Council for Research Infrastructure at Umeå University (RIS)
The Council supports University management and FOSTRA in their strategic work with research infrastructure and serves as an arena for knowledge exchange.
RIS' responsibilities
The Council is responsible for supporting, coordinating and communication all university-wide activities regarding infrastructure at Umeå University.
This includes:
proposing strategic direction for research infrastructures at Umeå University to FOSTRA;
developing proposals for the university-wide strategy for research infrastructure at Umeå University for decision by the Vice-Chancellor;
compiling and regularly updating a directory of research infrastructure at Umeå University;
planning, coordinating and communicating the Swedish Research Council's funding process for research infrastructure of national interest at Umeå University;
university-wide coordination of activities regarding infrastructure; and advising on internal and external communication relating to research infrastructure at Umeå University.
The council reports to FOSTRA, and its four members (one from each faculty) are responsible for communicating the council's suggestions and activities to their faculties.
Council members
The council consists of five members:
The chair, Pro-Vice-Chancellor Katrine Riklund, katrine.riklund@umu.se
One member from each factulty:
Faculty of Arts and Humanities: Philip Buckland, Philip.buckland@umu.se
Faculty of Medicine: Richard Lundmark, Richard.lundmark@umu.se
Faculty of Social Sciences: Elisabeth Engberg, elisabeth.engberg@umu.se
Faculty of Science and Technology: Johan Olofsson, johan.olofsson@umu.se
Contact and more information
More information about RIS can be found in its instruction:
More information about research infrastructure at Umeå university can be found on our dedicated infrastructure webpage and the rules for research infrastructure:
If you have any further questions regarding RIS or research infrastructure at Umeå university, please contact the council's administrator Insa Wemheuer via Teams or insa.wemheuer@umu.se
