An elected Rector and a permanently employed Director are responsible for the day-to-day operations of the University of Agder. The University Board is the highest body of the university, with a majority of its members elected by the staff and the students and a minority of external members who are appointed by the Ministry of Education and Research.
The University Board has a special responsibility for strategy development and the financial situation of the institution, and has appointed sub-committees which deal with selected issues on the authority of the board. The Academic Affairs committee, the Learning Environment committee, the Research Committee, the Academic Appointments committee and the Non-academic Appointments committee are all examples of such sub-committees. The Appeals committee has also been appointed by the board, but enjoys an independent position in accordance with the regulations of the Act of Universities and University Colleges. The committee is to discuss and decide in matters concerning appeals of individual decisions and other appeals from the students.
Members of the Board 1. august 2019 – 31. juli 2023:
Sunniva Whittaker, Chair
Elected by permanent teaching and research staff:
Professor Gro-Renée Rambø
Associate Professor Tormod Wallem Anundsen
Elected by administrative staff members:
Senior adviser Målfrid Tangedal
Elected by temporary teaching and research staff:
Associate Professor Ronald Mayora Synnes
Elected by the students:
Student Olea Norset
Student Kristofer Svendsen
External members appointed by the Ministry of Education and Research
Solveig Løhaugen, lawyer at Wigemyr & Co DA.
Tom Fidjeland, director at Cameron Sense, Kristiansand
Lars Petter Maltby, CTO in Eyde-klyngen CEO in Eyde Innovation Center.
Hanne Kathrine Krogstrup, professor and leader at Aalborg University.
Alternates
For academic faculty members
1. Associate Professor Toril Borch Terkelsen
2. Associate Professor Hilde Lohne Seiler
3. Associate Professor Per Elias Drabløs
For temporary employees in education and research positions
1. PhD Research Fellow Lucia Castro Herrera
2. PhD Research Fellow Rebekka Olsson Omslandseter
For technical/administrative staff
1. Senior Adviser Ingrid Susanne Andersen
2. Senior Adviser Kristin Skoglund Robstad
For the students
2. Jakob Mæland
External alternates
Kari Jussie Lønning, the Norwegian Medical Association