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Organisation

The director of Språkbanken Text leads the daily work, and is assisted by the management group and the operational group, which act as advisory bodies.

Management group

The management group consists of:

  • Director: Markus Forsberg
  • Director of Nationella språkbanken: Lars Borin
  • Deputy director: Dana Dannélls
  • Administrative coordinator: Jenny Kierkemann

Operational group

The operational group, which acts as an advisory body, makes room for dialogue och discussions about operatioinal and strategic issues. The group has weekly meatings to:

  • report from different parts of the organisation
  • discuss current issues and problems
  • answer or forward questions submitted to Språkbanken Text, eg to sb-info@svenska.gu.se

It is important that all staff categories and key functions at Språkbanken Text are reasonably represented in the operational group. The group currently consists of:

  • Director: Markus Forsberg
  • Director for Nationella språkbanken: Lars Borin
  • Deputy director: Dana Dannélls
  • Administrative coordinator: Jenny Kierkemann
  • Representative for the researchers: Niklas Zechner
  • Representative for the research engineers: Yousuf Ali Mohammed 
  • System administrator: Herbert Lange
  • Web administrator: Staffan Melin

The representatives are appointed each year, with an aspiration for even distribution throughout the organization.

Extended meetings

Once a month the weekly meeting is extended to also include:

  • Director of studies for language technology: Yvonne Adesam
  • Representative for the PhDs: Ricardo Muñoz Sánchez 
  • Representative for the research committee (FOK): Shafqat Virk
  • Representative for the research studies committee (FUK): Dana Dannélls
  • Technical coordinator for SweClarin: Leif-Jöran Olsson