Award Ceremony

During the academic ceremony week, Luleå University of Technology annually organizes an award ceremony at Vetenskapens hus. There, the university acknowledges employees and students who have contributed to knowledge development, pedagogy and education over the past year.

We present the recipients of the peer-nominated teaching award, the awards for distinguished and recognised teachers, and the prize for development efforts within professional services. During the award ceremony, a number of scholarships from the Rune and Märta Ström Foundation will also be awarded.

The 2026 award ceremony will be held on Thursday, 12 November.

Award winners in recent years:

2025

Peer-nominated teaching award: Inger Jacobson, senior lecturer, and Hamam Mokayed, associate professor.

Distinguished teachers: Erika Hagström, senior lecturer, och Niklas Lehto, associate professor.

Recognised teachers: Robert Brännström, senior lecturer, Tommy Calner, senior lecturer, Sara Cervantes, senior lecturer, Jingsen Chen, associate professor, Per Erik Eriksson, professor, Tim Foster, associate professor, Anneli Nyman, associate professor, Markus Nyström, associate professor and Jeandri Robertson, associate professor.

Prize for development efforts within professional services: Linus Nilsson, project controller.

Scholarship from the Rune and Märta Ströms Foundation: Hanna Lindquist, Anna Enqvist Larsson and Emil Johansson, students.

Pictures from the 2025 Award Ceremony.

2024

University Pedagogical Award: Françoise Dubois, senior lecturer, and Peter Parnes, professor.

Distinguished teachers: Karolina Parding, professor, and Peter Parnes, professor.

Recognised teachers: Josefin Bäckström, senior lecturer, Camilla Grane, senior lecturer, Andreas Johansson, professor, Hans Mattsson, associate professor, Kent Nilsson, senior lecturer, Johanna Sundbaum, senior lecturer, Erica Hagström, senior lecturer, Malin Lidström Brock, senior lecturer, och Sandeep Patil, senior lecturer.

Prize for development efforts within professional services: Parvaneh Westerlund, Johanna Cinber and Sofi Larsson, University Library.

Scholarship from the Rune and Märta Ströms Foundation: Erik Holmbom, Maja Lindström, Henny Norberg och Mattias Öhman, students.

Scholarships from the Björn Wahlström Foundation: Bernardo Filizzola, former student.

Pictures from the 2024 Award Ceremony.

2023

University Pedagogical Award: Git-Marie Ejneborn Looi, Senior Lecturer and Stefan Ericsson, Senior Lecturer.

Distinguished teachers: Josef Hallberg, Associate Professor, Inger Jacobson, Senior Lecturer, Jörgen Normark, Senior Lecturer, and Lars-Göran Westerberg, Professor.

Recognised teachers: Christina Allard, professor, Fredrik Bengtsson, senior lecturer, Pär Marklund, professor, Peter Parnes, professor, Anitha Risberg, senior lecturer, Erik Vanhatalo, assistant professor, Kristina Ek, assistant professor, Monika Kurkkio, assistant professor, and Annbritt Palo, assistant professor.

Prize for development efforts within professional services: LTU Professional Education: Pernilla Tingvall, Anna-Lena Arvidsson, Agneta Hedenström and Cecilia Rackner. Honorable mentions to Student Service and Service Point: Rima Al Soukhni, Markus Bergstedt, Andrea Gustafsson, Jan Hedenström, Åsa Helmwall, Anna Niska, Henrik Stenqvist and Joanna Stewart.

Scholarships in memory of Elisabeth Holmgren: Albin Dahlin Almevall and Anna Jacobzon, PhD students.

Scholarship from the Rune and Märta Ströms Foundation: Ellen Wredendal, student.

Scholarships from the Björn Wahlström Foundation: Katelyn Murphy and Andreas Ylmefors, students.