The inauguration ceremony for new professors 2025

Twenty-eight new professors will be inaugurated at a ceremony in the Main University Building at 16:00.

Open event, no pre-registration required.

The ceremony will be held in Swedish.

The University’s new professors are inaugurated by the vice-chancellor. In connection with the inauguration, one of the new professors, Erik Green, will hold a short popular science lecture. The president of the Lund University Students’ Unions, Teo Houmann, will deliver the students’ speech to the newly inaugurated professors and Professor Jessica Abbott will give the response speech.

More information about the installation and the professors to be inaugurated (in Swedish)

The new professors:

• Erik Sidenvall, praktisk teologi
• Vasili Hauryliuk, medicinsk biokemi
• Petru Liuba, barnkardiologi
• Viveka Lyberg Åhlander, logopedi
• Sara Regnér, kirurgi
• Anders Herlitz, praktisk filosofi
• Tanja Kupisch, allmän språkvetenskap
• Christina Matthiesen, retorik
• Jonas Monié Nordin, historisk arkeologi
• Mathias Osvath, kognitionsvetenskap med inriktning mot kognitiv zoologi
• Anette Svensson, litteraturvetenskap med didaktisk inriktning
• Katherine Gough, kulturgeografi
• Markus Grillitsch, ekonomisk geografi
• Kimberly Nicholas, hållbarhetsvetenskap
• Roger Persson, arbets- och organisationspsykologi
• Elia Psouni, utvecklingspsykologi
• Glyn Williams, utvecklingsgeografi
• Erik Green, ekonomisk historia
• Jessica Abbott, eukaryot evolutionär genetik
• David Silvermyr, fysik med inriktning mot högenergetisk tungjonsfysik
• Rainer Timm, fysik med inriktning mot ytfysik
• Magnus Carlquist, teknisk mikrobiologi med inriktning mot mikrobiell biokatalys
• Marie-Claude Dubois, hållbar arkitektur
• Stephen Hall, hållfasthetslära
• Liang Liu, digital elektronikkonstruktion
• Torgny Roxå, pedagogisk utveckling inom teknikvetenskap
• Sven Bjerstedt, musikpedagogik med inriktning mot scenkonst och improvisation
• Mats Edén, folkmusik

In connection with the forthcoming renovation of the Main University Building, measurements of the indoor environment have shown odour from wood preservative, damp and microbial growth in the form of algae, mould fungus and bacteria. The results are within the recommended levels according to the Swedish Work Environment Authority. According to Lund University Occupational Health Service there is a low risk of acute effects on health for those making brief visits to the building, but sensitive individuals may have reactions and should therefore not be in the building for more than eight hours. Symptoms that may arise are eye irritation, irritation of the airways resulting in a cough or worsened asthma, tiredness, and headache. Sensitive individuals are children, expectant mothers, allergy sufferers, asthmatics or those with another condition affecting the airways. 

If you have any questions regarding the indoor climate, please contact the Chief of Protocol, Carin Brenner, +46 46-222 70 06.