“Those who in their profession meet people in life's most difficult moments need to be brave and have the ability to withstand difficulties without having all the answers.”

Welcome to an inaugural lecture by the university's new professor Elisabeth Lindberg. The lecture is held on campus and via Zoom. Refreshments will be served to those who attend on campus. No RSVP is needed.

Time for caring encounters

The lecture focuses on the importance of maintaining and developing care with the patient's perspective in mind. On the importance of considering the existential dimensions of the human being and the importance of meeting the patient's story with openness and sensitivity. That those who in their profession meet people in life's most difficult moments need to be brave and have the ability to withstand difficulties without having all the answers. On how we need to develop concepts and theories that can contribute to good quality care in order to support health and meet ill health and grief.

Learn more about Elisabeth Lindberg

For whom: The lecture is open to all university employees, students and the public
Time: Thursday, 4 May 09:00-10:00
Location: C203
Zoom: https://hb-se.zoom.us/j/61693662528

"Textile, traditionally considered feminine, domestic and gentle, has become a tool of social changes and activism."

Welcome to an open lecture by Eglė Ganda Bogdanienė, Honorary Doctor of Textiles and Fashion. The lecture is held on campus and via Zoom. Refreshments will be served to those who attend on campus. No RSVP is needed.

Active Textile

Contemporary art has fundamentally changed the idea of connecting art and life, focusing on erasing boundaries between the aesthetic and daily experience. The expression form of artistic identity is not only a condition of existence, but as one of the ways of social, political, economic activity, which has not only artistic but also social value.
Today, textiles as a problematic cultural field encompass theories, technologies, and practices. Textile has become strong, sustainable, flexible, conceptual, and constantly evolving. Textile - traditionally considered a gentle, feminine, domestic idyll symbol, becomes a tool of social changes and activism.

In my lecture, I will share my professional experience and the role of values in creativity. Values that could contribute to enabling the next generations of artists to create, work, and live in the diverse, sustainable, multicultural, tolerant, open and harmonious world. It might sound utopian, but together we could build inroads towards it. Faith, hope, love for family, profession, and the world, help each of us create unique and individual meanings in life.

Honorary doctors celebrated for efforts in textile research and education
Eglė Ganda Bogdanienė's website

For whom: The lecture is open to all university employees, students and the public
Time: Thursday, 4 May 11:00-12:00
Location: C203
Zoom: https://hb-se.zoom.us/j/64616601982

“How does a 136-year-old family business create a better climate for people and plants around the world? How do we value textiles today, in the past, and in the future?”

Welcome to an open lecture by Anne Ludvigson, Honorary Doctor of Textiles and Fashion. The lecture is held on campus and via Zoom. Refreshments will be served to those who attend on campus. No RSVP is needed.

Textile, climate, and skills

How does a 136-year-old family business create a better climate for people and plants around the world? How do we value textiles today, in the past, and in the future? As the value of textiles has decreased, volumes have increased and the industry now faces a major climate challenge and needs to shift to a circular business model. How will we manage this task? Only through technological developments and changes in behaviour. It requires investment in skills development, research, and development. Business, academia, and society need to work together to meet the climate challenge.

For whom: The lecture is open to all university employees, students and the public
Time: Friday, 5 May 11:30-12:30
Location: C203
Zoom: https://hb-se.zoom.us/j/64106497147 

Read more about Anne Ludvigson

The Academic Ceremony is an annual celebration at the University of Borås that takes place at Borås Congress Centre.

15:00-16:30 Ceremony
Conferment of doctoral degrees, recognition of honorary doctors, installation of new professors, recognition of Associate Professors/Docents, and the awarding of the Pedagogical Prize.

16:30-18:00 Reception
After the ceremony, all participants and guests may enjoy drinks and hors d'oeuvres as well as live music.

The ceremony and subsequent reception is open to all university employees and invited guests.  Please note that RSVP is needed. Please contact Emily Larsson, Master of Ceremonies, if you have not recieved your invitation.

18:00-late Banquet
The banquet includes a three-course meal and festivities for specially invited guests.