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Governance HRS4R

Working Group and Steering Committee

Working Group

The Working Group was re-established by the Academic Senate in April 2024. Its role is to monitor the progress of the Action Plan, gather internal feedback, manage timelines and indicators, support the action leaders, update the Plan, and propose new measures to strengthen the HRS4R process.

In its current composition, effective until the end of 2025, the Group is chaired by the Vice Rector for Talent Development and includes representatives of the research community (from doctoral students to full professors) and key central administrative offices involved in the HRS4R process.

  • Prof. Paolo Biscari (Coordinator) – Vice-Rector for Talent Development;
  • Prof. Mara Tanelli – Rector's Delegate for Diversity and Inclusion;
  • Prof. Maurizio Zani – Rector's Delegate for the right to education and student contributions;
  • Prof. Manuela Antonelli – Associate Professor at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering;
  • Dr. Annalinda De Rosa – Fixed-term researcher at the Department of Design;
  • Dr. Nicolò Chierichetti – Representative of the PhD students at the Council of the Doctoral School;
  • Dr. Silvia Servietti – Research Service, ARES;
  • Dr. Silvia Barattieri – Equal Opportunities Service, Campus Life;
  • Dr. Enrico Eftimiadi – Teaching Personnel Management Service, ARUO;
  • Dr. Chiara Giglio – Teaching Personnel Management Service, ARUO.

This group is responsible for supporting and monitoring all actions defined in the Action Plan.

Steering Committee

The Steering Committee was also re-established by the Academic Senate in April 2024. It provides strategic guidance and support for the HRS4R process, offering opinions and recommendations to the Working Group and ensuring alignment between the HRS4R actions and the University Strategic Plan.

In its current composition, effective until the end of 2025, it is chaired by the Pro-Rector for Strategic Plan Implementation and includes high-level university figures with strategic mandates.

  • Prof. Isabella Nova (Coordinator) - Vice Rector for Strategic Plan
  • Prof. Franco Bernelli-Zazzera – Rector's Delegate for the School of Industrial and Information Engineering
  • Prof. Alberto Guadagnini – Rector's Delegate for Research
  • Prof. Cristina Masella – with Rector's Delegate for Organization and Personnel Development
  • Prof. Carolina Pacchi – with Rector's Delegate for Institutional Relations and with the Territory
  • Prof. Barbara Pernici Full Professor – member of the Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering
  • Prof. Francesca Rizzo – with Rector's delegation for European Research Projects
  • Prof. Daniele Rocchi – Director of the Doctoral School with Rector's delegation for Relations with Companies
  • Prof. Cristina Rossi Lamastra – President of the Single Guarantee Committee
  • Dr. Alessandra Moroni – Director of the Human Resources and Organization Area
  • Dr. Stefania Suevo – HRS4R Manager - Department of Energy

This structure ensures continuous dialogue among scientific, inclusion, and administrative functions.