At a ceremony in the Thunberg Hall last Thursday, the five recently admitted Pro Futura Scientia XX Fellows were presented with diplomas and welcomed into the SCAS community by SCAS Principal Christina Garsten.

The ceremony was held in the presence of the current SCAS Fellows-in-residence and the other researchers who are currently attending the Pro Futura Scientia Programme. The agenda also included lunch, dinner and participation in a gathering with all the scholars of the PF programme.

The new Pro Futura Scientia Fellows are (as seen in the picture):

Victoria Gierok, Lund University

Fredrik Renard, Stockholm University

Alezini Loxa, Lund University

Sandra Håkansson, Uppsala University

and

Siska De Baerdemaeker, Stockholm University (in absentia).

Read more: SCAS Presents the 20th Generation of Pro Futura Scientia Fellows (19 February 2026)