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See the open lectures with the faculties’ honorary doctors

Collage of portraits.

The faculties’ honorary doctors for 2024 have been announced. They will be honoured at the doctoral degree conferment ceremony on 31 May 2024. You can hear the talking between 29-30 May.

Lund University School of Economics and Management

30 May 13:00 to 14:15 | Open lecture with professor Martha Bailey and the Swedish Riksbank’s first deputy governor Anna Breman

Martha Bailey, professor in Economy at University of California (UCLA)

Anna Breman, Swedish Riksbank’s first deputy governor 

Honorary doctors on Monetary policy decision making and Childbearing and inequality in the U.S.

Martha Bailey (to the left) and Anna Breman..
Martha Bailey (to the left) and Anna Breman will both attend the doctoral ceremony in Lund on 31 May 2024. (Photo sources: UCLA and Riksbanken/Sandra Birgersdotter Ek).

Read more: Lecture Honorary doctors on Monetary policy decision making and Childbearing and inequality in the U.S.

Leading U.S. economist and First Deputy Governor of the Riksbank new honorary doctors | Lund University School of Economics and Management (LUSEM)


The Faculty of Humanities

29 May 2024 17:15 to 18:00 | Open lecture with honorary doctor Jan Grabowski

Jan Grabowski, professor of history at the University of Ottawa in Canada

Open lecture with honorary doctor Terje Stordalen | Humanistiska och teologiska fakulteterna (lu.se)

Jan Grabowski

Historian Jan Grabowski and author Ulf Peter Hallberg have been appointed honorary doctors at the Faculty of Humanities at Lund University.

Groundbreaking historian and versatile author to become honorary doctors – ht.lu.se


The Faculties of Science and Engineering

30 May 9:30 to 11:30 | Open lecture with the honorary doctors in science and engineering

The stage is shared by two honorary doctors from the Faculty of Science (N) and three from LTH:

R. Michael Rich and Harriet Bulkeley.
R. Michael Rich and Harriet Bulkeley.
  • Harriet Bulkeley, professor of Geography at Durham University and Utrecht University (N)
  • R. Michael Rich, professor and astronomer at the University of California Los Angeles (N)

World-leading astrophysicist and interdisciplinary geographer are new honorary doctors of science R. Michael Rich and Harriet Bulkeley have been appointed honorary doctors at the Faculty of Science at Lund University.

World-leading astrophysicist and interdisciplinary geographer are new honorary doctors of science | Faculty of Science (lu.se)

Björn Liljeqvist och Eva Lindroth.
Björn Liljeqvist and Eva Lindroth.
  • Björn Liljeqvist, civil engineer, lecturer and author in study technique (LTH)
  • Eva Lindroth, professor of Theoretical Atomic Physics at Stockholm University (LTH)

Physicist, chemist and study techniques expert are LTH’s new honorary doctors. Eva Lindroth, professor of Theoretical Physics at Stockholm University and Björn Liljeqvist, study techniques expert and Mensa chairperson, have been named as LTH’s honorary doctors for 2024.

Physicist, chemist and study techniques expert are LTH’s new honorary doctors


The Faculty of Social Science

29 May 14:15 to 16:00 | Honorary doctors' seminar 2024 with journalist Samir Abu Eid and professor Michel Agier

Honorary Doctors' Seminar 2024 with Journalist Samir Abu Eid and Professor Michel Agier

Samir Abu Eid, journalist and international correspondent

Michel Agier, professor of anthropology at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris

Samir Abu Eid and Michel Agier.jpg
Samir Abu Eid and Michel Agier.

Journalist Samir Abu Eid and Professor Michel Agier have been appointed as the 2024 honorary doctors at the Faculty of Social Sciences.

Honorary doctors of social sciences: SVT’s Middle East correspondent and a French anthropologist – sam.lu.se


The Faculty of Theology

30 May 10:15 to 11:00 | Open lecture with honorary doctor Terje Stordalen

Open lecture with honorary doctor Terje Stordalen

Terje Stordalen, professor of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies at the University of Oslo

Terje Stordalen.
Terje Stordalen.

Read more: Influential Norwegian religious scholar appointed honorary doctor at the Faculty of Theology

Influential Norwegian religious scholar appointed honorary doctor at the Faculty of TheologyÖU News