Delegates and Committees

The Committee is responsible for assisting the Department's governing bodies in resource allocation policies and in steering scientific research, knowledge transfer, and innovation activities. It is composed of the Chair, the Head of Department, and six members who ensure the disciplinary representation of the Department.

Alagna Mirko GSPS-01/A

Bagnato Bruna GSPS-04/B

Guidi Riccardo GSPS-05/A

Pezzoli Silvia GSPS-06/A

Salvatici Silvia (Chair) HIST-03/A

Soare Sorina Cristina GSPS-02/A

Communication and Public Engagement Committee

The Communication and Public Engagement Committee serves as the Department's point of reference for all non-profit activities directed at non-academic audiences, possessing educational, cultural, and societal development value through which the Department communicates the benefits of education and research outcomes. Its objective is to promote education for democracy and civic awareness, fostering knowledge acquisition and the full exercise of citizenship through participatory processes.

The Committee aims to promote and give visibility to public engagement activities carried out by the Department's professors and researchers through actions of support, coordination, and the creation of synergies within the Department, with other departments, and with external bodies.

In addition, the Committee assists the Department's governing bodies in planning and supervising all institutional communication activities.

Letizia Materassi – Coordinator

Giacomo Bazzani

Aldo Paparo

Luca Serafini

Internationalization Committee

The Internationalization Committee oversees the promotion and enhancement of the Department's global dimension. Specifically, the Committee handles the coordination and communication of internationalization initiatives, the definition of operational proposals, and the organization of International Weeks. Furthermore, it offers support to Visiting Scholars invited to the Department.

Giorgia Bulli – Coordinator

Marco Bresciani

Marco Bontempi

Alessandro Chiaramonte

Riccardo Guidi

Andrea Lippi

Alberto Tonini

Support Group for International Publications of Newly Hired Academic Staff

The Group aims to promote the Department's international profile, particularly through the international circulation of scientific publications by newly hired academic staff, as well as by establishing new international agreements, expanding mobility programs for professors, PhD students, and students, and enhancing the visibility and attractiveness of the Department in Italy and abroad.

It carries out coordination activities for the allocation of internationalization funds from the University’s unified budget, according to criteria established by the Department Board.

It supports other Committees in strengthening the international profile of degree programs, supporting student mobility, promoting interdisciplinary dialogue with scholars and PhD students from foreign institutions, and consolidating a comparative approach to the study of contemporary democracies.

(Department Board Resolution of 21.12.2020)

Giorgia Bulli – Coordinator

Luigi Burroni

Alessandro Chiaramonte

Anna Bosco

Patrick Ossian Cohrs 

For specific activities, the Department relies on the following delegates and representatives:

Technology Transfer – Paolo Costa

Teaching – Matteo Miele and Paolo Costa

Research – Enrico Borghetto and Marco Bresciani

Quality Assurance – Sara Lagi

VQR (Research Quality Evaluation) – Marco Bresciani and Vittorio Mete

Internationalization – Giorgia Bulli (with Committee)

Communication, Third Mission, and Public Engagement – Letizia Materassi (with Committee)

Facilities and Equipment, Safety, and Sustainable Development – Annalisa Tonarelli

Rankings – Ruggero Cefalo

DSPS Academic Staff delegated by the School of Political Sciences for:

Students with Disabilities – Andrea Terlizzi

International Mobility – Giorgia Bulli

Prospective Student Guidance (Inbound) – Letizia Materassi, Leonard Mazzone, Jessica Di Salvatore, and Simona Berhe

Current Student Guidance (In-itinere) – Annalisa Tonarelli

Career Guidance and Placement (Outbound) – Silvia Rodeschini and Ruggero Cefalo

Members of the Joint Teaching-Student Committee – Sandro Landucci, Vittorio Mete, Maria Stella Rognoni, Annalisa Tonarelli, Andrea Terlizzi, Aldo Paparo

Class Scheduling – Aldo Paparo

DSPS Academic Staff as members of the School Boards:

Political Sciences – Andrea Lippi (President), Marco Bontempi, Mauro Campus, Alessandro Chiaramonte, Sara Lagi, Silvia Pezzoli, Elisabetta Zontini

Economics and Management – Alessandro Chiaramonte and Enrico Borghetto

Humanities and Education – Alessandro Chiaramonte and Matteo Miele

Other Delegations:

Board of Directors of OpenLab (University Center for Science Communication) – Letizia Materassi

University Committee for Communication and Public Engagement – Letizia Materassi