Selection committees

A PhD field committee has been set up for each of the seven PhD programmes, which also serve as recommendation committees in connection with enrolment to the Graduate School. The PhD field committees are elected for one year at a time and are valid for the period 1 February - 31 January. The website is thus updated every year on 1 February. A PhD field committee consists of at least four representatives of the academic staff in the field in question.

Field committees

A PhD field committee is appointed for each of the graduate school’s seven field programmes. The field committees are elected for one year at a time and are valid for the period 1 February - 31 January. The website is thus updated every year on 1 February. Field committees consist of at least four representatives of the academic staff within the area in question. These committees, made up of tenured faculty, also act as standing committees in connection with enrolment to the PhD programme. 

The representative of the relevant field in the PhD committee of Aarhus BSS Graduate School is automatically a member and chair of the PhD field committee. The other members of the field committee are appointed by the head of the relevant department. The members of the field committee for Social Science and Business are, however, appointed by the dean. In connection with the appointment of field committee members, it is ensured that the composition of each field committee reflects the academic breadth of the programme. The individual PhD field committee constitutes the academically competent committee in respect of the field in question. This entails that, prior to any major academic issues being addressed by the PhD committee, all such issues have been submitted to the relevant PhD field committee, and the relevant PhD field committee also advises the head of the graduate school on all academic issues concerning the PhD programme.

The PhD field committees comprise the following:

Field committee for Business Development and Technology

PhD programme chair: Associate professor Sven Kunisch

  • Associate professor Sladjana Nørskov
  • Associate professor Mirko Presser
  • Associate Professor Maja Due Kadenic
  • Professor René Chester Goduscheit
  • Professor Allan Gross

Field committee for Psychology and Behavioural Sciences

PhD programme chair: Professor Dorthe Kirkegaard Thomsen

  • Associate Professor Mia Skytte O´Toole
  • Associate Professor Tea Trillingsgaard
  • Associate Professor Stefan Pfattheicher    
  • Associate Professor Jesper Aagaard
  • Associate Professor Charlotte Jonasson

Field committee for Political Science

PhD programme chair: Professor Helene Helboe Pedersen

  • Professor Peter Bjerre Mortensen
  • Associate professor Søren Flinch Midtgaard
  • Professor (Anne) Mette Kjær
  • Professor Lasse Lindekilde
  • Associate professor Lene Aarøe
  • Professor Derek Beach

Field committee for Management

PhD programme chair: Associate professor Birte Asmuβ

  • Professor Irene Pollach
  • Professor Sascha Steinmann
  • Associate professor Carsten Bergenholtz
  • Associate professor Marija Banovic
  • Associate professor Pernille Smith
  • Associate professor Pannagiotis Mitkidis

Field committee for Economics and Business Economics

PhD programme chair: Professor Helena Skyt Nielsen

  • Professor Claus Holm
  • Professor Stig Vinther Møller
  • Associate professor Hongyan Jenny Li
  • Professor Morten Ørregaard Nielsen
  • Professor Timo Trimborn

Field committee for Law

PhD programme chair: Associate professor Susanne Kier

  • Professor Birgitte Egelund Olsen
  • Professor Anders Nørgaard Laursen
  • Professor Susanne Karstoft
  • Professor Michael Hansen Jensen

Field committee for Social Science and Business

PhD programme chair: Professor Torsten Kolind

  • Professor Carter Bloch
  • Professor Esben Agerbo
  • Associate professor Berit Lassesen
  • Professor Simon Calmar Andersen