Roger Bischofberger is stepping down as Director of the Basel School of Design at the end of October. He has decided to take this step because cooperation within the school management committees has been very strained in recent months, writes the Canton of Basel-Stadt.
Despite great efforts, it has not been possible to re-establish a sustainable relationship of trust within the management bodies, the canton writes further. Roger Bischofberger considers the cooperation to be so strained that he sees no possibility of successfully mastering the development tasks ahead.
The management bodies of SfG have decided to maintain confidentiality in this matter.
Roger Bischofberger, 55 years old, took over as director from Dorothea Flury in August 2011. He previously worked as a secondary school teacher for visual arts. During his time as director, he succeeded in differentiating existing courses and initiating the development of new courses.
The position of Director of the school is being advertised. Ursula Gysin, Deputy Director, and Christoph Reber, Head of Administration, will take over the co-management until Roger Bischofberger's successor takes up the post. They will be supported by Hans Georg Signer, Head of Education, during the interim period.
