Department governing bodies

Roles, functions and areas of competence of the Department bodies.

Head

Claudia Golino, Professor at the Department of Sociology and Business Law, has been elected as Head by the Departmental Council. She addresses, gives initiative, controls and coordinates the teaching and scientific activity of the Department. She chairs and convenes the meetings of the Departmental Board and the Departmental Council, and she is member of law of the Schools to which the Department is affiliated. She also has other functions established by the departmental regulations.

Deputy-Head

Paola Parmiggiani, Professor at the Department of Sociology and Business Law, has been appointed as Deputy-Head by the Departmental Council on the proposal of the Head. She assists and replaces the Head in case of absence or impediment.

Departmental Council

The Departmental Council is the assembly organ of the Department: it defines the three-year plans of teaching and research activity and it assumes the spending decisions.

The powers of the Departmental Council are indicated in detail in the article 16, paragraph 2 of the University Statute and defined by the article 9 of the rules of operation (Regolamento di Funzionamento).

The Council is composed by:

  • the Head, who chairs it;
  • the professors and assistant professors who are members of the department;
  • the Administrative-Managerial Head, who takes the functions of secretary;
  • the elected representatives of technical-administrative staff (10% of the number of professors, associate professors and assistant professors);
  • the elected representatives of students for 1st, 2nd and 3rd cycle (15% of the number of professors, associate professors and assistant professors);
  • two elected representatives of research fellows.