New Year Honours 2026
Rhona Flin CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
• University of Aberdeen
Organisation: University of Aberdeen
“For services to Research.”
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London Gazette notice
Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
30 December 2025
THE KING has been graciously pleased to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:
C.B.E.
To be Ordinary Commanders of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Professor Rhona Hunter FLIN
Emeritus Professor of Applied Psychology, University of Aberdeen, Professor of Industrial Psychology, Robert Gordon University and Academic Advisor, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
For services to Research.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64940 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2026- Role at the time
- University of Aberdeen
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- Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen
“For services to Research.”
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The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 103 times in the New Year Honours List 2026 — about 7% of the list.
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5 Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from City of Aberdeen.
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2026
London Gazette (official record), issue 64940, notice 5027579. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2026).
Published 29 December 2025.
Location (Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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