NEWS The University Board of Directors at Umeå University has decided to present their Vice-Chancellor candidate to the Hearing Assembly; Hans Adolfsson, professor of organometallic chemistry and currently Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Stockholm University.
“It is extremely gratifying for the Hearing Assembly to now suggest Hans Adolfsson as a candidate in the running for Vice-Chancellor of Umeå University. He more than well fulfils the established requirements, his merits as a researcher are advanced and he has shown proficient leadership skills, not least in his position as Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Stockholm University. This makes him well suited to take on the task to manage and develop Umeå University further,” says Lennart Evrell, chair of the University Board of Directors.
The next step in the recruitment process is for the Hearing Assembly to meet the candidate Hans Adolfsson on Monday 21 December. The University Hearing Assembly consists of representatives of Umeå University’s teachers, students and other members of staff.
When the Hearing Committee has made their assessment, the University Board will, in January 2016, reach a conclusion about the proposed new Vice-Chancellor. The Government then makes the formal decision on the proposal from the University Board. A new University Vice-Chancellor is normally appointed for a period of six years with the opportunity of a three-year reappointment.
The work of the Recruitment Committee is based on the requirements for the position of Vice-Chancellor at Umeå University established by the University Board at their meeting on 4 June 2015. After having taken into account all nominated candidates from university staff members, faculty boards, external applications and suggested candidates from the purchased recruitment agency, the Committee and University Board decided unanimously to present Professor Hans Adolfsson to the Hearing Assembly.
The new Vice-Chancellor will take up office on 1 July 2016 when the current Vice-Chancellor Lena Gustafsson ends her appointment.
The Recruitment Committee at Umeå University is composed of members of the University Board of Directors; and consists of Chairperson Lennart Evrell, Barbara Cannon, Peter Kopelman, Mari Norgren, Barbro Biström och Nils Gustafsson. Academy Clerk Daniel Andersson acts as the committee secretary and administrative coordinator.
The Hearing Assembly consists of 89 people (45 teachers and researchers, 22 other members of staff and 22 students). The Consultative Assembly is the group with which the Recruitment Committee and the University Board of Directors confer with the appointment of a new Vice-Chancellor at hand. Anders Bergh acts as chairperson of the Consultative Assembly.
Lennart Evrell, chairperson of the University Board, and chairperson of the Recruitment CommitteePhone: +46 70-588 15 15
Email: lennart.evrell@boliden.com
Ulrika Frick Lang, director of communications at Umeå UniversityPhone: +46 90-786 64 99
Email: ulrika.frick.lang@umu.se
Hans Adolfsson, born 1964, studied chemistry at Stockholm University from 1985–89, and completed his doctoral studies at the Royal Institute of Technology in 1995. Thereafter, he held the position of postdoc at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, USA, between 1996 and 1998. After his postdoc, he was employed as a postdoctoral research fellow at Stockholm University, and in 2007, he was installed as professor in organometallic chemistry at the same university.
Hans Adolfsson has been director of studies in organic chemistry, member of the Faculty of Science Working Committee for undergraduate studies as well as of the Chemistry Section Working Committee at Stockholm University. In 2009, he was elected to the Board of the Faculty of Science and in the following year he was elected Section Dean for the Chemistry Section at the Faculty of Science. Since 2013, he is Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Stockholm University.
High-resolution portrait photo of Hans Adolfsson
Editor: Anna Lawrence