PhD Governance

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

Alberto Lanzavecchia (Coordinator)
University of Padova
Curriculum Vitae
Professor of microfinance for local development, social and financial sustainability, business and human rights. 
 

Massimo De Marchi
University of Padova
Curriculum Vitae
 

Pietro De Perini 
University of Padova
Curriculum Vitae
Professor of Human Rights in International Politics and International Relations, co-director and a member of the Italian Yearbook of Human Rights and managing editor of the journal Peace Human Rights Governance.
 

Elisabetta Camussi
University of Milano Bicocca
Curriculum Vitae

Paola Degani
University of Padova 
Curriculum Vitae

Maria Grazia Giammarinaro
Centre for Human Rights at the National University of Ireland 
Curriculum Vitae

Maria Cristina Ginevra 
University of Padova 
Curriculum Vitae

Ivan Koprić
University of Zagreb
Curriculum Vitae

Maria Caterina La Barbera
Spanish National Research Council, Madrid
Curriculum Vitae

Costanza Margiotta
University of Padova 
Curriculum Vitae

Marco Mascia
University of Padova 
Curriculum Vitae
Professor of International Relations, he is the President of the Human Rights Centre "Antonio Papisca" and holds the UNESCO Chair “Human Rights, Democracy and Peace”.
 

Laura Nota
University of Padova 
Curriculum Vitae

Elena Pariotti
University of Padova 
Curriculum Vitae

Mario Pomini
University of Padova
Curriculum Vitae

Linda Laura Sabbadini
ISTAT
Curriculum Vitae

Sara Santilli
University of Padova
Curriculum Vitae
She is Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Padova, Italy, where she teaches Developmental Psychology, Psychology of Inclusion and Social Sustainability, and Career Counseling in Multicultural Contexts. She is President of the Italian Society for Vocational Guidance (SIO) and a member of the La.R.I.O.S. Research Laboratory. 

Stefano Solari
University of Padova
Curriculum Vitae
Professor of Political Economy. The research area includes International Political Economy, Philosophy of Economics and History of Ideas. Presently President of the Course of Jurisprudence of Treviso.

Bharat Singh Thapa
University of Tribhuvan, Nepal
Curriculum Vitae
Assistant Professor at Tribhuvan University with 40+ publications; visiting professor at Univ. of Padova (2017, 2018, 2022 and 2024), and consultant on microfinance, financial inclusion, green banking and corporate finance.

Ines Testoni
University of Padova
Curriculum Vitae

Gian Piero Turchi
University of Padova
Curriculum Vitae

Gianfranco Tusset
University of Padova
Curriculum Vitae 

Stephen Ouma Akoth
Tangaza University 
Curriculum Vitae 

Thomas Bassetti 
University of Padova
Curriculum Vitae 

Maria Vittoria Catanzariti 
University of Padova
Curriculum Vitae 

Jane Freedman 
l’Université Paris 8
Curriculum Vitae 

Lorenzo Mechi
University of Padova
Curriculum Vitae 

Sara Pennicino
University of Padova 
Curriculum Vitae 

Benedetto Zaccaria 
University of Padova
Curriculum Vitae 

Riccardo Nanni
Curriculum Vitae
CNRS Centre Internet et Société
Researcher in digital politics of East Asia at CNRS Centre Internet et Société, with a PhD in Political and Social Sciences (University of Bologna, 2022) and previous experience at Fondazione Bruno Kessler. Vice-chair of GigaNet's steering committee and adjunct professor at Université Paris 8.

Burcu Şimşek
Curriculum Vitae
Associate Professor, Hacettepe University Faculty of Communication, Department of Communication Sciences, Ankara, Turkey. Researcher and founder of Hacettepe's Digital Storytelling Unit, with a PhD in Communication (QUT, 2012) and an MSc from Ankara University. Journalist since 1998 and lecturer in Communication Sciences. 

Donata Favaro
University of Padova
Curriculum Vitae
Associate Professor in Economic Policy at the University of Padova, researching gender inequalities and labour markets and teaching on gender gaps. She serves on committees for gender equality and anti-discrimination.

Executive board

Alberto Lanzavecchia (Coordinator), Marco Mascia, Laura Nota, Pietro De Perini, Maria Cristina Ginevra.

PhD Representative

Giuliana Renda, Barbara Rinaldi, Anna Romanovych

Advisory Committee

Alberto Lanzavecchia - Coordinator
Marco Mascia - President of the Human Rights Centre A.Papisca
Thomas Bassetti - Curriculum Representative
Laura Nota - Curriculum Representative
Ludovica Aricò - PhD Representative
Paolo Riseri - External Stakeholder
Rossella De Falco - External Stakeholder
Stefano Valenti - External Stakeholder

Staff

Elvira Pedone, 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 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.