Organisation

The board is the department’s highest decision-making body and determines the division of responsibilities between the board and the head of department. The board makes decisions on matters such as the department’s resources, educational plans, and guidelines for teaching and examinations.

The head of departmen leads and allocates the work and is responsible for the day-to-day management. This is done in collaboration with the department’s management group.

Board members 2024 to 2026

Established members

• Mårten Palme, head of department
• Jonas Vlachos, deputy head of department
• Rikard Forslid, teacher/researcher
• Mikael Priks, teacher/researcher
• Vacant, teacher/researcher
• Vacant, teacher/researcher
• Vacant, teacher/researcher
• Vacant, teacher/researcher
• Anders Fogelberg, administrative representative
• Vacant, administrative representative
• Leo Buzaglo Olofsgård, PhD representative
• Paul Arce Uribe, student representative
• Tara Kelleher, student representative

Deputy members

• Annika Alexius, teacher/researcher
• Andreas Madestam, teacher/researcher
• Josef Sigurdsson, teacher/researcher
• David Strömberg, teacher/researcher
• Vacant, teacher/researcher
• Vacant, teacher/researcher
• Durim Bekteshi, administrative representative
• Audrone Mozuraitiene, administrative representative
• Gustav Sundkvist Olsson, PhD representative
• Vacant, student representative
• Vacant, student representative

• Mårten Palme, head of department
• Jonas Vlachos, deputy head of department
• Anders Fogelberg, head of administration
• Adam Jacobsson, director of studies, BA and MA level
• Ann-Sofie Kolm, director of studies, PhD level 

The Department of Economics has a local Council for work environment and equal terms (RALV). The council participates in the preparation of decisions made by the department board or the head of department regarding issues related to the work environment, equality, gender equality, non-discrimination, and environmental matters. The department’s governing documents provide support for the work on these issues.

The department’s RALV consists of the following members:

• Mårten Palme, head of department
• Anders Fogelberg, head of administration
• Rikard Forslid, environmental representative
• Cecilia von Mentzingen, safety representative
• William Svensson Blom, safety representative
• Susanne Påhlsson, equality representative
• Lukas Ma, PhD representative
• Viktoria Falk, PhD representative, deputy
• Vacant, student representative
• Vacant, student representative, deputy

Rikard Forslid is the department’s environmental representative.

Here are the governing documents which are the foundation for the department’s activities:

Equality plan 2023_2024-05-28 pdf, 2.2 MB. (2217 Kb)

Guidelines for cases of harassment or abuse_2024-05-28 pdf, 2.1 MB. (2184 Kb)

Strategic plan 2019-2023 pdf, 264.4 kB. (264 Kb)

Environmental plan 2023 pdf, 44 kB. (43 Kb)

Ref. no. SU-305-0020-24

Approved by the board of the Department of Economics on 2018-12-13. Latest update 2025-02-13.

Call SOS alarm at 112 in case of an emergency.

Security guard: 08-16 42 00 or 08-15 42 00
University security team, emergency phone: 08-16 17 18

Organisation for crisis situations

Crisis management team

Evacuation leaders

Safety representatives

Action plan in the event of a crisis situation

Updated checklists and information on safety and preparedness are available to support the department on Stockholm University’s staff webpage:

Safety and crisis management

Prepare yourself by learning more about topics such as:

• Fire prevention
• Threats
• Threats via email and social media
• Personal crisis
• Serious accidents or fatalities on campus