Honorary Doctors
The Faculty can grant the title of honorary doctor and the related insignia to a person who is considered to be deserving of such an acknowledgement based on their scientific or cultural achievements or on their merits in promoting science, arts or culture.
Faculty of Medicine
Honorary Doctors in Medicine
Chief Physician Hanna Nohynek, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Professor Emeritus, Research Director Mikael Knip, University of Helsinki
Professor of Physiology Manuel Tena-Sempere, University of Córdoba, Spain
Honorary Doctor in Dentistry
Professor Emeritus Björn Klinge, Karolinska Institutet and Malmö University, Sweden
Honorary Doctor in Health Science
Professor Adelaida Zabalegui Yárnoz, the Hospital Clinic of Barcelona and the University of Barcelona, Spain
Faculty of Humanities
Professor John McLeod, University of Leeds
Faculty of Science
Professor Adil Bagirov, Federation University Australia
Environmental influencer Saara Kankaanrinta
Faculty of Medicine
Professor Beat Imhof, University of Geneva
Professor Gabriele Meyer, Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg
School of Economics
Professor Barbara Czarniawska, University of Gothenburg
Secretary-General of GRLI, Professor Anders Aspling
Faculty of Law
Professor David Whyte, Queen Mary University of London
Faculty of Social Sciences
Professor Anette Fasang, Humboldt University of Berlin
Professor James Hawdon, Virginia Tech
Faculty of Education
Professor Martin Thrupp, University of Waikato
Director General of International Baccalaureate Organization Olli-Pekka Heinonen
Faculty of Technology
Professor Johanna Myllyharju, University of Oulu
Kiinteistöneuvos (Finnish honorary title) Heikki Vaiste.
Faculty of Humanities, Faculty of Science and Faculty of Technology
Chair of Kone Foundation Board of Trustees Hanna Nurminen
Professor Laura A. Janda, the Arctic University of Norway
Professor Rita Felski, University of Virginia
Professor Nora Berrah, University of Connecticut
Managing Director Jan Meyer
Faculty of Medicine
Professor Uwe Ewald, Uppsala University
Journalist Tiina Merikanto
School of Economics
Professor Erik Brynjolfsson, Standford University
Chairman of the Board of Directions Panu Routila
Faculty of Law
Deputy Parliamentary Ombudsman Maija Sakslin
President of the Supreme Administrative Court Kari Kuusiniemi
Faculty of Social Sciences
Professor Robert E. Goodin, Australian National University
Professor of Practice Riitta Monto
Faculty of Education
Professor Lisbeth Lundahl, Umeå University
Professor Emeritus Jouni Välijärvi, University of Jyväskylä
Faculty of Humanities
Emeritus Professor Kenneth Hyltenstam, Stockholm University, Sweden
Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
Professor Irina Artsimovitch, Ohio State University, USA
Professor Bernard De Baets, Ghent University, Belgium
Faculty of Medicine
Chief Executive Officer Makoto Nakao, GC Corporation, Japan
Professor Irving Weissman, Stanford University, USA
School of Economics
Emeritus Professor James Allen Dator, University of Hawaii, USA
Chief Executive Officer Ilpo Korhonen, Valmet Automotive Oy
Faculty of Law
Professor Olli Mäenpää, University of Helsinki
Faculty of Social Sciences
Professor Matti Lehtihalmes, University of Oulu
Emerita Professor Susan Mendus, University of York, United Kingdom
Faculty of Education
Emeritus Professor Ari Antikainen, University of Eastern Finland
Professor Anastasia Efklides, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
The Faculty of Humanities
Emeritus Professor Manfred Frank
University of Tübingen, Germany
Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
Professor Makoto Komiyama
Life Science Center of Tsukuba Advanced Research Alliance,
University of Tsukuba, Japan
Professor Gunter Schneider
Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics,
Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
Faculty of Medicine
Professor Ele Ferrannini
National Research Council,
University of Pisa, Italy
Professor W. Allan Walker
Harvard Medical School, USA
School of Economics
Professor Jörg Becker
University of Münster, Germany
Chief of Defence, General Jarmo Lindberg
Faculty of Law
President of the Supreme Court Pauliine Koskelo
Faculty of Social Sciences
Emeritus professor Marinus Voeten
Behavioral Science Institute,
Radbould University Nijmegen, Netherlands
Professor Ole Wæver
Department of Political Science,
University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Faculty of Education
Emerita Professor Sirkka Ahonen
University of Helsinki
Professor Johann Gruber
University of Regensburg, Germany