2024
The 2024 Holberg Prize was awarded to Cameroonian scholar Achille Mbembe for his groundbreaking work in the fields of history and political theory.
2023
The 2023 Holberg Prize was awarded to Catalan scholar Joan Martinez-Alier for his ground-breaking research in ecological economics, political ecology and environmental justice.
2022
The 2022 Holberg Prize was awarded to U.S. scholar Sheila Jasanoff for her pioneering research in the field of Science and Technology Studies.
2021
The 2021 Holberg Prize was awarded to U.S. scholar Martha C. Nussbaum for her groundbreaking contribution to research in philosophy, law and related fields.
2020
The 2020 Holberg Prize was awarded to British-Canadian scholar Griselda Pollock for her groundbreaking contributions to feminist art history and cultural studies.
2019
The Holberg Prize 2019 was awarded to the British scholar Paul Gilroy for his research contributions to cultural studies, critical race studies, literary studies and related fields.
2018
The Holberg Prize 2018 was awarded to the American legal scholar Cass R. Sunstein.
2017
The 2017 Holberg Prize was awarded to the British philosopher Onora O'Neill.
2016
The Holberg Prize 2016 was awarded to the American literary scholar Stephen Greenblatt.
2015
The 2015 Holberg Prize was awarded to the British historian, writer and mythologist Marina Warner.
2014
The Holberg Prize 2014 was awarded to the British historian and scholar of Islamic history, Michael Cook.
2013
The Holberg Prize 2013 was awarded to the French anthropologist and sociologist Bruno Latour.
2012
The Holberg Prize 2012 was awarded to the Spanish sociologist Manuel Castells.
2011
The Holberg Prize 2011 was awarded to the German historian Jürgen Kocka.
2010
The Holberg Prize 2010 was awarded to the Canadian historian Natalie Zemon Davis.
2009
The Holberg Prize 2009 was awarded to the Canadian philosopher Ian Hacking.
2008
The Holberg Prize 2008 was awarded to the American literary and cultural theorist Fredric R. Jameson.
2007
The Holberg Prize 2007 was awarded to the American philosopher and scholar of constitutional law Ronald Dworkin.
2006
The Holberg Prize 2006 was awarded to the Israeli sociologist Shmuel N. Eisenstadt.
2005
The Holberg Prize 2005 was awarded to the German philosopher and sociologist Jürgen Habermas.
2004
The Holberg Prize 2004 was awarded to the Bulgarian-French psychoanalyst and philosopher Julia Kristeva.
