Academic Board

Members of the Academic Board of the Joint Ph.D Degree

Giuseppe Giordan (Coordinator - Cycles 31-36)
University of Padova 

Alberto Lanzavecchia (Coordinator - Cycles 37)
University of Padova

Léonce Bekemans
University of Padova 

Maria Castiglioni
University of Padova 

Odysseas Christou 
University of Nicosia

Paola Degani
University of Padova 

Paolo De Stefani
University of Padova 

Roberto de Vogli
University of Padova

Achilles Emilianides
University of Nicosia

Francesca Gambarotto
University of Padova

Christina Ioannou
University of Nicosia

Ivan Kopric
University of Zagreb

Costanza Margiotta
University of Padova 

Marco Mascia
University of Padova 

Arrigo Opocher
University of Padova 

Sev Ozdowski
Western Sydney University

Stefania Palmisano
University of Torino

Elena Pariotti
University of Padova 

Sara Pennicino
University of Padova

Elina Pirjatanniemi
Åbo Akademi University 

Mario Pomini
University of Padova

Adam Possamai
Western Sydney University

Constantin Preda
University of Bucharest

Magdalena Ratajczak
University of Wroclaw
 

André Renzaho
Western Sydney University

Ivan Rimac
University of Zagreb

Petra Roter
University of Ljubljana

Gabriella Salviulo
University of Padova

Stefano Solari
University of Padova

Wouter Vandenhole
University of Antwerp

Songcai Yang
Guangzhou University

Siniša Zrinščak
University of Zagreb

Staff

Elena Autizi - administrative manager and contact person (phd.humanrights@unipd.it)

An Academic Board made of representatives appointed by each Partner University will decide on the academic and administrative aspects related to the Joint Ph.D programme.

The Academic Board supervises all the educational and research activities.

The Academic Board will draft and adopt its own rules of procedure. It will be convened at least once a year, if necessary via videoconference.

The Academic Board will fulfill the following duties according to partner Universities’ regulations: 

• providing admission criteria and overseeing the initial admission of students;
• admitting of students to the following year of the programme;
• providing guidelines and supervising students’ final examination;
• developing the joint training and research framework programme;
• in accordance with the rules in force at the Home University, deciding to exclude a doctoral student from continuing the programme on the basis of the evaluation of his or her activities. A written explanation of any such decision shall be given ;
• in accordance with the rules in force at the Home University, deciding on suspension of a student from doctoral activities;
• in accordance with the rules in force at the Home University, deciding on requests for extensions submitted by doctoral students, after having consulted the supervisor and co-supervisor(s).

The Academic Board will decide on any other matter regarding the co-operation project, e.g. appointment of the supervisor and co-supervisor(s), forms and methods of teaching, deadlines for the assessment of the activities and time schedule of the periods to be spent at the partner Universities.

The Academic Board is chaired by a Coordinator chosen from the members of the Coordinating University.