The department management consists of the head of department, the deputy head and the head of the office.
Head of department: Professor Margrethe Buskerud Christoffersen
Deputy head: Professor Eirik Østerud
Head of the office: Eli Knotten.
The head of department are responsible for the department's professional activities.
The office manager leads the administrative work at the department.
The Institute Council has an advisory function.
The research activities are coordinated by the deputy head of the department, who is also head of research at the department. The research activities are organised in a number of different constellations at different levels, including research groups, thematic groups, centers and projects.