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Lectures at the Annual Celebration 2025

This is the lecture programme for the Annual Celebration.

16 October at 10:15–12:30

The Teaching Awardee Panels

The teaching award recipients participate in panel discussions and Deputy Vice-Chancellor Cathrine Norberg will present diplomas to the award recipients. The event is open to the public and is held in Swedish.

Location: The Ljusgården Atrium in the Teacher Education Building.

17 October at 11:00–12:00

Inauguration of exhibition

Inauguration of the exhibition about this year's honorary doctors, new professors and award recipients. Acting Library Director Malin Josefsson opens the exhibition.

During the opening ceremony, one of the honorary doctors, Marie Lundström, will give a lecture in Swedish.

Everyone is welcome to mingle, listen and view the exhibition. There will be live music and refreshments.

Location: Vardagsrummet, Humanisthuset.

18 October at 9:00–12:00

In the morning of 19 October, honorary doctors, professors and scientific award recipients give lectures. The scientific award recipients will receive their award after their lectures. Refreshments will be served at 10:20–10:40.

Annual Celebration Lectures 2025

This programme contains all lectures held in English in Lindell Hall, Social Sciences Building (pink colour) and Humanities Building (green colour). To see all lectures, switch the language setting to Swedish on this page.

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  • 09.30-09.50

    • Disability – Cured at Last!

      Catherine J Kudlick, professor emerita, San Fransisco State University, USA – Honorary doctor of philosophy

  • 10.00-10.20

    • Humans Were Created Differently so that They Might get to Know Each Other

      Mohammad Hakimi, professor, Gadjah Mada University, Indonesien – Doctor of medicine

    • Using Lasers to See How Molecules Move

      Kevin K Lehmann, professor, University of Virginia, USA – Honorary doctor of philosophy

  • 10.40-11.00

    • Enzymes, Light and Life – Molecular Mechanisms of Photosynthesis

      Johannes Messinger, professor, Department of Plant Physiology

    • Heart Attacks – Understanding Causes, Preventing Consequences

      Nicholas L Mills, professor, The University of Edinburgh, UK – Honorary doctor of medicine

  • 11.10-11.30

    • Migrant Childbearing – What We Know, What We Don’t, and Why it Matters

      Eleonora Mussino, professor, Department of Sociology

    • The Secret Life of Arctic Plants – And How it Affects Us

      Ellen Dorrepaal, professor, Department of Ecology, Environment and Geoscience

  • 11.40-12.00

    • It’s Easy to Be a Cause (Even for Non-Physical Things)

      Bram Vaassen, associate professor, Department of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies – The Royal Skyttean Society Award in humanities

    • Northern Rivers as Sentinels of Environmental Change

      Ryan Sponseller, professor, Department of Ecology, Environment and Geoscience
Latest update: 2025-09-22