Antonio Loprieno

Antonio Loprieno is a renowned scholar in Egyptology, Linguistics and Semitology with a special interest in science management. From 2006 to 2015, he served as Rector of the University of Basel and from 2008 to 2015 he was the President of the Rectors’ Conference of the Swiss Universities (CRUS). He is currently Professor of History of Institutions at the University of Basel and has delved into the history of organisational structures of the international academic world. In May 2018, he will assume his positions as President of ALLEA and the Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences.