Articles about Honorary doctors

Charlotte Kalla new Honorary Doctor

2020-11-12 As a new Honorary Doctor, Charlotte Kalla follows Luleå University of Technology's development to an elite sports friendly university – especially the elite environment for cross-country skiing, biath...

An olympic champion, an astronaut and a professor are new honorary doctors

2020-11-12 Luleå University of Technology has appointed three new honorary doctors: cross-country skier Charlotte Kalla, astronaut Jessica Meir and Professor Dean Shepherd, an internationally leading researcher ...

Jessica Meir, Honorary Doctor of Technology 2020

2020-11-12 Swedish-American NASA-astronaut Jessica Meir became famous to the world last year when she carried out three unique spacewalks on the International Space Station (ISS). One of them was the first all-f...

Charlotte Kalla, Honorary Doctor of Technology 2020

2020-11-12 As Honorary Doctor, the cross-country skiing star Charlotte Kalla continues to inspire young people to follow their dreams, to work hard and make tough priorities to achieve them, but also to have fun...

Dean Shepherd, Honorary Doctor of Philosophy 2020

2020-11-12 Professor Dean A Shepherd is an internationally leading researcher in entrepreneurship. He has made significant contributions to our knowledge and understanding of the decision making of individual en...

"Change requires knowledge and power"

2019-11-08 – The struggle for the good company is the next paradigm shift we are facing. Society is changing rapidly, with the climate issue and young people's desire to do better and contribute to a positive de...

Appreciated lectures by new Honorary Doctors

2019-11-08 To invent the future – and the future's energy supply. These were the themes when new Honorary Doctors of Technology Pär Lärkeryd and Thomas Öström gave appreciated lectures at Luleå University of Te...

New honorary doctors at Luleå University of Technology

2019-10-10 Norra Timber's CEO Pär Lärkeryd and Climeon's founder Thomas Öström are new honorary doctors of technology at Luleå University of Technology.

Honorary doctors and researchers met at IVA

2019-05-24 This week representatives of Honorary Doctors´ Academy and researchers at Luleå University of Technology, met at IVA in Stockholm. Every year in May, Luleå University of Technology arranges a meeting ...

"Gender equality is a mission for everyone"

2018-11-09 – Striving for gender equality shows you take people's terms and conditions seriously, said Luleå University of Technology's new honorary doctor, entrepreneur and expert on gender equality issues Gert...

Gertrud Åström, Honorary Doctor of Philosophy and Technology

2018-06-27 Gertrud Åström is a business and organisation developer and one of Sweden's leading gender equality experts, who for decades has pursued gender equality issues in Sweden.

Lilian Ryd, Honorary Doctor of Philosophy 2018

2018-06-27 Lilian Ryd is a culture historian and author of, among other works, the book Kvinnor i väglöst land: nybyggarkvinnors liv och arbete (1995) that was awarded serveral prizes.

Lars Martinson, Honorary Doctor of Technology 2018

2018-06-27 Lars Martinson was brought up in Bygdsiljum, Skellefteå and is today CEO of the Martinsons´ business group, which under his leadership has developed into a leading company in the wood products industr...

Honory Doctors 2018 at Luleå University of Technology

2018-06-27 Luleå University of Technology’s Honorary Doctors of 2018 are Lars Martinson, CEO of Martinsons, a world-leading company in wood products industry, Lilian Ryd a cultural historian and author of, among...

Geoffrey Vining, Honorary Doctor of Technology 2017

2017-07-03 Geoffrey Vining is a Professor of Statistics at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, USA and defended his thesis at the same university in 1988.

Jenny B Osuldsen, Honorary Doctor of Technology 2017

2017-07-03 Jenny B Osuldsen is a designing architect with special competence and flair in utilising the identity of the location and its qualities as well as climate related issues as the starting points for the...

Jan Lexell, Honorary Doctor of Philosophy 2017

2017-07-03 Jan Lexell is a Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine at Lund University and Medical Director at the Skåne University Hospital within the area of the Neurological Rehabilitation. He defended his thesis...

Published:27 February 2016
Updated: 11 October 2019
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