Previous Conferments of Doctoral Degrees

A brief trailer of what the festivities look like can be found here.

Honorary Doctorates

At the conferment ceremony Honorary Doctorates are being conferred in recognition of their outstanding academic achievements or cultural and societal activities.  

At the conferment ceremony in 2019 honorary doctorates in recognition of academic achievements were conferred upon:  

Mary Jo Bitner

Professor Emeritus of Marketing
Arizona State University

Tore Ellingsen

Professor of Economics
Stockholm School of Economics

Martha S. Feldman

Professor of Social Ecology, Political Science, Business, and Sociology
University of California, Irvine

Bjørn Nybo Jørgensen

Professor of Accounting and Financial Management
London School of Economics

Seppo Pynnönen

Professor of Statistics
University of Vaasa

At the conferment ceremony in 2019 honorary doctorates in recognition of succesful and long-lasting careers in business and society were conferred upon:  

Ilkka Brotherus

Chairperson
Sinituote

Jannica Fagerholm

Managing Director
The Signe and Ane Gyllenberg Foundation

Kersti Kaljulaid

President of the Republic of Estonia

Kalle Löövi

Director of International Operations
The Finnish Red Cross

Jan Vapaavuori

Mayor City of Helsinki

Ceremony and video

The complete conferment ceremony of 25 October 2019 can be viewed here:

Honorary doctor President of the Republic of Estonia Kersti Kaljulaid was conferred in abstentia on 25 October 2019.

On 6 February 2020 the President visited Hanken to accept her doctoral hat and diploma in connection to a high profile Partner assembly.

The conferment of the President on 6 February 2020 can be seen here: