Prof. Jon Ove HAGEN
Birth date: 8 March 1950
Award date: 20 May 2008
USil Senate resolution date: 22 January 2008
Application date: 25 September 2007
Applying unit: Council of the Faculty of Earth Sciences
World-renowned glaciers and the natural environment of polar regions researcher specialising in Arctic glaciology, an authority in the field of studies on the relationship between climate change and Arctic ice masses. Partner of Polish expeditions and University of Silesia research carried out on Spitsbergen (Svalbard). A lifelong friend of Poland and the University of Silesia.