Sirpa Kähkönen, Jaakko Tuomilehto, Markku Kulmala and Axel Börsch-Supan, all to receive an Honorary Doctorate, will give public Studia Generalia lectures at Kuopio Music Centre on 5 June.
The sixth doctoral conferment ceremony of the 91 can be seen and heard in Kuopio on 5–7 June, bringing together 180 promovendi and 15 Honorary Doctors.
Constituting part of the doctoral conferment ceremony festivities, the Studia Generalia lectures are open to the public and will be held in the concert hall of Kuopio Music Centre on Thursday, 5 June, from 13:00 to 15:00. Author Sirpa Kähkönen, Professor Emeritus Jaakko Tuomilehto, Academician Markku Kulmala and Professor Axel Börsch-Supan, all to receive an Honorary Doctorate, will give a Studia Generalia lecture.
Author Kähkönen and Professor Emeritus Tuomilehto will give their lectures in Finnish from 13:00 to 14:00. Academician Kulmala and Professor Börsch-Supan will give their lectures in English from 14:00 to 15:00. The lectures can also be followed online on the .
The Kuopio-born author Sirpa Kähkönen is known as an author depicting social and historical themes. Her works often portray the fates of civilians, women and children during times of social upheaval and crises.
Professor Emeritus Jaakko Tuomilehto is one of Finland’s most internationally renowned scholars of public health. Tuomilehto’s academic career began in the North Karelia Project coordinated by the University of Kuopio in 1973, and he has worked at the National Public Health Institute of Finland and served as a Professor of Public Health at the Universities of Kuopio and Helsinki.
Professor Markku Kulmala is a one of the world’s leading researchers of the physics and chemistry of atmospheric aerosols, and his research has significantly enhanced our understanding of the mechanisms contributing to climate change. Professor Kulmala was awarded the title of Academician in 2017.
Professor Axel Börsch-Supan is an internationally renowned scholar of the economics of ageing, whose insights into the societal impacts of ageing have been utilised by numerous national and international organisations, including the OECD and the World Bank.
“This year, the Studia Generalia lectures will exceptionally be held at Kuopio Music Centre, and we can look forward to expert and meaningful speeches on current topics,” says Professor Marjut Roponen, the Chair of the Conferment Organising Committee.
Academic Procession walks past the market square
The university’s doctoral conferment festivities will be visible on the streets of Kuopio on Friday, 6 June, starting at 16:00, when the academic procession formed by newly minted doctors and Honorary Doctors heads from Kuopio Music Centre towards the market square.
The route of the academic procession will be from Kuopio Music Centre via Kuopionlahdenkatu to Puijonkatu, and along Puijonkatu to Kauppakatu. The procession will walk along Kauppakatu at the edge of the market square and turn back towards Kuopio Music Centre via Hallikatu.
For the public, an excellent spot to follow the academic procession will be the corner of the market square, near Kuopio Market Hall and the Veljmies statue.
