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

• Quintus Miller, Full Professor
• Giovanni Barone Adesi, Full Professor
• Gabriele Balbi, Assistant Professor
• Fernando Pedone, Full Professor
• Silvia Santini, Associate Professor
• Rolf Krause, Full Professor
• Christoph Frank, Full Professor
• Sara Garau, Assistant Professor
• Vittorio Limongelli, Assistant Professor

Substitutes:

• Peter Seele, Associate Professor
• Antonietta Mira, Full Professor

Junior academic representatitives

• Giulia Pellizzato, Ph.D student-assistant
• H. Jost Reinhold, Ph.D student-assistant
• Vincenza Sutter, Ph.D student-assistant
• Gianluigi Negro, Post-doctoral assistant-lecturer
• Sebastiano Giannesini, Studio assistant architect

Subentranti:

• Stefano Giacomelli, Ph.D student-assistant
• Léna Pellandini-Simányi, Lecturer, researcher

Student body representatives

• Michele Calzolari, michele.calzolari@usi.ch, Academy of Architecture
  Giulia Biondi, giulia.biondi@usi.ch (Substitute)
• Riccardo Di Lullo, riccardo.di.lullo@usi.ch, Faculty of Communication Sciences
  Beatrice Catalani, beatrice.catalani@usi.ch (Substitute)
• Virginia Isabella Perin, isabella.virginia.perin@usi.ch, Faculty of Economics
  Davide Tagliabue, davide.tagliabue@usi.ch (Substitute)
• Jacopo Fidacaro, jacopo.fidacaro@usi.ch , Faculty of Informatics

Staff representatives

• Fabiana Bernasconi, Academy of Architecture Administration
• Damiano Bianchi, TI-EDU IT Services
• Giovanni Pellegri, L'ideatorio
• Mauro Prevostini, Program manager Faculty of Informatics
• Stefano Tardini, e-learning Lab USI (eLab)

Substitutes:

• Dimitri Loringett, Media and Communication Service
• Debora De Carli, Academy of Architecture Library

Faculty Deans (permanent members)

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

Presidential Office

The Presidential Office is formed, together with the Rector, by:

• Giovanni Barone Adesi, faculty representative;
• Giulia Pellizzato, junior academic representatitive;
• Riccardo Di Lullo, student body representative;
• Stefano Tardini, staff representative.