
Maria Lundgren, photo: Petra Älvstrand
9 June 2023
Maria Lundgren appointed University Director
Maria Lundgren, former Head of Administration and deputy Municipal Chief Executive in Boden, is appointed University Director at Luleå University of Technology. She will take up her post on 1 August.
“It will be fantastic to work with Maria. Her background in the municipality of Boden, as an appreciated manager within the education system and the past few years as the Head of Administration and deputy Municipal Chief Executive, will be an important contribution to Luleå University of Technology,” says Birgitta Bergvall-Kåreborn, Vice-Chancellor at Luleå University of Technology.
Maria Lundgren has solid experience of different roles within the education system, for example as a teacher, principal, director and head of education. The last twelve years, she has held various management positions within the municipality of Boden. Between 2021 and 2023, she was the deputy Municipal Chief Executive and the Head of Municipal Management Administration in Boden.
“I began my career as a teacher and have studied at Luleå University of Technology, where I was among the first teachers of compulsory school to graduate. I now feel that I am coming home again, to the University and to the spirit of the students. It is enormously exciting and fun to be challenged in going from municipality to university. I look very much forward to learning from all the skilled colleagues at the University but also to contribute experience from my professional career. To have the opportunity to work where education, research and Professional Services meet to jointly achieve the best results for Luleå University of Technology, it is both tempting and thrilling.
To continue to work within the public sector is an important value and a driving force for me. Some activities within the Professional Services are the same as those within my administration department today, and it will be interesting to look at the similarities and the differences,” Maria Lundgren says.
Maria Lundgren’s tasks, in her role as University Director, include being the Head of Professional Services at Luleå University of Technology and having the overall responsibility for administration and matters that the University as a public authority handles. The University Director reports directly to the Vice-Chancellor and is part of the University management, where one task is to make operational the University’s vision, strategy and organisational goals related to management and development.
Maria Lundgren will succeed University Director Veronika Sundström.
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