NMBU professor and author Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson was this weekend appointed an honorary doctorate by the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.
In a solemn ceremony at Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Professor Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson received the title of "honorary doctor" at the Faculty of Forestry.
She is professor of conservation biology at NMBU where she researches and teaches about nature management, species diversity, forests and nature crisis.
Sverdrup-Thygeson has gradually become a beloved household name through her dissemination. She has written six books, and several of her books are sold all over the world. She has received several awards and been on the Sunday Times’ bestseller list.
From the nomination:
“Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson is particularly concerned with nature's anonymous species diversity, such as insects and fungi – species we rarely see and do not think about – which are nevertheless crucially important for processes in nature and thus for humans.
In 2018, she published her book, ‘Extraordinary Insects: Weird. Wonderful. Indispensable. The ones who run our world’. The book’s publication propelled her from being a leading researcher into her additional role as an incredibly successful purveyor of knowledge.
(…) Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson is a role model and source of inspiration for many of SLU’s researchers thanks to her work in popular science and her ability to spread knowledge outside of academic circles.”
Read more about Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson here