Academic Ceremony 2025 participants

Professorial inauguration

Akram Zamani
Professor of Industrial Biotechnology

Björn Hammarfelt
Professor of Library and Information Science

Jonas Sjöström
Professor of Informatics

Maria Brovall 
Professor of Caring Science

Pernilla Liedgren
Professor of Social Work

Mattias Bengtsson
Professor of Sociology specialising in Development of Work Life and Social Welfare

Honorary Doctor

In 2025, there are no honorary doctors being promoted.  

Doctoral degree recipients 

Those who have received their doctoral degrees during the period 1 February 2024 to 31 January 2025 will formally be conferred their doctoral degrees during this year's event. It is optional to participate in the conferment ceremony. Those who are unable to attend have the opportunity to be a part of the following year's ceremony.

Ameera Mansour
Doctor of Philosophy in Library and Information Science
Doctoral thesis: Everyday Life Information Practice: Affordances and Strategies within a Facebook Group

Emanuel Gunnarsson
Doctor of Philosophy in Textile Material Technology
Doctoral thesis: On the Elements of E-textiles - Fabrication and Characterisation of Textile Routing and Electrodes

Emelie Hultberg
Doctor of Philosophy in Textile Management
Doctoral thesis: Circular Business Models in Fashion Retail - Exploring the Complexity of Scaling

Jan Tepe
Doctor of Philosophy in Fine Arts
Doctoral thesis: Designing Expressions of Body-Fabric-Space Intra-Actions

Katarina Lindström 
Doctor of Philosophy in Textile Material Technology
Doctoral thesis: Mechanical Textile Recycling: Identifying Factors Impacting Fibre Quality

Patrik Stoopendahl
Doctor of Philosophy in Textile Management
Doctoral thesis: Tracing Smartphone-Enabled Customer Journeys: A Socio-Material Approach

Pussadee Nonthacumjane
Doctor of Philosophy in Library and Information Science
Doctoral thesis: Local Information in Thailand: An Activity Theory Analysis of The Provincial University Library Network’s (PULINET) Local Information Working Group

Sofie Svensson
Doctor of Philosophy in Resource Recovery
Doctoral thesis: Development of Filaments Using Cell Wall Material of Filamentous Fungi Grown on Bread Waste for Application in Medical Textiles

Tuğba Sapmaz Wikström
Doctor of Philosophy in Resource Recovery
Doctoral thesis: Unlocking Sustainability in Wastewater Denitrification through Waste-Derived Volatile Fatty Acids 

Recipients of the merit Docent (Associate Professor)

Amir Mahboubi Soufiani
Associate Professor of Industrial Biotechnology

Anders Sterner
Associate Professor of Caring Science with a Specialisation in Emergency Care

Ann-Helén Sandvik
Associate Professor of Caring Science

Anna Hellén
Associate Professor of English with a Specialisation in General Literary Studies

Charlotta Thodelius
Associate Professor of Criminology

David Gunnarsson Lorentzen
Associate Professor of Library and Information Science

Juliana Aristéia de Lima
Associate Professor of Polymer Technology with a Specialisation in Biodegradation and Environmental Sustainability

Kanchana Dissanayake
Associate Professor of Textile Management

Maria Bennich
Associate Professor of Social Work with a Specialisation in Organisation

Pedro Brancoli
Associate Professor of Resource Recovery

Veronica Sydqvist Johansson
Associate Professor of Library and Information Science

Subject to change.