Each year, the faculties at SLU have the opportunity to recognize outstanding researchers or professionals by awarding them honorary doctorates, thereby strengthening their ties to the academic community of the faculty.
The 2025 honorary doctors will receive their degrees during the doctoral award ceremony in Uppsala on 4 October. On 3 October, they will give public webcast lectures.
Faculty of Landscape Architecture, Horticulture and Crop Production Science
Bill S. Hansson
Faculty of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences
Preben Kristiansen Roland Jonsson
Faculty of Forest Sciences
James Clark
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science
Glen Broderick Lillemor Wodmar
Six prominent researchers has become honorary doctors in 2015. They held their lectures on October 2 at Ultuna, the day before the degree conferment ceremony on October 3.
Faculty of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences
Detlef Weigel
Faculty of Landscape Architecture, Horticulture and Crop Production Science
Charles Francis
Faculty of Forest Sciences
Juha Hyyppä Hans Eliasson
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science
Gunnela Ståhle Brian Perry
LU's five honorary doctors appointed in 2014 gave their open lectures on October 3, 2014. The conferment ceremony took place on Saturday October 4, at SLU in Uppsala.
Faculty of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences
Isabella Lövin Ingmar Börjesson
Faculty of Landscape Architecture, Horticulture and Crop Production Science
Guillermo "Gil" Penalosa
Faculty of Forest Sciences
Ottoline Leyser
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science
Sandra Edwards
The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) has now awarded this year’s honorary doctorates, four in number. The fifth was awarded last year, but the recipient was not able to attend the doctoral conferment ceremony at that time.
Faculty of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences
Susan L Senecah
Faculty of Landscape Architecture, Horticulture and Crop Production Science
Martine Dorais
Faculty of Forest Sciences
Andrés Weintraub Pohorille
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science
Helena Jonsson Pekka Olson
All continents of the world are represented among SLU's nine honorary doctors appointed in 2012. They cover scientific areas such as horse feed, livestock production, entomology, plant genetics, cereal and vegetable cultivation, forest science and statistics.
Faculty of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences
Bengt Ehnström Catherine Bastien
Faculty of Landscape Planning, Horticulture and Agricultural Science
Mark Peoples Mahmoud Solh
Faculty of Forest Sciences
Godwin Kowero Sreenivasa Rao Jammalamadaka
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science
Christina Planck Agronomy Henning Steinfeld
The honorary doctors from the four faculties at SLU gave their lectures on October 7, 2011. The conferment ceremony took place on October 8, 2011, at SLU in Uppsala.
