They receive the university's awards in 2025

During the award ceremony, which is part of the academic ceremony week, this year's recipients of the Peer-nominated Teaching Award, the Recognised and Distinguished Teachers Awards, and The University's Prize for Development Efforts within Professional Services were presented. Scholarships for students were also awarded.

“Our teachers shape the future by training the future builders of tomorrow. A good teacher can inspire joy, curiosity, understanding and confidence. That is why I am both proud and happy that our university has so many dedicated and knowledgeable teachers. Today, we want to recognize and celebrate those who, through their efforts, have made a particularly strong impression,” said Vice-Chancellor Birgitta Bergvall-Kåreborn.

The prize for development efforts within professional services recognizes staff who work in the background.

“Our success is not only based on teaching and research. In order for us to maintain high quality in everything we do, we also need professional and committed services. This award highlights just that – the importance of the employees who, with their drive and cooperation, contribute to the development of the entire university,” said Vice-Chancellor Birgitta Bergvall-Kåreborn.

The Peer-nominated Teaching Award

The prize is awarded to teachers who have made inspiring pedagogical contributions to the university's programs. New for 2025 is that it is colleagues who nominate each other, and the award has therefore changed its name from 'University Pedagogical Award' to 'Peer-nominated Teaching Award'. This year's theme is innovative education.

The peer-nominated teaching award goes to Inger Jacobson, Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy and Health Promotion, and Hamam Mokayed, Associate Professor in Machine Learning.

Inger Jacobson receives the award for her innovative work with the health science foundation year, and Hamam Mokayed for his development of flexible micro-modules in AI teaching.

• Read more about the 2025 recipients of the Peer-nominated Teaching Award and their motivations.

The recognised and distinguished teachers of 2025

Nine teachers at Luleå University of Technology receive the award Recognised Teacher. They are Robert Brännström, Tommy Calner, Sara Cervantes, Jingsen Chen, Per Erik Eriksson, Tim Foster, Anneli Nyman, Markus Nyström and Jeandri Robertson.

A recognised teacher must have teaching experience beyond what is required for employment as a teacher at Luleå University of Technology. To become a recognised teacher, skill in planning, implementation, examination, evaluation and development of teaching is also required, as well as commitment in the meeting with students.

The teachers who this year receive the award distinguished teacher are Erika Hagström and Niklas Lehto.

A distinguished teacher must have teaching experience beyond that required for the recognised level. In addition, distinguished level teachers must demonstrate pedagogical leadership and good knowledge dissemination, for example through collaboration with colleagues and the surrounding community.

Students receive scholarships from the Rune and Märta Ström Foundation

The students who this year will each receive a scholarship of SEK 25,000 from the Rune and Märta Ström Foundation are Hanna Lindquist, Anna Enqvist Larsson and Emil Johansson.

Scholarships from the foundation go to students from Norrbotten, studying the second or third year at Luleå University of Technology in the programs included in the areas of systems engineering, mechanical engineering and engineering and design and can show good study results. The scholarship will be used for future studies.

The University's prize for development efforts within professional services.

Linus Nilsson, Project Controller, receives this year's award for development efforts within professional services. Linus has developed a solution that automates time-consuming and repetitive steps in the administration, planning and follow-up of projects.

The VSS Prize, as it is also called, is intended to highlight those employees who, through their efforts, commitment and cooperation, contribute to the university's development.