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Aarhus University announces the five upcoming honorary doctors

Five researchers from other research institutions will be appointed honorary doctors at AU on September 12.

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The annual celebration will be held on 12 September. This picture is from the 2024 celebration. Photo: AU Foto/Jens Hartmann

Aarhus University has just announced the five honorary doctors for 2025. 

Each year, Aarhus University appoints five new honorary doctors for each of the university's five faculties. The honorary doctorates are awarded to prominent researchers from other institutions with which Aarhus University collaborates. As honorary doctors, they get a special connection to AU.

The honorary doctors, who will be officially appointed at the annual party at AU on September 12, are Professor Jörg Rüpke from the University of Erfurt in Germany (Arts), Senior Advisor Annette Vissing-Jørgensen from the Federal Reserve Board in the USA (Aarhus BSS), Professor Jacob George from the University of Sydney in Australia (Health), Research Group Leader Lori Passmore from the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology at the University of Cambridge in the UK (Nat), and International Advisor to INRAE ​​Jean-Francois Soussana, who is the Chairman of the French Climate Council (Tech). 

The religions of the Roman Empire and the understanding of capital markets 

Jörg Rüpke, a professor at the University of Erfurt, is an internationally renowned scholar of religion and one of the world's leading experts on ancient religions, particularly those of the Roman Empire. Annette Vissing-Jørgensen is a leading economist in the field of finance, among other things, and her research has had a major impact on the understanding of capital markets and monetary policy. Jacob George, a professor at the University of Sydney, is a world-renowned specialist in liver diseases. Lori Passmore has established herself as one of Europe’s leading structural biologists, with groundbreaking research in areas such as gene and mRNA regulation. Jean-Francois Soussana has made a mark by shaping the research agenda for the green transition in agriculture, writes AU. Read more about the honorary doctors at AU here.

AU has appointed honorary doctors since 1946, and since 2011, AU has granted the title to researchers within each of the five faculties.

From left: Professor Jörg Rüpke (Arts), Senior Adviser Annette Vissing-Jørgensen (Aarhus BSS), professor Jacob George (Health), group leader Lori Passmore (Nat) og international advisor for INRAE Jean-Francois Soussana (Tech).

This text is machine translated and post-edited by Lisa Enevoldsen