Honorary Doctors

Jacob Blaustein Professor Emeritus, Johns Hopkins University, Washington, D.C.

The well-known researcher of conflict resolution Professor I. William Zartman was installed as honorary doctor of Uppsala University at the Winter Conferment ceremony on January 26, 2018.

Professor Zartman is the Jacob Blaustein Professor Emeritus at the Johns Hopkins University, in Washington, D.C. He is prominent in the PIN research network (Process of International Negotiations). He is author and editor of a wide range of books dealing with pertinent topics, notably mediation, conflict resolution, deadly conflict and genocide. He has been a frequent visitor to the Department over the past 25 years, including serving as external examiner, lecturer, supervisor and researcher, presently being involved in the project Resolving Jihadist Conflicts? He has made concepts such as ’ripe for resolution’ and ’hurting stalemate’ researchable contributions to the field.

Senior Researcher, Nordic Africa Institute, Uppsala.

In the Promotion Ceremony on Friday 28 January 2011, the Faculty of Social Sciences at Uppsala University awarded to Tor Sellström (b. 1946) the title and diploma of Honorary Doctor. Tor Sellström has worked in or on Africa, particularly Southern Africa since 1977, mainly as a development bureaucrat, policy maker and practitioner for Swedish Development Cooperation (Sida) and the Swedish MFA, but also for local NGOs and research institutes. His work has covered areas such as liberation, state formation, nation-building, democratisation and sustainable development. He is the author of many publications in these areas.

Sellström received the degree of Doctor honoris causa (D.h.c.) for his monumental research on the liberation struggles in Southern Africa, and for successfully bridging the fields of academia, policy and practice.

Secretary-General, United Nations 1997-2006.

Dr Kofi Annan has a long and distinguished career as an international civil servant within the United Nations. He received Nobel Peace Prize in 2001. He was promoted Dr hc in May 2007 on the occasion of the 300th anniversary of botantist Carlus Linnaeus, Carl von Linné.