Academic Ceremony 2026 participants

Professorial inauguration

Lena Hedén
Professor of Caring Science

Anita Pettersson
Professor of Energy Engineering

Dan Åkesson
Professor of Polymer Technology 

Honorary Doctor

To be announced.   

Doctoral degree recipients 

Those who have received their doctoral degrees during the period 1 February 2025 to 31 January 2026 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.

Carin Backe
Doctor of Philosophy in Textile Technology
Doctoral thesis: Weaving Movements - Textile Actuators Based On Electromechanically Active Conducting Polymers 

Claude Huniade
Doctor of Philosophy in Textile Technology
Doctoral thesis: Textile Nerves: Conductive Fibres for E- and I-Textiles

Matilda Johansson
Doctor of Philosophy in Resource Recovery
Doctoral thesis: Valorising Lignin - A pathway to Sustainable and High-Performance Biocomposites

Sabrina Kopf
Doctor of Philosophy in Resource Recovery
Doctoral thesis: Melt Spun Polyhydroxyalkanoate Filaments for Biomedical Applications

Seyedeh Najmeh Mousavi Bourkheili
Doctor of Philosophy in Resource Recovery
Doctoral thesis: Mycelium-Based Biocomposites: A Green Approach to Carrot Pomace Valorization

Ann-Katrin Nordblom
Doctor of Philosophy in Caring Science
Doctoral thesis: Recurrent Supraventricular Tachycardia Through the Eyes of the Patient: Describing Experiences and Developing Care

Milad Parchami
Doctor of Philosophy in Resource Recovery
Doctoral thesis: Bioconversion of Agro-food Byproducts to Volatile Fatty Acids: A Sustainable Approach for Ruminant Feed Supplementation 

Clarisse Uwineza
Doctor of Philosophy in Resource Recovery
Doctoral thesis: Cultivation of Edible Filamentous Fungi Utilizing Bio-based Volatile Fatty Acid 

Naeimeh Vali
Doctor of Philosophy in Resource Recovery
Doctoral thesis: Engineering Biochar from Municipal Sewage Sludge: An Experimental and Theoretical Study

Recipients of the merit Associate Professor 

Mariela Acuña Mora
Associate Professor of Caring Science 

Swarnima Agnihotri
Associate Professor of Industrial Biotechnology

Catrine Brödje
Associate Professor of Literary Studies

Ewa Carlsson Lalloo
Associate Professor of Caring Science

Sofia Lindström Sol
Associate Professor of Library and Information Science

Subject to change.