The members of the Board are staff from IRES and from other departments at Uppsala University. From IRES there are two representatives of the Researchers and Teachers corporation, one representative from the administrative staff, one PhD student, and one student representative (all have alternates). Three other departments are represented: Political Science Department, the Department of Law, and the Department of Modern Languages. The Board of Governors discusses and decides on matters concerning IRES, including research education, recruitment and finance.

The Department Board is the department's highest decision-making body. It is here that the direction and strategies for the department are shaped, and information about, for example, finances, recruitment, work environment and postgraduate education is provided. The department conducts education in the medical program, the radiology nursing program and the specialist nursing program, but we are also involved in the speech therapy program, the physiotherapy program, the occupational therapy program, the biomedicine program and the nursing program.

The Program Council's role is to provide a forum for discussion of program-related issues of primary concern to the program and its students.

The role of the Program Council is to provide a forum for discussion of program-related issues of primary concern to the program and students. In addition to the Program Council, the student representatives are expected to contribute with the students' report to the Annual Reporting Plan (AARP).

The Program Council's role is to provide a forum for discussion of program-related issues of primary concern to the program and its students.

As a student representative on the Department Board, you will participate in the body's meetings where decisions are made regarding, among other things, the budget, course syllabuses and guidelines for conducting written exams including e-exams.

As a student representative on the Department Board, you will participate in its meetings where decisions are made on the budget, financial statements, vacancy announcements, new courses and curricula.

As a student representative in the Equal Opportunities Group, you contribute to combating discrimination and promoting equal rights regardless of gender, transgender identity or expression, ethnicity, religion or belief, disability, sexual orientation or age.

The Faculty of Social Sciences' recruitment group for professors (RG-P) is responsible for the preparation of employment cases in accordance with the Faculty of Social Sciences' supplementary guidelines to the university's employment regulations. The Recruitment Group for Professorial Matters is responsible for preparing the following types of cases: - appointment as professor (including visiting professor and adjunct professor) - promotion from senior lecturer to professor - employment as associate senior lecturer Other cases of a similar nature may also arise. In addition to the above responsibilities, the Faculty Board or the Faculty Management may instruct recruitment groups to act as working groups for matters within the area of responsibility. This may include, for example, referrals, proposals for guidelines, nominations, responses to surveys or similar. Ordinary meetings are held almost exclusively on Wednesdays between 13.00 and 16.00. About 1-3 times per semester the group also holds full-day meetings/extra half-day meetings for interviews.

Under the fields of study there are a number of faculties, 9 in total across the university. The faculties deal with different subject areas and decide on curricula and resource allocation between the faculty's subordinate departments. The work is governed by a faculty board whose chair is called the dean. The assignment also gives you extra points when applying for exchange studies. Meetings are held almost exclusively on Thursdays between 09:15-12:00. The academic year usually with a boarding school and this year the boarding school takes place between September 4-5 at another location. The meetings are preceded by a pre-meeting (Monday of the week of the the Board meeting at 09:00) with all student representatives, the Board's secretary and the dean. During the pre-meeting, which lasts about 30 minutes, the secretary goes through the agenda and the representatives can ask questions and raise their views. This is is a good opportunity to raise issues before decisions are made at the Board.