Academic Committees


Holberg Prize Academic Committee

Turid Karlsen Seim, Professor of Theology and leader of The Norwegian Institute in Rome.
Kwame Anthony Appiah, Professor of Philosophy at the University Center for Human Values, Princeton University
Helga Nowotny,Professor Dr, Ph.D, Vice-President of European Research Council
Mary Jacobus, Professor Cornell University and Director at Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities, Cambridge.
Lars Björne, Professor of History of Law, University of Turku

 

Nils Klim Prize Academic Committee

Britt Louise Gunnarsson, Professor, Department of Scandinavian Languages University of Uppsala
Björn Wittrock, Professor of Political Science, Uppsala University
Páll Skúlason, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Iceland
Martti Nissinen, Professor of Old Testament Studies, University of Helsinki
Kirsti Strøm Bull, Professor of Department of Private Law, University of Oslo

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. EUR550,000/ USD760,000)

Nils Klim Prize is awarded to young Nordic researchers under 35 years within the academic fields of the Holberg Prize.

Holberg Prize School Project is a research competition for pupils in the upper secondary school.

Holberg Prize was established by the Norwegian Parliament in 2003.