New organisation for SDU Business School and the Faculty of Social Sciences

Implementation will take place gradually until 1 September 2026, but the current overall organisational structure will remain in place until then.

Organisation of implementation work

A steering committee has been set up to lead and coordinate the implementation work. Members of the committee:

• Rector Jens Ringsmose (chair)
• University Director Thomas Buchvald Vind
• Dean Hanne Søndergaard Birkmose

The steering committee has overall responsibility for progress and decisions. The steering committee is supported by an administrative project group, which provides secretarial services and coordination.

The following have been established under the steering committee:

• Dialogue forum: A forum for ongoing dialogue appointed by key stakeholders.
• Working group for VIP organisation: Responsible for mapping research areas and developing scenarios for the future academic organisation of SBS
• Working group for administrative organisation: Responsible for designing the future administrative structure at SBS and SAMF
• Joint administrative track: Cross-cutting track that ensures implementation in SDU's systems and processes.

Further information on the organisation of the implementation work and the names of the members of the various forums and working groups can be found here.

Job advertisement – Head of SDU Business School

The establishment of SDU Business School as an independent unit at faculty level means that a head of SDU Business School must be appointed. The job advertisement and a detailed job and profile description are already available and can be found via the following link: https://www.sdu.dk/da/om-sdu/job-sdu/leder-af-sbs

The application deadline is 19 January 2026, with a view to the Head of SDU Business School taking up the position on 1 April 2026.

Further information and questions

To enable employees and managers to follow progress towards 1 September 2026, the steering group has decided that on Thursdays in odd-numbered weeks, the latest news on the process will be posted on sdunet.dk – link: https://sdunet.dk/en/service/business-school.

In addition to the ongoing information on SDUnet, the steering group has decided that there should be an FAQ with questions and answers, which will be updated on an ongoing basis. This can be found via the following link: https://sdunet.dk/en/service/business-school/faq.

If employees have any further questions about the process, they can contact their immediate manager and/or a union representative.