Academic Senate
The Academic Senate is one of USI's central bodies, together with the University Council and the Rectorate. Among its various functions, it expresses views and makes proposals on issues of general interest to USI, promotes cooperation and cohesion within the University, approves study regulations and formally makes appointments of professors.
It was created in December 2016 with the purpose to strengthen the unity across the academic community, by initiative of the first 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
- Quintus Miller, Full Professor; scientific area: Architecture
- Valentin Bearth, Full Professor; scientific area: Architecture
- Annamaria Astrologo, Adjunct Professor; scientific area: Economics and Law
- Mario Jametti, Full Professor; scientific area: Economics and Law
- Matthew Hibberd, Full Professor; scientific area: Social sciences
- Monica Landoni, Adjunct Professor; scientific area: Informatics
- Paolo Tonella, Full Professor; scientific area: Informatics
- Michael Multerer, Assistant Professor; scientific area: Mathematics
- Christoph Frank, Full Professor; scientific area: Humanities
- Vittorio Limongelli, Full Professor; scientific area: Human Medicine and Life Sciences
Assistants representatitives
- Elena Battaglia, Doctoral assistant
- Costanza Lucchini, Doctoral assistant
- Mosè Cometta, Post-doctoral assistant
- Marco Guerra, Atelier assistant architect
Students representatives
- Enrico Peduzzi, [email protected], Academy of Architecture
Jacopo Gioanina, [email protected] (deputy) - Guido Junior Maria Pedone, [email protected], Faculty of Communication, Culture and Society
Gionata Battaglioni, [email protected] (deputy) - Gioele Galli, [email protected], Facoltà di scienze economiche
Adele Bortoletti, [email protected] (deputy) - Roberto Palmieri, [email protected], Faculty of Informatics
Diell Kryeziu, [email protected] (deputy)
Staff representatives
- Stefano Tardini, e-learning Lab (eLab)
- Simona Rigamonti, Study Advisory and Promotion Service
- Mauro Prevostini, Administration Faculty of Informatics
- Teresa Cafaro, Student Administration
- Stefano Perregrini, Administration Academy of Architecture
Faculty Deans (Ex-Officio members)
- Walter Angonese, Director of the Academy of Architecture
- Giovanni Pedrazzini, Dean of the Faculty of Biomedical Sciences
- Luca M. Visconti, Dean of the Faculty of Communication, Culture and Society
- Giovanni Pica, Dean of the Faculty of Economics
- Marc Langheinrich, Dean of the Faculty of Informatics
The Rector of the Faculty of Theology of Lugano, René Roux, takes part in the sessions of the Academic Senate as a non-voting guest.
Rectorate (Ex-Officio members)
- Luisa Lambertini, Rector (Chair of the Senate)
- Cesare Alippi, Pro-Rector for Internationalisation
- Lorenzo Cantoni, Pro-Rector for Education and Students' Experience
- Patrick Gagliardini, Pro-Rector for Research
- Luca Maria Gambardella, Pro-Rector for Innovation and Corporate Relations
- Sonja Hildebrand, Pro-Rector for Research in the Humanities and Equal Opportunities
Permanent guests without voting rights:
- Giovanni Zavaritt, Secretary General
- Marvin Blumer, Director of Operations
- Antoine Turner, Adjunct Director of Operations
