Management

Organisational chart

Board of directors

The board constitutes DIIS’s overall management and defines the overall academic goals and strategies for the institute. It decides in all important questions of financials, organisation and operation, and supervises DIIS’s goal achievement, operation and management.

The board has been established under the Act on DIIS. Read the act here: https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/2012/554

The board consists of nine members and two observers. Board members are appointed for four-year terms and may be reappointed once.

Board members

Appointed by the Rectors’ Conference

Anne Marie Pahuus, chairperson, vice-dean, Arts, Aarhus University. Term: 1.3.2021 – 28.2.2025

Mogens Kamp Justesen, professor MSO, Department of Business and Politics, Copenhagen Business School. Term: 1.9.2016 - 31.8.2020 and 1.9.2020 - 31.8.2024

Sten Rynning, professor, associate dean for research, Department of Political Science, University of Southern Denmark. Term: 1.7.2018 - 30.6.2022 and 1.7.2022 - 30.6.2026

Rasmus Antoft, Dean, The Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Aalborg University. Term: 01.01.2024 – 30.06.2026.

Appointed by Independent Research Fund Denmark

Rebecca Adler-Nissen, deputy chairperson, professor, Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen. Term: 1.11.2017 - 31.10.2021 and 1.11.2021- 31.10.2025

Lone Riisgaard, associate professor, Department of Social Sciences and Business, Roskilde University. Term: 1.7.2022 - 30.6.2026

Appointed by the Council for Development Policy

Christian Lund, professor, section leader, Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen. Term: 1.7.2018 - 30.6.2022 and 1.7.2022 - 30.6.2026

Jonas Nøddekær, International Director, DanChurchAid. Term: 1.7.2018 - 30.6.2022 and 1.7.2022-30.6.2026

Appointed by DIIS employees

Robin May Schott, senior researcher, DIIS. Term: 1.5.2018 - 30.4.2022 and 1.5.2022-30.4.2026

Appointed by the Minister of Defence

Kasper Høeg-Jensen, (observer) head of department, Ministry of Defence. Term: 14.8.2019-

Appointed by the Minister for Foreign Affairs

Anders Tang Friborg (observer), Political Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Term: 1.8.2023-

Management

DIIS is headed by a director appointed by the board. The director is responsible for the daily management of the institute, within the framework that the board has set.

Payment of the director and the board

The director position at DIIS is filled as a 5-year term based on a public job posting with the possibility of extension for up to three years. The position is classified in pay group 2 according to the framework agreement on contract employment of managers in the state, and the employment follows the Danish Ministry of Finance's circular on fixed-term employment in the state.

Cirkulære om Åremålsansættelse (pdf)

DIIS' board members received the following monthly remuneration in 2022: 

• Ordinary member: 2,925 kr. per month
• Chairperson: 10,892 kr. per month
• Employee-elected board member and two observers: 0 kr.

 
The chairperson of the board receives a higher remuneration due to the significant extra workload and responsibility.