment procedure for three lecturers employed in the fine, applied and performing arts in architecture. In all three cases, these individuals will hold their positions at KTH in addition to another role or activity. The adjunct positions are part-time at 40 percent.
The mandate period for the current nominating committee of the faculty board expires at the end of April this year. The board decided on a new nominating committee for the period 1 May 2026 to 30 April 2029. The new committee consists of Erik Stenberg, Åsa Laurell Lyne, Prosun Bhattacharya, Jonathan Metzger, and Anna Kadefors. The committee will also propose a new head of school and deputy head of school from 1 January 2027.
Ahead of a workshop on 5 March with KTH’s five faculty boards and the faculty council, the board discussed questions from the faculty council about how work with other functions, school management, and the university administration, among others, works. Meetings with the other faculty boards and the faculty council are held once a year and involve sharing experiences and feedback from the dean of faculty regarding goals and goal fulfillment. All faculty boards have evolved from highly operational work to a model where operational tasks are increasingly handled by committees or other preparatory bodies, thereby freeing up more time for strategic work.
Karin Edvardsson Björnberg, deputy head of school and head of faculty renewal, presented ongoing and completed recruitments. The meeting discussed how the faculty board can become involved in faculty renewal issues at an earlier stage.
Nina Wormbs, professor at the Department of Philosophy and History, informed the board about the proposal to establish a new master’s programme at the school with the working title“Society, Technology, and Environment.”Such a programme would be unique to KTH at present.
Johan Spross has led the work on an action plan for broadened recruitment and participation at the ABE School, which has been approved by the faculty council. The work involved mapping existing activities and identifying needs for new ones.
Next faculty board meeting will be on 19 March.
As told by Jenny Paulsson to Johan C Thorburn.
