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HPSL Doctoral Candidate Giovanni Piantanida succesfully defended his PhD thesis

On the 18.06.2026, HPSL Doctoral Candidate Giovanni Piantanida defended his PhD thesis “La chiarezza nell’italiano istituzionale svizzero tra lingua, testo e paratesto. Il caso degli opuscoli informativi delle votazioni” (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Angela Ferrari, Basel; second supervisor: Prof. Dr. Filippo Pecorari, Università eCampus; third supervisor: Prof. Dr. Sergio Lubello, Università di Salerno; external consultant: Dr. Jean-Luc Egger, Deputy Head of the Section for Legislation and Language at the Swiss Federal Chancellery) with summa cum laude.

The HPSL congratulates Giovanni on this success and wishes him all the best for everything to come next.

Giovanni Piantanida (centre) surrounded by his colleagues Giulia Tonani and Dr. des. Terry Marengo (left), his first supervisor Prof. Dr. Angela Ferrari (Basel), and Dr. Jean-Luc Egger (external consultant; Deputy Head of the Section for Legislation and Language at the Swiss Federal Chancellery), both on the right side.