Harsh Vardhan Bhati new doctor of law

Harsh Vardhan Bhati successfully defended his thesis Powering Preservation: Balancing Heritage Conservation and Energy Transition in World Heritage Cities and is now a doctor of law.

Main supervisor: Docent Yaffa Epstein

Assistant supervisor: Professor emerita Charlotta Zetterberg och universitetslektor Mia Geijer

Opponent: Professor Philippe Cullet, SOAS University of London

"I have four important things to say:

First, to the Research Assessment Panel Committee, Henrik Josefsson, Maria Pettersson, and Ana Pereira Roders: Thank you so much for your work and effort to assess today. 

Secondly, we have a faculty opponent, Professor Philippe Cullet, thank you so much for your time and effort to discuss today. I think it was a very interesting discussion. Just as the best type of opposition, where the respondent gets to talk and explain, and you have this dynamic analytical discussion. Thank you so much for your work. It was excellent. 

Thirdly, we have supervisors. A power supervisor team. Main supervisor, Yaffa Epstein, it is a great day for you today also. Congratulations! And, we have assistant supervisors as well, Mia Geijer and Charlotta Zetterberg. Congratulations to you also today! 

Fourthly, not least, Harsh. Congratulations, Doctor of Laws Harsh Vardhan Bhati! Thank you. Congratulations to you on completing your thesis and successfully defending your thesis today, and also on being the first doctor of laws for our faculty here at Campus Gotland. It is a great day for us too. We are very proud of you, and we are happy with you, and we look forward to celebrate with you."

Rebecca Söderström,

Director of Research, Faculty of Law, Uppsala University