Achille Mbembe delivered the 2024 Holberg Lecture.

The 2024 Holberg Lecture, by Achille Mbembe

On 5 June, Achille Mbembe delivered the 2024 Holberg Lecture at the University Aula in Bergen. The lecture is published here in full.

Laureates

Holberg Prize

The 2024 Holberg Prize is awarded to Cameroonian scholar Achille Mbembe for his groundbreaking work in the fields of history and political theory.

Nils Klim Prize

The 2024 Nils Klim Prize is awarded to Siddharth Sareen for his research in environmental social sciences.

Holberg Prize School Project

Erika Lind-Larsen from Vestby Upper Secondary School came in first place in the Holberg School Programme with her research project "Lost in Translation?".

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Holberg Laureate Achille Mbembe delivered his Acceptance Speech at the Unversity Aula in Bergen, on 6 June, 2024.

Holberg Laureate Achille Mbembe's Acceptance Speech is published here in full.

Today, the Holberg Prize and the Nils Klim Prize were conferred, upon Achille Mbembe and Siddharth Sareen, respectively.

Today, Norwegian Minister of Research and Higher Education Oddmund Hoel conferred the Holberg Prize upon Achille Mbembe and the Nils Klim Prize upon Siddharth…

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Under dire circumstances worldwide, how can the insights that energy social scientists hold enable equitable transitions to low-carbon energy futures?

Nils Klim Laureaet Siddharth Sareen held his opening lecture during the Nils Klim Symposium on 4 June, 2024.

On 4 June, the Nils Klim Symposium was held in honour of Laureate Siddharth Sareen. The manuscript of his opening lecture is published here in full.