Honorary doctors

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.

Honorary doctors from previous years

SLU appointed six new honorary doctors in 2023. They received their honorary doctorates during the conferment ceremony in Uppsala on 7 October 2023. Our honorary doctors held their public lectures on 6 October.

Faculty of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences

Lars Ericson

Faculty of Landscape Architecture, Horticulture and Crop Production Science

Björn Embrén
Emmanuelle Jacquin-Joly

Faculty of Forest Sciences

Malcolm Bennett
Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science

Peter Forssberg

SLU appointed eight new honorary doctors in 2020. Due to the pandemic, they had their honorary degrees conferred upon them on 8 October 2022, in Uppsala. They gave their honorary doctor's lectures in connection with the doctoral award ceremony.

Faculty of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences

Madeleine Fogde
Shakuntala Thilsted

Faculty of Landscape Architecture, Horticulture and Crop Production Science

Rune Andersson
Sarah Gurr

Faculty of Forest Sciences

Mikael Rönnqvist
Monika Stridsman

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science

Brenda Bonnett
Gunnar Rundgren

SLU has appointed seven honorary doctors at the doctoral award ceremony on 5 October 2019. The honorary doctors held their lectures on 4 October 2019.

Faculty of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences

Irena Creed
Pamela Ronald

Faculty of Landscape Architecture, Horticulture and Crop Production Science

Helena Bjarnegård

Faculty of Forest Sciences

Jason Shogren
Natasha Raikhel

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science

Thomas Randolph
Kerstin Lindbladh-Toh