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Two new chairmen of academic councils

Two of Aarhus University's academic councils have elected new chairmen.

Several of the academic councils at AU have held their initial meetings after the university elections in 2019.

  • At Health, Professor Tine Brink Henriksen has been appointed as the chair of the Academic Council. She replaces Professor Helle Prætorius Øhrwald, who has held the post since 2016.
  • The Academic Council at Arts has elected Associate Professor Niels Nørkjær Johannsen as the chair. He takes over from Associate Professor Merete Wiberg. Read the news story from Arts (in Danish).
  • In Aarhus BSS, Associate Professor Osman Skjold Kingo was re-elected as the chair.

Due to the faculty division, Natural Sciences and Technical Sciences have postponed the election of employee representatives to their academic councils. Elections will take place in autumn 2020, and until then, the Academic Council of Science and Technology will continue with Professor Marit-Solveig Seidenkrantz as the chair.