At the deadline for nominations there were 67 nominations for the 2015 Holberg Prize
The Holberg Committee has for the last couple of years had its autumn meeting in Vienna at the offices of former committee member and former director of ERC, Helga Nowotny. The 67 nominations were evaluated carefully and a short list was selected for further evaluation. Assessments on the candidates will be gathered in the next couple of months. These reports aims to be a candid presentation of the nominated candiate´s work, and are written by referees suggested by the nominators as part of the nomination. These reports are important advisory tools in the further deliberations of the Committee.
The Holberg Laureate will be announced on 12th March 2015
The Committee will meet again in London February 26th 2015. At this meeting the Holberg Prize laureate 2015 will be chosen. March 2nd the Holberg Committee will submit their recommendation to the Holberg Board. The Holberg Board formally confirms the choice of Holberg Laureate. The Chair of the Board, Professor Sigmund Grønmo, will announce the Holberg laureate 2015 12th March 12:00. The official prize ceremony is 10th June in Bergen, Norway.
There are five members of the Holberg Committee. In addition to their individual scholarly and institutional achievemenets, the choice of members also take into consideration the need for the Committee to cover the scholarly fields of the Holberg Prize (social science, humanities, law and theology) and to have a certain geographical spread. Mary Jacobus is Chair of the Committee.
Two new members
The meeting in Vienna 19th September was the first meeting for the two new Committee members: Professor Dame Hazel Genn and Professor Björn Wittrick. They are replacing Professor Kwame Anthony Appiah and Professor Helga Nowotny. Dame Hazel Genn is currently Dean of the Faculty of Laws, Professor of Socio-Legal Studies at University College London. She is a leading authority on civil justice, and her work has had a major influence on policy-makers around the world. Professor Genn is a member of the British Academy. Björn Wittrock is University Professor at Uppsala University and Principal of the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study (SCAS), Uppsala. He is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and of Academia Europaea. He was previously a member of the Nils Klim Committee.
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