2024
In December 2024, the SCI PhD Student Council has held elections for the upcoming 2025 term.
The new SCI PhD Student Council has been elected
The election for the 2025 SCI PhD Student Council is now completed! The results were presented via email on the 7nd of January 2025 and can also be found below.
Election timeline
- Nomination period: 25th Nov – 9th Dec
- Review of nominations and voting: 13th Dec – 27nd Dec
- Presentation of results: 7nd Jan 2025
Results
| Council positions | ||
| Position | Name | Department |
| Chair | Sai Kausik Abburu | Engineering Mechanics |
| Vice chair | Nils Wikström | Physics |
| Education Manager / Webmaster | Faik Ozan Özhan | Applied Physics |
| Event Manager | Maria Giamouridou | Physics |
| PhD student representatives | ||
| Doctoral program | Name | Department |
| Vehicle and Maritime Engineering (2) | Kaushik Iyer | Engineering Mechanics |
| Sai Kausik Abburu | Engineering Mechanics | |
| Solid Mechanics | Louise Rosenblad | Engineering Mechanics |
| Engineering Mechanics (2) | Gauthier Leclercq | Engineering Mechanics |
| Victor Baconnet | Engineering Mechanics | |
| Mathematics | Teodor Bucht | Mathematics |
| Applied and Computational Mathematics | Sebastian Myrbäck | Mathematics |
| Physics | Oscar Wistemar | Physics |
| Applied Physics (2) | Faik Ozan Özhan | Applied Physics |
| Erik Svanberg | Applied Physics | |
Position Descriptions
The positions that are filled are:
- Chairperson
- Vice-chairperson
- Educational manager/Webmaster
- Event manager
- Program-responsible PhD student (PAD) – 1-2 PADs can be elected per program
The PAD is elected among the students within each program. Any PhD student within any program at the SCI school can apply for any of the remaining positions. However, it is seen as an advantage to have some Swedish proficiency for the positions of chair- and vice-chairperson. Many of the relevant meetings at the school level are held in Swedish, which makes knowledge of the language a useful skill for the two chairing positions.
A brief description of the responsibilities of the respective positions is found below (translated from the newly revised Rutin för studentinflytande – Routine on student influence).
Positions at school level
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Remaining duties |
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Chair of PhD council |
Heads the activities of the PhD council and is the primarily responsible for organising student influence within the doctoral programs at the school. Responsible for communication with THS through the PhD chapter. |
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Vice-chair of PhD council |
Supports the chair in the duties described above, and acts as a substitute for the chair when needed. |
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Educational manager/webmaster of PhD council |
-Responsible for identifying the areas where there is room for improvement for different education related activities such as improving the course catalogue, course memos, and communicating grievances faced by PhD students with regards to educational activities. -Responsible for the PhD council webpage, e-mail lists, creating communication material for activities and spreading information, etc., and other administrative tasks. |
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PhD council event manager |
Responsible for organising activities for the PhD-students at the school, within professional development, education, and purely socialising events. Also responsible for the nomination tasks. |
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Positions at department level
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PhD student representative (PAD) (1-2 per doctoral program) |
Represent the students at the doctoral program. Advisory contact for the PhD-students, answers questions regarding everything from education, courses, and administration to more sensitive matters, for example issues with the advisor. When needed the PAD forwards questions to the PA. The PAD also acts as a representative in the continuous quality assurance within the program council, where PA is responsible. |
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