Holberg Prize News

The South Africa Conversations 2023 will feature Holberg Laureate Sheila Jasanoff, Professor Achille Mbembe and other prominent scholars in a series of events taking place at WiSER, University of the Witwatersrand 1–3 November. All events will be streamed.

Professor Jørgen Sejersted took on the position as Chair of the Holberg Prize Board on 1 July. 2023. What are his thoughts on the Prize and the road ahead?

2023 Laureate Joan Martinez-Alier 's Holberg Lecture, 'Land, Water, Air and Freedom', is published here in full.

Holberg Laureate Joan Martinez-Alier's Acceptance Speech is published here in full.

Today, the Holberg Prize was conferred upon Professor Emeritus Joan Martinez-Alier, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, by HRH Crown Prince Haakon of Norway.

It was announced today that the 2023 Holberg Prize is awarded to Catalan scholar Joan Martinez-Alier for his research in ecological economics, political ecology and environmental justice. The Nils Klim Prize is awarded to Danish literary researcher Simona Zetterberg-Nielsen