Holberg Prize

The Holberg Prize
The Holberg Prize
Awarded for	Outstanding scholarly work in the fields of the arts and humanities, social sciences, law and theology.
Country	Norway
Presented by	Government of Norway
First awarded	2004
Website	holbergprize.org/en

The Holberg Prize is an international prize awarded annually by the government of Norway to outstanding scholars for work in the arts, humanities, social sciences, law and theology, either within one of these fields or through interdisciplinary work. The prize is named after the Danish-Norwegian writer and academic Ludvig Holberg (1684–1754). The Holberg Prize comes with a monetary award of 6 million Norwegian kroner (NOK) (approximately $750 000 or €660 000), which are intended to be used to further the research of the recipient. The winner of the Holberg Prize is announced in March, and the award ceremony takes place every June in Bergen, Norway.

According to a reputation survey conducted in 2018, the Holberg Prize is the most prestigious interdisciplinary award in the social sciences (jointly with the Stein Rokkan Prize for Comparative Social Science Research).^[1]

^ Jiang, Fan; Liu, Niancai (2018). "The hierarchical status of international academic awards in social sciences". Scientometrics. 117 (3): 2091–2115. doi:10.1007/s11192-018-2928-y. S2CID 255010896.

[1] Jiang, Fan; Liu, Niancai (2018). "The hierarchical status of international academic awards in social sciences". Scientometrics. 117 (3): 2091–2115. doi:10.1007/s11192-018-2928-y. S2CID 255010896.

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