Difference between revisions of "Students' representatives"

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• I would like to put here something very general about elections, to be updated according to the Statuto

Every student can stand as a candidate to be Sector Council representative while only students with Italian citizenship can stand for the Administrative Council. In order for the elections to be valid at least 30% of the voters should cast their vote. If someone resigns or completes his/her PhD program a by-election can be held (provided that there is no candidate who stood in the previous elections who gained at least 10% of the votes). Elections are usually held in December and students are informed by an email sent from the Students' Secretariat.

Administrative Council

The Consiglio d'Amministrazione (Board of Directors) is the governing body of the school which has the task to approve and control the budget of the school, the issues concerning both academic and administrative staff and financial matters in general (contracts, number of fellowships, missions, agreements for collaborating with other institutions...)

Its members are the Director, four representatives elected by the faculty, a representative for the administrative staff, two representatives elected by PhD students and two external members.

In general, all the decisions taken by the Senate pass through the Board of Directors in order to check and keep track of the committment for expenses and income. As students' representatives, we care above all that at the heart of the School our needs and expectations are kept, making SISSA a nice place to live in and an invaluable school of research and science.

Picture	Name	email	PhD Course	Picture	Name	email	PhD Course
	Matteo Casati		Mathematical Physics		Alessandro Di Filippo		Cognitive Neuroscience

Senate of the School

Picture	Name	email	PhD Course	Picture	Name	email	PhD Course
	Arletta Nowodworska		Neurobiology		Dario Bettoni		Astroparticle Physics

Evaluation Nucleus

The 'Nucleo di Valutazione' (Italian for 'Evaluation Nucleus') is the School main evaluation organism; its duty is to oversee the quality and effectiveness of research and didactic activity, certify the adequacy of the School teachers, and analyse the results of the yearly Students' Questionnaire.

The Nucleus is an independent branch aimed at performance evaluation, as established by Italian 'Legge 150/2009'. The Students' Representative elected inside this organism also sits in the School Council.

Five members take part in the committee: one Professor appointed by the School Director, one Student elected by all the PhD Students of the School, and three external members appointed by the Director and approved by the School Senate and Board of Directors. Each member works in the committee for two years and his/her position can be renewed only once.

Picture	Name	email	PhD Course
	Eolo Di Casola		Astrophysics

Area Council

Physics Area

Picture	Name	email	PhD Course	Picture	Name	email	PhD Course
	Rossella Aversa		Astrophysics		David Marzocca		Astroparticle Physics
	Francesco Di Palma		Physics and Chemistry of Biological Systems		Pietro Smacchia		Statistical Physics
	Piermarco Fonda		Theoretical Particle Physics		Nicola Colonna		Theory and Simulation of Condensed Matter
	Claudia Antolini		Astrophysics (additional representative)

Neuroscience Area

Picture	Name	email	PhD Course	Picture	Name	email	PhD Course
	Maria Bertuzzi		Structural and Functional Genomics		Federico Stella		Cognitive Neuroscience
	Dario Olivieri		Neurobiology (Additional representative)

Mathematics Area

Picture	Name	email	PhD Course	Picture	Name	email	PhD Course
	Mauro Bardelloni		Mathematical Analysis		Simone Racca		Applied Mathematics
	Domenico Monaco		Mathematical Physics		Tommaso Matteini		Geometry

Executive committees

Picture	Name	email	PhD course	Committee	Picture	Name	email	PhD course	Committee
	Francesco Di Palma		Physics and Chemistry of Biological Systems	General Services		Nicola Colonna		Theory and Simulation of Condensed Matter	SICT Users
	Arletta Nowodworska		Neurobiology	Library		Eolo Di Casola		Astrophysics	Didactics (invited member)