Board election at the Faculty of Education and International Studies
A member and a deputy member in temporary teaching and research positions (UF), including PhD Research Fellows, will be elected to the Faculty Board at LUI for the period 1 August 2024 until 31 July 2025.
The nomination period of the candidates is 3-30 April 2024. The election will be held on 14-28 May 2024.
This spring, an election to the University Board is being held as well. It is not possible to be a member of the University Board as well as the Faculty Board at the same time.
Eligibility for voting and election
It is only temporary employees in teaching and research positions (UF) that can vote in this election, since it is temporary UF-employees that shall be elected. To be eligible to vote, one must be employed in a position of at least 50 per cent of a full-time position at the institution and have started at the position at least four weeks before the day of the election.
Those eligible to vote are eligible for election to the Faculty Board. Exceptions are some management positions, and employees with leave of absence to work outside the institution. For more information, see §§ 10 and 12 in the Election Regulations (PDF, in Norwegian), or contact the faculty’s election secretary.
Electoral roll
All employees eligible to vote are listed in the electoral roll. These employees will receive an e-mail regarding the election, during week 14.
If you are eligible to vote, but have not received the e-mail, please contact the faculty’s election secretary by 14 May. Similarly, if you have received the e-mail, but do not belong in the electoral roll, please contact the faculty’s election secretary by 14 May.
Candidate nomination
To nominate candidates as member and deputy member in temporary UF-positions for the Faculty Board, please use the nomination form (nettskjema.no).
For a nomination to be valid, a candidate must be nominated by three different eligible voters. That is, all three proposers must submit their individual nomination forms. The candidate can him-/herself be one of the proposers. Remember that you can also nominate yourself.
The work language at the Faculty Board is Norwegian.
Candidate presentation
The candidates you can vote for will be presented on this webpage ahead of the election period.
How to vote
After the election is open, you will be able to cast your vote.
Follow the election link and log in with FEIDE (valg.oslomet.no). Then, continue to the election at the Faculty of Education and International Studies, and cast your vote.
The election period is 14-28 May 2024.
Election results
The election results will be posted on 31 May 2024, at the latest.
More information
Candidate presentations
Here are the candidates you can vote for in this year's election.
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Kaja Granum Skarpaas
I am currently employed as an Associate Professor of English at the Department of Primary and Secondary Teacher Education (GFU). I hold a teaching degree in English and Social Studies from the University of Oslo (UiO) and have earned a PhD in English didactics from the same institution. My dissertation focuses on English instruction as part of upper secondary vocational education in Norway, and I have a particular interest in students with non-academic aspirations and their experiences with school and learning.
Since January 2014, I have been temporarily employed in the higher education sector (teacher education at UiO and OsloMet), initially as a university lecturer, then as a PhD candidate, followed by a return to a lecturer position, and now as an Associate Professor. This journey has given me a wide range of experiences. Over the past ten years, I have experienced both the rewarding and the more challenging aspects of temporary employment and believe I have a solid foundation to advocate the interests of temporary staff as part of the faculty board.
Additionally, I have served on several other boards. The most relevant examples include serving as a deputy member on the institute board at my previous workplace, being vice-chairperson of the school board of Einar Granum Kunstfagskole and functioning as a representative for the temporarily employed at LUI during the academic year 2022/2023.
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Gro Mathias
My name is Gro Mathias and I work in the social sciences department at GFU. I have been temporarily employed at GFU since 2016, first as a PhD student, then as an assistant professor, and from August this year as an associate professor. I have just completed my doctoral thesis, in which I examine knowledge practices in teacher education in the light of therapeutic culture. I have a bachelor’s degree in development studies and a masters degree in multicultural and international education from IST.
If I am elected as a representative for temporary positions, I would like to help ensure that temporary employees feel well cared for, respected and well informed throughout the employment period with relevant information about their rights and work tasks. I also want to emphasize the importance of teaching experience for PhD students, including the possibility of a four-year scholarship. For many, this is important for their chances of permanent employment. For other temporary academic staff, I will work to ensure that they are allocated research time as early as the first year.
I am highly motivated and interested in learning more about democratic processes at OsloMet and want to help promote opportunities for participation and democratic engagement also among temporary employees.
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Terje Ulv Throndsen
I have been employed as a university lecturer in a temporary position at YLU since August 2023, where I primarily teach in further education in special needs education. Prior to this, I had a seven-year-long career as a kindergarten teacher, followed by a master's degree in special needs education at the University of Oslo (UiO). After completing my master's degree in 2017, I worked as a research assistant at the Department of Special Needs Education (ISP) at UiO, before I became a research fellow there in 2019.
During my time as a research fellow at ISP, I had the pleasure of serving as a representative for the temporarily employed in both the faculty board at the Faculty of Educational Sciences and in the department board at ISP. These experiences have given me valuable insight into governance processes and decision-making in academic institutions.
One of my core interests is working for equal opportunities for all, with a special focus on vulnerable groups. I believe that my background as a kindergarten teacher and special needs educator, along with my research and board experience, makes me a valuable addition to the faculty board at LUI.