Would you like to get involved in university self-governance and represent the interests of academic assistants? If so, please contact Patricia at avuba@clutterunibas.ch — provided you are enrolled as a doctoral candidate or employed as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Basel from January 2026 until at least the end of 2026.

Open positions:

• Faculty of Law: Deputy representative (main representative: Anna Sophia Roth)
• Faculty of Science: Main representative (deputy representative: Sergej Maul)
• Faculty of Psychology: Deputy representative (main representative: Fabio Carbone)

The Senate consists of the Rectorate, the Deans and the representatives of the Groups. It takes a position on university-wide issues, deals with strategic projects and usually meets three times a semester. The Senate’s meeting take place in German. The assistant’s representative in the Senate is ex-officio members of the avuba board (the university's assistant’s association) on behalf of the assistants of the respective Faculty. The avuba board meets approximately twice per semester and regularly discusses current business between meetings. The avuba board meetings are held in English if there is a member of the avuba board who wishes so.