Holberg Prize News

The Holberg Prize is an international research prize in the humanities, social sciences, law and theology. The nomination form for the 2024 Holberg Prize is now open and the deadline is 15 June 2023.

The process of selecting the next Holberg Prize Laureate is well underway. The Holberg Committee met on Friday 14 October to discuss the nominations for the 2023 Holberg Prize and the Committee members have now agreed on a shortlist.

2022 Laureate Sheila Jasanoff's Holberg Lecture, "Democracy in an Unknowable World", is published here in full.

Holberg Laureate Sheila Jasanoff's Acceptance Speech is published here in full.

Today, the Holberg Prize was conferred upon Professor Sheila Jasanoff, Harvard University, by HRH Crown Prince Haakon of Norway. Norwegian Minister of Research and Higher Education Ola Borten Moe conferred the Nils Klim Prize upon Associate Professor Elisa Uusimäki, Aarhus University.

Join us in the celebration of this years' Holberg Prize Laureate, Nils Klim Prize Laureate and the Holberg Prize School Project winners. The 2022 Holberg Week takes place in Bergen and Oslo 7–10 June.

The Board of the Holberg Prize convened on 3 February in Bergen, where they named the recipient of the 2022 Holberg Prize and Nils Klim Prize, respectively.