Moira Johanna von Wright (born 23 December 1957)''Finlands ridderskaps och adels kalender 1965'', p. 559. is a Finnish and Swedish academic, who has been the rector of first Södertörn University 2010–2016 and

Åbo Akademi University Åbo Akademi University ( , ) is the only exclusively Swedish language multi-faculty university in Finland (or anywhere outside Sweden). It is located mainly in Turku (Åbo is the Swedish name of the city) but has also activities in Vaasa. Å ...

between August 2019 and October 2021.

Career

Von Wright was born in

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, Finland, and grew up in Turku, Finland. Professor of Pedagogy (from 2007) and Pro-Rector (from 2008) of

Örebro University Örebro University () is a public university in Örebro, Sweden. The university has its roots in the Örebro campus of Uppsala University, and became an independent state university college in 1977, Örebro University College (''Högskolan i Ö ...

. She has been a visiting professor at the

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for two years and a visiting fellow at

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In 2010–2016, she was rector of

Södertörn University College Södertörn is a roughly triangular peninsula and artificial island in eastern Södermanland, Sweden, with an area of 1,207 km² and is bordered by: *Lake Mälaren, Hammarbyleden, the Hammarby Canal and the inlet of Saltsjön (a part of the ...

. Her tenure proved controversial and she was openly criticised for an authoritarian leadership style. Von Wright was appointed rector at

in 2019. At its meeting in Vaasa on 1 November 2021, the Board of Åbo Akademi University decided to dismiss Rector Moira von Wright, citing a crisis of confidence between the rector and the rest of the university due to a perceived lack of transparency and insufficient communication, as well as differing views regarding the leadership and future development of Åbo Akademi. She belongs to the noble von Wright family.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wright, Moira von 1957 births Living people Swedish-speaking Finns Swedish people of Scottish descent University of Helsinki alumni Stockholm University alumni Academic staff of Örebro University Academic staff of Södertörn University Swedish women academics Finnish women academics 20th-century Finnish nobility 21st-century Finnish nobility