Katrine Vellesen Løken
2017University of BergenNorwayPhoto: Thor BrødreskiftKatrine Vellesen Løken is awarded the 2017 Nils Klim Prize for her research on the Nordic welfare states, with particular emphasis on family...
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2016Rosenvilde Upper Secondary SchoolJæren, RogalandWilliam Thomas Middelthon at the Award Ceremony. Photo: Marit Hommedal / ScanpixWilliam Thomas Middelthon from Randaberg Upper Secondary School was...
View Article“What ought we do?” Interview with Onora O'Neill
In this interview, Professor Onora O'Neill speaks about her background, her research, her work in the House of Lords, and more. (Photo credit: Martin Dijkstra)How did the 2017 Holberg Laureate come to...
View ArticleGraduate opportunity: Masterclass with Onora O'Neill
Photo: Creative Commons CC0, via PixabayThe Holberg Prize is offering scholarships for five Nordic PhD students to participate in the 2017 Masterclass with Onora O'Neill on "Judgement and...
View ArticleMasterclass with Onora O'Neill: Judgement and Interpretation
The Holberg Prize has invited five Nordic PhD students to participate in a Masterclass discussion with Onora O'Neill on "Judgement and Interpretation".Date/time: Tuesday, June 6, 2017 - 14:00 to...
View ArticleAward Ceremony for the 2017 Holberg Prize and the Nils Klim Prize
The official award ceremony for the Holberg Prize and the Nils Klim PrizeDate/time: Thursday, June 8, 2017 - 14:00In accordance with tradition, the ceremony is attended by members of the Royal Family,...
View ArticleThe Holberg Symposium 2017: Ethics for Communication
At this year's Holberg Symposium, held in the honour of Holberg Laureate Onora O'Neill, five prominent speakers will discuss issues related to the ethics of communication.Date/time: Wednesday, June 7,...
View ArticleThe Nils Klim Lecture: Social Sosts of Incarceration
Lecture by the 2017 Nils Klim Laureate Katrine Vellesen Løken, Professor of Economics, University of BergenDate/time: Tuesday, June 6, 2017 - 11:00 to 13:00In many OECD countries incarceration rates...
View ArticleAward Ceremony: The Holberg Prize School Project
Announcement and Award Ceremony of the Holberg Prize School Project Winners and the Teacher Prize 2017.Date/time: Thursday, June 8, 2017 - 10:30 to 11:30Announcement and award ceremony of the Holberg...
View ArticleThe Holberg Evening
Join us in a celebration of this years’ Laureates.Date/time: Tuesday, June 7, 2016 - 18:00 to 19:15Erling Sandmo will guide us through an evening where we get to know this year’s prize winners and...
View ArticleThe Holberg Lecture: Justice without Ethics: A Twentieth Century Innovation?
Lecture by Holberg Laureate Onora O’Neill, Honorary Professor of Philosophy, University of Cambridge. Date/time: Wednesday, June 7, 2017 - 14:00 to 15:15For centuries discussions of justice and ethics...
View ArticleThe Holberg Conversation: "Trustworthiness before trust"
A conversation with the 2017 Holberg Laureate Onora O’Neill about trustworthiness and trust.Date/time: Thursday, May 11, 2017 - 15:14It is often claimed that trust has declined. But do we in fact have...
View ArticleProgramme for the Holberg Week, 6-9 June 2017
Foto credits: Martin Dijkstra/Thor BrødreskiftJoin us in the celebration of this year's Holberg Laureate Onora O'Neill and Nils Klim Laureate Katrine Vellesen Løken. There will be lectures by the...
View ArticleMasterclass: Meet the panelists
Masterclass 2015 with Marina Warner. Photo: Ole Kristian OlsenFive PhD candidates from the Nordic countries have been selected to partake in a Masterclass with Holberg Laureate Stephen Greenblatt...
View ArticleMeet this year’s Masterclass panellists
Photo: Creative Commons CC0, via PixabayFrom a total of 11 applicants, five PhD candidates from Nordic universities have been selected to discuss «Judgement and Interpretation» in a Masterclass with...
View ArticleThe Holberg Conversation: "Trustworthiness before trust"
A conversation with the 2017 Holberg Laureate Onora O’Neill about trustworthiness and trust.Date/time: Friday, June 9, 2017 - 18:00 to 19:00It is often claimed that trust has declined. But do we in...
View ArticleThe 2017 Holberg Prize and the Nils Klim Prize conferred
Photo: Thor Brødreskift / HolbergprisenToday, the Holberg Prize was officially conferred upon British author, scholar and Philosophy Professor Onora O'Neill Onora O’Neill by H.R.H. Crown Prince Haakon...
View ArticleOnora O'Neills Accpetance Speech
Foto: Thor BrødreskiftYour Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon, Minister, esteemed members of the Holberg Committee, colleagues, ladies and gentlemen, friends and family—both those who are here and...
View ArticleKatrine Vellesen Løkens Acceptance Speech
Photo: Thor Brødreskift / The Holberg PrizeYour Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon, Minister, the Holberg Board, the Nils Klim Committee, colleagues, family, friends, ladies and gentlemen,It is a great...
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