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Uppsala University, Sweden, has awarded Professor Hille Haker the honorary title Doctor theologiae honoris causa

Uppsala University, Sweden, has awarded Professor Hille Haker the honorary title Doctor theologiae honoris causa

Uppsala University, Sweden, has awarded Professor Hille Haker the honorary title Doctor theologiae honoris causa "in appreciation of Professor Haker’s academic achievements as well as her most professional and generous contributions to international academic networks and projects." Uppsala University (www.uu.se) was founded in 1477 and is today a strong and broad research university, which is ranked among the best in the world. The conferment ceremony will take place in the University's main hall on Friday, January 27, 2023.

Hille Haker, Ph.D., holds the Richard McCormick S.J. Endowed Chair of Catholic Moral Theology at Loyola University Chicago. Her research focuses on the foundations of ethics, moral identity, literary & narrative ethics, Christian ethics as critical social ethics, bioethics, and feminist ethics.