Moira von Wright

Moira Johanna von Wright (born 23 December 1957) is a Finnish and Swedish academic, who has been the rector of first Södertörn University 2010–2016 and Åbo Akademi University between August 2019 and October 2021.

Career Von Wright was born in Helsinki, Finland,

Professor of Pedagogy (from 2007) and Pro-Rector (from 2008) of Örebro University. She has been a visiting professor at the University of Oslo for two years and a visiting fellow at Cambridge University

In 2010–2016, she was rector of Södertörn University College. Her tenure proved controversial and she was openly criticised for an authoritarian leadership style.

Von Wright was appointed rector at Åbo Akademi University in 2019.

She belongs to the noble von Wright family.