Faculty of Theology
Laura Nasrallah
Professor at Yale University
Professor Nasrallah’s research and teaching bring together New Testament and early Christian literature with analysis of archaeological remains of the Mediterranean world, and often engage issues of colonialism, gender, race, status, and power.
Faculty of Law
Andreas Paulus
Professor at Georg August University
Professor Paulus is one of the prominent intellectual voices in international law in his generation. In his works, he never loses sight of the individual and has thus contributed to humanizing international law. He has actively contributed to Norwegian legal research and research collaboration between Germany and Norway.
Shaheen Sardar Ali
Professor at the University of Warwick
Professor Ali has made significant scientific contributions to the dialogue and understanding of the relationship between Islam, human rights, and national law, particularly in areas such as women's rights, family law, and criminal law. At the University of Oslo, collaboration with Ali has been crucial for the Faculty of Law's ability to research and teach at the intersection of Islam and human rights.
Faculty of Medicine
Richard J. Hatchett
Director for the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI)
Through outstanding strategic and scientific leadership of CEPI, Dr. Hatchett has contributed to increased global ability to handle several existing infectious diseases and increased preparedness to prevent the development of a new possible pandemic of disease X.
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Gra?a Raposo-Benedetti
Professor and Director at Institute Curie
Professor Raposo-Benedetti is a researcher known for her pioneering work on extracellular vesicles and their biomedical importance. In addition to her outstanding scientific merits, she has contributed strongly to the general community through popular-scientific talks. She is an excellent role model for young researchers.
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Faculty of Humanities
Sally Haslanger
Ford Professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Professor Haslanger has contributed greatly to increasing our knowledge about the social construction of identity, and has thus shed light on why we understand the world as consisting of, for example, men and women, or of different races.
José van Dijck
Professor at Utrecht University
Professor Van Dijck is an internationally renowned researcher, focusing on how digital media and platforms affect society and individuals. She explores and challenges our understanding of the impact of a digital society on key values such as privacy, security, tolerance, justice, equality and autonomy.
Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
Irena Hajnsek
Professor at ETH Zürich
Professor Hajnsek's research focus is on electromagnetic propagation and scattering, radar polarimetry, radar interferometry, and Earth observation. She has made multiple outstanding contributions to science
Emmanuelle Charpentier
Director at Max Planck Unit for the Science of Pathogens and Professor at Humboldt University in Berlin.
Professor Charpentier is appointed honorary doctor for her work in genetics and molecular biology. One of Charpentier's most important contributions, alongside Jennifer A. Doudna, is the development of the CRISPR/Cas9 system into a tool for accurate genome editing, which won them the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2020.
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Faculty of Dentistry
Alamelu Sundaresan
Professor at Texas Southern University
Professor Sundaresan is a pioneer in developing model systems to study how external conditions can affect various types of tissues. She has collaborated with the Faculty of Dentistry since 2006. Several doctoral students have been in her laboratory, and she has also shared her knowledge through multiple visits.
Faculty of Social Sciences
Anders Martin Dale
Professor at University of California, San Diego
Professor Dale has made significant and groundbreaking contributions to research in genetics and brain imaging. His methods for reconstructing the cerebral cortex and visualizing changes in the brain over time have been revolutionary and have contributed to understanding the development and aging of the human brain in both health and sickness.
Marion Fourcade
Professor at University of California, Berkley
Professor Fourcade has made significant scientific contributions through her extensive contributions, innovative expansions, and in-depth analyses in the field of economic sociology. She has received numerous awards for her outstanding books
Faculty of Educational Sciences
Eric Dearing
Professor at Boston College
Professor Dearing is a leading researcher on equity in education. He has been particularly focused on the development and life chances of children growing up in poverty and minority children. Since 2009, he has been heavily involved in research on effects of early education in Norway.
Rectorate
Sjur Bergan
Former Head, Education Department, Council of Europe
Dr. Bergan has been an unwavering advocate for academic freedom, institutional autonomy, and international cooperation and solidarity in Europe and worldwide. He has mainly focused on the structural and normative framework that shapes the opportunities available to academic staff and students.
Trond Petersen
Professor at University of California, Berkeley
Professor Petersen is a well-known researcher in the field of sociology and has collaborated extensively with the University of Oslo. He focuses his research on social inequality and quantitative methods.
Anne Larigauderie
Executive Secretary of IPBES
Nominated by the Museum of Natural History
Dr. Larigauderie's academic achievements, coupled with her role as the Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), have played an instrumental role in advancing the understanding and conservation of biodiversity worldwide.
James C. Scott
Professor at Yale University
Nomitated by the Centre for Development and the Environment
James C. Scott is today one of the foremost figures in comparative social research. Throughout his academic career, he has been concerned with the "weapons of the weak": how indigenous peoples, tribes, minorities, and religious sects have sought to defend themselves against the influence of central governments.
Eilif Holte
Sivil Engineer at Holte Consulting
Nominated by the Museum of Cultural History
Mr. Holte has collaborated closely with the University of Oslo since 2008. First as chairman of the Museum of Cultural History, and later as an advisor to the university in connection with the construction of the new Viking Museum at Bygd?y. Holte has been strongly involved in efforts to secure funds to fulfill the museum's ambitions for the public.
UiO's honorary doctoral degrees
Honorary doctoral degrees of UiO (Doctor Honoris Causa) are given to prominent academics. The degrees are awarded without a thesis defence/disputation.
UiO has been entitled to appoint honorary doctorates since 1824, and appointments usually occur every three years.
The honorary doctors are conferred at UiO's Annual Celebration on 2 September.