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Junior Faculty Board

The JF board is composed of five or six members who are elected by the JF members for a two-year term: one representative from each faculty, a chair and a vice-chair.

The JF board meets approximately four times per year and is responsible for:

  • Representing junior faculty interests at ORU and at the national junior faculty
  • Acting as an information channel between the University and junior faculty members
  • Strategic junior faculty decisions
  • Coordination of JF activities

You are welcome to contact any of the board members directly or via juniorfaculty@oru.se with any questions, concerns, or ideas you may have.

Samira Prado, Chair
As chair of ORU JF, I can represent the JF members' interests at ORU and in the National Junior Faculty to actively work on facilitating networks and exchange opportunities. For example, continuing the writing retreats, mentorship programs, social events, and lunch seminars offered by JF. Those events may increase the opportunity to exchange experiences and collaborations, which is essential for early career researchers. In addition, we are constantly identifying new ways and opportunities of engaging JF members not just with each other and within other instances of the University and Sweden.

Virginia Rosales Orquera, Vice chair
The Junior Faculty (JF) is a great community to meet people at the same career stage and to share experiences, learn from each other and evolve together. There are plenty of opportunities for networking and career development, through fun and more serious activities. As a member of the JF board I am happy to contribute to developing the JF community by introducing new faculty members and organizing events such as the writing retreats that help us grow our networks and move forward in our career development.

Andi Alijagic, Business, Science and Engineering

Early-career researchers work tirelessly throughout the year, and it is important they have time to unwind after working hours. As a Junior Faculty (JF) board member, I believe JF offers an excellent platform for after-work and social activities that allow us to connect beyond our academic roles. I am dedicated to creating a lively networking environment with interdisciplinary events and regular social activities that help us build meaningful connections and collaborations across different fields.

Alexander Hedbrant, Medicine and Health

Early career academics face many challenges, and as a Junior Faculty (JF) representative, I will build on the great efforts of previous and current representatives to make JF help our members overcome those challenges to achieve their career goals, while having a fun time doing so. I believe the JF offers a great opportunity to promote networking and sharing of experiences, and to give a voice to us in the early academic careers, that can be heard and supported within the JF, or raised also to others.

jw_3John Brauer, Humanities and Social Sciences
Getting your head around the life as a recent PhD is challenging to say the least. The university offers many resources to overcome these challenges – resources that are not always promoted sufficiently. My engagement within the Junior Faculty is motivated by an interest to connect junior researchers with existing resources offered by the university as well as to communicate additional needs of junior researchers to people at the university who can satisfy these needs. Further, I am also engaged to increase collaboration and connections between junior researchers in different disciplines.