Holberg International Memorial Prize 2012: Manuel Castells
Holberg Prize laureate 2012 Manuel Castells. Photo: Maggie Smith.Holberg International Memorial Prize 2012 is awarded to Manuel Castells.
Citation of the Holberg Prize Academic Committee:
"Manuel Castells is the leading sociologist of the city and new information and media technologies. His ideas and writings have shaped our understanding of the political dynamics of urban and global economies in the network society.
He has illuminated the underlying power structures of the great technological revolutions of our time and their consequences. He has helped us to understand how social and political movements have co-evolved with the new information technologies.
Nils Klim Prize 2012: Sara Hobolt
Sara Hobolt. Photo: Private. Download large verion
Nils Klim Prize 2012 is awarded to Sara Hobolt.
Citation from the Nils Klim Prize Academic Committee:
«Sara Hobolt (b. 1977) received her PhD in Political Science from the University of Cambridge in 2005. She has held positions in some of the leading universities in the world, including the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and the University of Oxford, where she has been University Lecturer in Comparative Politics as well as a Fellow of Nuffield College and Lincoln College. She is now holding the Sutherland Chair in European Institutions at the London School of Economics and Political Science but also an Honorary Professorship at the University of Southern Denmark.
Holberg Prize School Project 2012
What exactly would Norwegian students age 16-18 research if given the chance? Read more
29.03.2012 : El sociólogo Manuel Castells gana el premio Holberg 2012 , El Mundo
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29.03.2012: Soziologe Castells erhält hoch dotierten Holberg-Preis, Greenpeace Magazine
29.03.2012: USC Professor Manuel Castells Honoured with Prestigious Holberg International Memorial Prize, The Sacramento Bee
29.03.2012 : Professor Manuel Castells Hounoured with Prestigious Holberg International Memorial Prize , USC Annenberg
29.03.2012: USC Professor Manuel Castells Honoured with Prestigious Holberg International Memorial Prize, Fox Carolina
29.03.2012: Castells recieves Norwegian award for scholary work, Daily Trojan
29.03.2012: USC Professor Manuel Castells Honoured with Prestigious Holberg International Memorial Prize, KWQC News
29.03.2012: Norway's Holberg Prize Goes to U. of Southern California Scholar, The Cronicle of Higher Education
29.03.2012: Castells Honored With Prestigious Holberg Prize, USC News
29.03.2012: Manuel Castells obtiene el Premio Holberg 2012, Sociologia Contemporánea
30.03.2012: Kultur: Manuel Castells, Süddeutsche.de
29.03.2012: Holberg Preis Geht an den Soziologen Manuel Castells, Persoenlich.com
29.03.2012: Soziologe Castells erhält hoch dotierten Holberg-Preis, Saarbrücker Zeitung
29.03.2012: Sociólogo Manuel Castells gana el premio Holberg 2012, clasesdeperiodismo.com
29.03.2012: Soziologe Castells erhält hoch dotierten Holberg-Preis, news.de
Holberg International Memorial Prize 2004 - 2012
Manuel Castells2011:
Jürgen Kocka 2010:
Natalie Z. Davis 2009: 
Ian Hacking 2008:
Fredric Jameson
2007:
Ronald Dworkin 2006:
Shmuel N. Eisenstadt 2005:
Jürgen Habermas 2004:
Julia Kristeva
Holberg International Memorial Prize is awarded annually for outstanding scholarly work in the fields of the arts and humanities, social sciences, law and theology. The prize amount is NOK 4.5 million (appr. EUR 570,000/ USD 800,000)
Nils Klim Prize 2004-2012
Sara Hobolt2011: 
Jørn Jacobsen 2010: 
Johan Östling 2009: 
David Bloch 2008: 
Anne Birgitta Pessi
2007: 
Carina Keskitalo 2006: 
Linda Wedlin 2005: 
Dag Trygve Truslew Haug 2004: 
Claes de Vreese
The Nils Klim Prize is awarded to young Nordic researchers under 35 years within the academic fields of the Holberg Prize. The prize for 2013 is NOK 250,000 (approx. 32 000EUR /42 000USD).
Holberg Prize School Project
An important part of the objective of the Holberg Prize is to stimulate children and young people to take an interest in the arts and humanities, social sciences, law and theology. The Holberg Prize wishes to contribute to greater understanding, interest and enthusiasm for these fields. Every year students at upper secondary schools in Norway are invited to carry out a research project in cooperation with established researchers.Read more.
