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Defences of doctoral theses

The public defences of doctoral theses at Umeå University are always open to the general public.

The notification of the date of the defence of a doctoral thesis takes place at least three weeks in advance by nailing the doctoral thesis on the University's official notice board. This takes place at the University Library

In our calendar, you can read about upcoming doctoral thesis. 

Upcoming defences of doctoral theses

Evelina Nilsson – Oral Physiology
Fri
12
Dec
Evelina Nilsson – Oral Physiology
Time 09:00 - 12:00 12 December 09:00 - 12:00
Place Hall B

Defence of doctoral thesis. Integrated jaw and neck motor function in children and adults: kinematic studies.

Johan Jakobsson – Sports Medicine
Fri
12
Dec
Johan Jakobsson – Sports Medicine
Time 09:00 - 12:00 12 December 09:00 - 12:00
Place Aula BIologica

Defence of doctoral thesis. Innovative exercise for extrapulmonary benefits in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Conny Johansson – Neurosurgery
Fri
12
Dec
Conny Johansson – Neurosurgery
Time 13:00 - 16:00 12 December 13:00 - 16:00
Place Triple Helix

Defence of doctoral thesis. Prediction of outcome in Subarachnoid Haemorrhage using biomarkers.

Misharch Kwadwo Osei - Political Science
Fri
12
Dec
Misharch Kwadwo Osei - Political Science
Time 13:00 - 15:00 12 December 13:00 - 15:00
Place Lindellhallen 2

Defence of doctoral thesis. Our Forests, Our Cocoa, Our Future: The Promise and Performance of Collaborative REDD+ Governance Arrangements in Ghana

Edwinah Atusingwize – Public Health
Mon
15
Dec
Edwinah Atusingwize – Public Health
Time 09:00 - 12:00 15 December 09:00 - 12:00
Place Hall Alicante, University Hospital, Umeå

Defence of doctoral thesis. ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION AND SOCIAL MEDIA USE: CONNECTIONS AND THE PRESSURE TO TREND AMONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN UGANDA

Josefin Sandström - Family medicine
Fri
19
Dec
Josefin Sandström - Family medicine
Time 09:00 - 13:00 19 December 09:00 - 13:00
Place Bergasalen, Norrlands University Hospital

Defence of doctoral thesis. EAR AND HEARING DIAGNOSTICS IN LOW-INCOME ENVIRONMENTS Opportunities for new eHealth solutions.

January

Anna Lodén, Subject Matter Education
Fri
9
Jan
Anna Lodén, Subject Matter Education
Time 09:00 - 12:00 9 January 09:00 - 12:00
Place KBE 301 - Lilla hörsalen.

Defence of doctoral thesis. Student voices on digital abilities in science education – towards models of digital versatility in online searching and co-creation with AI.

Sara Rydman, Cell and Molecular Biology of Plants
Fri
9
Jan
Sara Rydman, Cell and Molecular Biology of Plants
Time 13:00 - 17:00 9 January 13:00 - 17:00
Place KBE3.01 Lilla hörsalen, KBC-huset.

Defence of doctoral thesis. A systems genetics approach to identify candidate genes driving salicinoid diversity in Populus tremula.

Anneli Enblom Larsson – Medicine
Fri
23
Jan
Anneli Enblom Larsson – Medicine
Time 09:00 - 13:00 23 January 09:00 - 13:00
Place The auditorium, Sunderby Hospital

Defence of doctoral thesis. Major bleeding, thromboembolic complications and mortality in patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms.

Elena van Zalen, Cell and Molecular Biology of Plants
Thu
29
Jan
Elena van Zalen, Cell and Molecular Biology of Plants
Time 13:00 - 17:00 29 January 13:00 - 17:00
Place NAT.D.410.

Defence of doctoral thesis. Comparative co-expression network analysis of abiotic stress response in boreal conifers.

Tran Vinh Hong Nguyen – Medical Biochemistry
Fri
30
Jan
Tran Vinh Hong Nguyen – Medical Biochemistry
Time 09:00 - 12:00 30 January 09:00 - 12:00
Place Aula BIologica

Defence of doctoral thesis. Maintaining human mitochondrial DNA: Insights into Replication Stress, Pathogenic Mutations, and Related Mitochondrial Processes.

February

Anna Barkander – Ophthalmiatrics
Fri
6
Feb
Anna Barkander – Ophthalmiatrics
Time 09:00 - 12:00 6 February 09:00 - 12:00
Place Assembly Hall, Östersund Hospital

Defence of doctoral thesis. Microinvasive trabecular surgery in glaucoma.

Hoomaan Maskan, Mathematical Statistics
Tue
24
Feb
Hoomaan Maskan, Mathematical Statistics
Time 08:30 - 12:00 24 February 08:30 - 12:00
Place BIO.E.203 – Aula Biologica.

Defence of doctoral thesis. From Accelerated First-Order Methods to Structured Nonconvex Optimization: Analysis and Perspectives.

Tlek Tapani, Experimental Physics
Fri
27
Feb
Tlek Tapani, Experimental Physics
Time 09:00 - 13:00 27 February 09:00 - 13:00
Place NAT.D.410.

Defence of doctoral thesis. Ultrafast charge and spin dynamics in nanostructures and metamaterials.

March

Josline Otieno - statistics
Fri
20
Mar
Josline Otieno - statistics
Time 09:30 - 12:00 20 March 09:30 - 12:00
Place Hum.D.210, Humanisthuset

Defence of doctoral thesis. Machine learning for predicting diverse stroke outcomes: binary, multi-class, and time to event