The President of the University Council is the legal representative of the University, chairs the University Council and convenes its meetings. His offices are listed in art. 7 of the Statute of unibz (available in German and Italian).
Born in Bolzano, she grew up in a bilingual environment. She is a professor and researcher in Education Sciences at the Alpe-Adria University of Klagenfurt. She obtained her PhD in General Pedagogy, Social Pedagogy, and General Didactics from the Faculty of Education Sciences at the Free University of Bolzano. She is involved in teacher training and language teaching at the universities of Bolzano and Trento, as well as continuing professional development with all three provincial offices of the Autonomous Province of Bolzano-Bozen: the Continuing Education and Languages Office of the German Culture Department, the Bilingualism and Foreign Languages Office of the Italian Culture Department and the Ladin Culture Department of Education and Culture. She has worked at the Institut für Erziehungswissenschaft und Bildungsforschung in the field of adult education and vocational training at the Faculty of Culture and Education Sciences at the University of Klagenfurt for over ten years, where she teaches and conducts research.