Academic Senate

The Academic Senate is one of the central institutional bodies of USI, together with the University Council and the Rectorate. The Senate acts as an advisory board and 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: 
• Vittorio Limongelli, Assistant Professor

Assistants representatitives

• Annalisa Carlevaro, Ph.D student-assistant
• Leonardo Conte, Ph.D student-assistant
• Federica Maggi, Ph.D student-assistant
• Barbara Antonioli Mantegazzini, Lecturer and researcher
• Lorenzo Pini, Atelier assistant architect

Substitutes:

• Andrea Mensi, Ph.D student-assistant
• Nadzeya Kalbaska, Post-doc, Lecturer

Students representatives

• Michele Calzolari, michele.calzolari@usi.ch, Academy of Architecture
  Eugenio Thiella, eugenio.thiella@usi.ch (substitute)
• Riccardo Di Lullo, riccardo.di.lullo@usi.ch, Faculty of Communication Sciences
  Giulio Rezzonico, giulio.rezzonico@usi.ch (substitute)
• Alessandro Muscionico, alessandro.muscionico@usi.ch, Faculty of Economics
  Nicola Pucar, nicola.pucar@usi.ch (substitute)
• Simone Giacomelli, simone.giacomelli@usi.ch, Faculty of Informatics
  Julian Prokofiev, julian.prokofiev@usi.ch (substitute)

Staff representatives

• Damiano Bianchi, IT Services
• Elisa Larghi, Dean's office Faculty of Informatics
• Dimitri Loringett, Media and Communications Service
• Stefano Tardini, e-learning Lab USI (eLab)
• Fabiana Bernasconi, Administration Academy of Architecture

Substitutes:

• Giovanni Pellegri, L'ideatorio

Faculty Deans (permanent members)

• Riccardo Blumer, Director of the Academy of Architecture
• Mario Bianchetti, Dean of the Faculty of Biomedical Sciences
• Andrea Rocci, Dean of the Faculty of Communication Sciences
• Patrick Gagliardini, Dean of the Faculty of Economics
• Antonio Carzaniga, Dean of the Faculty of Informatics

Rectorate (permanent members)

• Boas Erez, Rector, Chair of the Senate
• Lorenzo Cantoni, Pro-Rector
• Michele Lanza, Pro-Rector
• Daniela Mondini, Pro-Rector

• Cristina Largader, Administrative Director (participates in the Senate sessions without voting rights)
• Albino Zgraggen, Secretary General (partecipates in the Senate sessions without voting rights)