Boards & Committees
Organs of the Faculty
The Faculty is organized along the lines of the usual organization of authorities in Switzerland. The bodies of the Faculty are
- the Dean's Office (to a certain extent the executive),
- the Faculty Assembly (to a certain extent the legislative body),
- the Faculty Board (planning and finance committee)
- and the faculty committees listed below.
The standing committees of the Faculty include the
- Examination Commission and Doctoral Board,
- Teaching committees,
- Habilitation Committee,
- Evaluation and Promotion Committee,
- Committee for Equal Opportunities,
- School Subject Committee,
- Committee for the Faculty Prize
- and Committee of the Max Geldner Fund.
Temporary committees of the Faculty are
- Search committees,
- Structural committees
- and other committees appointed by the Faculty Assembly as required.
Groups
Members of the University are entitled to co-determination, which they can exercise via the Groups. The representatives of the Groups can be elected to various university and faculty boards. With regard to elections and representation in intra-faculty and university-wide bodies, the following Groups pass in accordance with the Faculty regulations:
- Group I: Holders of permanent professorships, assistant professors with tenure track, SNSF-funded professors
- Group II: Assistant professors without tenure track, university lecturers, assistant lecturers, adjunct professors, private lecturers and academic co-workers with teaching obligations
- Group III: PhD students and postdoctoral researchers
- Group IV: Academic, technical and administrative co-workers without teaching duties
- Group V: Students
The spokespersons of the Groups of the Faculty of Humanities are:
- Group II: Prof. Dr. Erik Petry
- Group III: Victoria Landau MA
- Group IV: Dr. Marino Ferri, lic. phil. Véronique Hilfiker, Gabriela Kuster Vettiger MA (in rotation)
- Group V: Yanik Freudiger