The Scientific Advisory Board ensures the scholarly quality of the Observatory’s work.

In order to do this, it is consulted regularly and it may give its scientific opinion on the ODS programme and activities (except for the annual course).

Members (in alphabetical order)

• Rino Caputo, Università di Roma “Tor Vergata”
• Marcello Ciccuto, Università di Pisa; Società Dantesca Italiana, Florence
• Sabrina Corbellini, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
• Giuseppe Ledda, Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna
• Daragh O’Connell, University College Cork / Centre for Dante Studies in Ireland (CDSI)