Iben Aarbakke, student at Rosenvilde Upper Secondary School in Akershus, won the Holberg Prize School Project in 2015.
Iben Aarbakke won the Holberg Prize School Project 2015. Her research project explored the underlying structures of language code-switching in an Italian-Norwegian speaking family. The jury of the school prize states that “All in all, “Code-switching in a Norwegian-Italian Family” is an outstanding research project that shows both great personal involvement, creativity, keen theoretical insights and a good understanding of methodological demands within the research tradition.”
The School Programme
The Holberg School Programme is an annual research competition for students in Norwegian upper secondary schools i the humanities, social sciences law and theology. Each year, around 1,000 students from 20 selected schools participate in the competition.
The Holberg School Programme Jury selects three research projects that are awarded prizes of NOK 30,000, NOK 20,000 and NOK 10,000 respectively.
The finalists are announced in mid May, and the award ceremony is held during the Holberg Week in early June each year.