Academic Senate
The Academic Senate is one of the central institutional bodies of USI, together with the University Council and the Rectorate. The Senate is chaired by the Rector, assisted by a Presidential Office.
It was created in December 2016 with the purpose to strengthen the unity across the academic community, by initiative of USI Rector, Prof. Boas Erez.
Structure and functions
The structure and functions of the Academic Senate are defined in the Statute of Università della Svizzera italiana (in Italian).
Regulation
The operating procedures of the Academic Senate are defined in the relevant Regulation, which determines, among other things, the elections, the sessions and their conduct, and the voting mechanism.
Current members
Faculty representatives
- Walter Angonese, Full Professor; scientific area: Architecture
- Quintus Miller, Full Professor; scientific area: Architecture
- Filippo Carlo Wezel, Full Professor; scientific area: Economics and Law
- Gabriele Balbi, Associate Professor; scientific area: Social sciences
- Jeanne Mengis, Full Professor; scientific area: Social sciences
- Silvia Santini, Associate Professor; scientific area: Informatics
- Rolf Krause, Full Professor; scientific area: Mathematics
- Christoph Frank, Full Professor; scientific area: Humanities
- Stefano Prandi, Full Professor; scientific area: Humanities
- Vittorio Limongelli, Assistant Professor; scientific area: Human Medicine and Life Sciences
Assistants representatitives
- Annalisa Carlevaro, Ph.D student-assistant
- Leonardo Conte, Ph.D student-assistant
- Andrea Mensi, Ph.D student-assistant
- Barbara Antonioli Mantegazzini, Lecturer and researcher
- Lorenzo Pini, Atelier assistant architect
Substitutes:
- Nadzeya Kalbaska, Post-doc, Lecturer
- Matteo Clerici, Atelier assistant architect
Students representatives
- Eugenio Thiella, eugenio.thiella@usi.ch, Academy of Architecture
Edoardo Massa, edoardo.massa@usi.ch (substitute) - Diana Sofia Da Costa Santos, diana.sofia.da.costa.santos@usi.ch, Faculty of Communication, Culture and Society
Letizia Bianchi, letizia.ida.bianchi@usi.ch (substitute) - Nicola La Rocca, nicola.vito.gioacchino.la.rocca@usi.ch,Faculty of Economics
Nabil Neddar, nabil.neddar@usi.ch (substitute) - Claudio Maggioni, claudio.maggioni@usi.ch, Faculty of Informatics
Nicola Brunner, nicola.brunner@usi.ch (substitute)
Staff representatives
- Elisa Larghi, Dean's office Faculty of Informatics
- Dimitri Loringett, Institutional Communication Service
- Giovanni Pellegri, L'ideatorio
- Stefano Tardini, e-learning Lab USI (eLab)
- Fabiana Bernasconi, Administration Academy of Architecture
Faculty Deans (permanent members)
- Riccardo Blumer, Director of the Academy of Architecture
- Mario Bianchetti, Dean of the Faculty of Biomedical Sciences
- Luca M. Visconti, Dean of the Faculty of Communication, Culture and Society
- Gianluca Colombo, Dean of the Faculty of Economics
- Antonio Carzaniga, Dean of the Faculty of Informatics
The Rector of the Lugano Faculty of Theology, René Roux, takes part in the sessions of the Academic Senate as a non-voting guest.
Rectorate (permanent members)
- Boas Erez, Rector, Chair of the Senate
- Lorenzo Cantoni, Pro-Rector for Education and Students' Experience
- Patrick Gagliardini, Pro-Rector for Research
- Daniela Mondini, Pro-Rector for Research in the Humanities and Equal Opportunities
- Giovanni Zavaritt, Secretary General (partecipates in the Senate sessions without voting rights)
- Cristina Largader, Administrative Director (participates in the Senate sessions without voting rights)
