The Department management team consists of the Head of Department, the six Section Managers and Heads of Secretariat. The Department management team meets 10-12 times a year, see members of the departmental management and meeting minutes (in Danish with English summary). A typical agenda for a meeting of the Department management team will include the following items: finances, application strategies, staff, public-sector consultancy as well as news from business-, PhD- and education area.
The committee coincides with the department management and aims to:
The committee also coincides with the department management and aims to be advisory to the head of department in relation to the development of the department's research strategy and in relation to research issues:
The department forum is set up according to Aarhus University article of association §26 stk. 1. The standard rules can be seen here https://medarbejdere.au.dk/en/strategy/au-rules-and-regulations/standard-rules-of-procedure-for-departmental-councils/.
The departmental council represents all staff and the department and is an advisory board for the department management with the objectives:
Read more here.
Through the organisations entitled to carry out negotiations all employees have the possibility to stand as a representative for the Local Liaison Committee (LSU). The task of the liaison committee (LSU) is to ensure a good and trusting local cooperation with regards to both the core tasks of the department and the employees' well-being. You are always welcome to contact members of your liaison committee. See more at LSU page.
As regards the working environment a Local Occupational Health and Safety Committee (LAMU) has been set up, which – based on current legislation and AU guidelines – deals with local problems. This committee meets approx. 4 times a year, see mandate here. This committee also covers QGG at Flakkebjerg.
A GSTS PhD programme committee has been set up, which provides advice to the department management team in all matters concerning PhDs. The programme committee also prepares recommendations to the chair of the graduate school GSST, and the members of the committee evaluate applications, participate in examination of students, etc. The committee consists of 7 seniorVIP, 4 PhD students and a secretary. See more at the department's PhD-webpage.
If you wish to know more about the work in the committee, please contact the secretary.
A Education Committee has been set up. Among other things this committee provides advice in relation to the department’s degree programmes and to teaching offered at AU. The committee consists of 7 seniorVIP.
AGRO has a teaching committee. The task of the committee is to advise in relation to teaching in the department. For more information see here.
In order to increase the dialogue and the collaboration with the business community AGRO has set up a business and innovation committee. The committee works at objectives, mapping of interests and prepares a yearly report for the faculty’s business committee. The chair of the committee is a member of the faculty’s business and innovation committee.
The department has 1 seat in Tech Academic Council, and the representative is elected for 4 years.
Read more about the council here.
Committees has been set up with representatives from relevant sections and TAP representatives from the laboratory in both Flakkebjerg and Foulum. The committees aim is to:
Minutes and guidelines from the committees can be seen here
Field experiments are a very important and resource-intensive research facility in AGRO, which is why continuous optimization of equipment is central.
The committee main purpose is to ensure well functioning field experiments and collaboration across the department. The committees aim is to:
See members of the committe here.
AGRO department management has formed the committee, which refers to the Head of Department.
Read more at the committee homepage
The committee is appointed by AGRO’s management. The committee refers to the head of department.
See the committee terms of reference, members and read minutes here.