Department Organization
The planning, coordination and administration of the Department's funds and activities is the responsibility of the Department's Board of Directors. The Board of Directors consists of the Head of Department, the Vice Head of Department and the Programme Director.
Feel free to contact us if you have any questions about the Department.
Board of Directors
Head of Department |
Vice Head of Department |
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Prof. Dr. Daniele Caramani |
Prof. Dr. Jonathan Slapin |
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| The Head of Department is responsible for the strategic management of the Department and for representing it with faculty and university leadership and the public. The Head of Department has a deputy, the Vice Head of Department. The department's conference is headed by the Head of Department, who is also responsible for the department's budgets, and the distribution of resources within it. In cooperation with all the professors of the department, it is responsible for the IPZ's study programs. The Head of Department is involved in chair planning as well as in the preparation of appointments. The Board of Directors is appointed for a term of four years at the request of the extended department management. | |
Study Program Director
Room: AFL-H-335
email: studienprogrammdirektion@pw.uzh.ch
The study program management is responsible for the conception, development and profiling of the study offer in all formats of the study program and supervises the quality of the teaching in the study programs. The study program manager is the contact person of the Office of Student Affairs (Studiendekanat). It is supported by the managing director of the IPZ as well as the Departments's teaching team, consisting of the study program coordinator, the exams coordinator, and the mobility coordinator.
Managing Director
Büro: AFL-H-318
Tel: 044 634 58 36
email: petra.holtrup@pw.uzh.ch
As Executive Director, I support the Institute’s Board of Directors in its strategic and planning responsibilities. My primary role is to oversee the organizational management of the Institute and its core processes
My responsibilities include, in particular:
- Strategic support for the Executive Board in managing the institute in all matters
- Management of the institute’s administration
- Conceptual planning and implementation regarding the institute’s goals in research, teaching, and finance in accordance with the mission statement and strategy
- Coordination of course planning and alignment with the overall budget and personnel management
- Acquisition of third-party funding (faculty, UZH central, external)
- Maintaining international contacts
- Reporting to the Executive Board and other committees
- Management of controlling, finance, and human resources for the institute
- Responsibility for IPZ communication and public relations
- Quality assurance and evaluation
Secretariat, Finances & Controlling
The Secretariat of the department is the primary contact for various matters and enquiries.
Öffnungszeiten: Montag bis Freitag: 09:00 - 12:00 Uhr / 13:30 - 16:30 Uhr
Room: AFL-H-338
Tel: 044 634 58 35
email: sekretariat@ipz.uzh.ch
Administrative Assistant / |
Administrative Assistant |
Administrative Assistant |
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Louise Rapaud |
Lila Ziegler Room: AFL-H-338 |
Jasmina Sahman Room: AFL-H-338 |
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The secretariat of the department deals, inter alia, with the following tasks:
- Assistance for the chairs and their employees, support for the Study Program Coordination team
- Support for guest lecturers and academic guests
- Receiving media requests
- Managing meeting rooms and community areas of the institute
- IPZ workplace related: access management to the building and its rooms, disruption notifications, room signage, furnishing
- Support and organisation of meetings, events, support for projects, workshops and conferences
- Finance related matters of the department: invoices, support for employee expenses claims, third-party payments
- Enquiries with UZH financial departments, financial reporting and controlling
- Administration of third-party funds
Staff Administration & Controlling
Room: AFL-H-317
Tel: 044 634 39 19
email: personal@ipz.uzh.ch
- Personnel Manager IPZ
- Administration, planning and information tasks: uniform personnel and resource controlling and information to chair holders
- Contact person for external offices (especially Human Resources, Accounting, Legal Services, Office of Economics and Labor, Migration Office)
Teaching
Administrative ManagementStudy Program Coordinator & Student Advising BA/MA Room: AFL-H-316
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Assistance Study Program CoordinationRoom: AFL-H-319
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Exam Coordination & Internship ProgramsBüro: AFL-H-319
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Coordination International Studies / Counseling Exchange Students (In & Out)Room: AFL-H-319
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Project Manager Methods
Lecturer in International Relations
Room: AFL-H-316
Tel: 044 634 52 70
email: manuela.spindler@uzh.ch
- Lecturer in International Relations
- Project lead "Integrative efficient methods training in university curricula"
IT and Infrastructure
Administrative ManagementRoom: AFL-H-348a
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IT SupportRoom: AFL-H-348a
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