By Tina Vestergaard Lange, AAU Communication. Photo and video: Lasse Møller Badstue, AAU Communication. Translated by LeeAnn Iovanni, AAU Communication

At the annual celebration on 21 April, Aalborg University (AAU) awards five distinguished professors from all over the world with AAU honorary doctorates – one for each main area (one humanities and one social sciences for the SSH faculty).

The deans were in the studio to record the tribute speeches for the five honorary doctorate recipients. We “subjected” them to a teleprompter, and it took a few adjustments to the tempo before we hit it right. A funny little "bloopers video" resulted from the recording session. Take a look.

Who are the five honorary doctorates recipients the deans will give speeches about and that will be honoured on Friday? Read about them here:

• SUND: Professor Alison Kitson, Flinders University
• TECH: Professor Jacob Benesty, University of Quebec
• ENGINEERING: Professor Pedro Rodriguez, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology
• SSH SAMF: Professor Saras Sarasvathy, University of Virginia Darden School of Business
• SSH HUM: Professor Jahan Ramazani, University of Virginia