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This evening will feature the Holberg Prize Laureate Sheila Jasanoff and the Nils Klim Prize Laureate Elisa Uusimäki in a conversation about their background, their research and their experiences from academia. Moderator for the conversation is Roger Strand, professor at the Centre for the study of the sciences and the humanities, University of Bergen.
Sheila Jasanoff is Pforzheimer Professor of Science and Technology Studies at the Harvard Kennedy School. A pioneer in the social sciences, she explores the role of science and technology in the law, politics, and policy of modern democracies. Jasanoff founded and directs the STS Program at Harvard University. Her books include The Fifth Branch (1990), Science at the Bar (1995), Designs on Nature (2005), The Ethics of Invention (2016), and Can Science Make Sense of Life? (2019).
Sheila Jasanoff is awarded the Holberg Prize in 2022 for her groundbreaking reserach in science and technology studies.
Elisa Uusimäki is Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible and Ancient Judaism at the School of Culture and Society, Aarhus University. She is also AIAS Associate Fellow at the Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies. Uusimäki serves as the Principal Investigator of the project “An Intersectional Analysis of Ancient Jewish Travel Narratives”, funded by the European Research Council.
Elisa Uusimäki is awarded the Nils Klim Prize in 2022 for her outstanding research into the literary and cultural history of Judaism in antiquity.
This event is a part of the 2022 Holberg Week, which takes place from 7 to 10 June. For more information, see holbergprize.org.
(Photo: Martha Stewart / Lars Kruse.)
This evening will feature the Holberg Prize Laureate Sheila Jasanoff and the Nils Klim Prize Laureate Elisa Uusimäki in a conversation about their background, their research and their experiences from academia. Moderator for the conversation is Roger Strand, professor at the Centre for the study of the sciences and the humanities, University of Bergen.
Sheila Jasanoff is Pforzheimer Professor of Science and Technology Studies at the Harvard Kennedy School. A pioneer in the social sciences, she explores the role of science and technology in the law, politics, and policy of modern democracies. Jasanoff founded and directs the STS Program at Harvard University. Her books include The Fifth Branch (1990), Science at the Bar (1995), Designs on Nature (2005), The Ethics of Invention (2016), and Can Science Make Sense of Life? (2019).
Sheila Jasanoff is awarded the Holberg Prize in 2022 for her groundbreaking reserach in science and technology studies.
Elisa Uusimäki is Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible and Ancient Judaism at the School of Culture and Society, Aarhus University. She is also AIAS Associate Fellow at the Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies. Uusimäki serves as the Principal Investigator of the project “An Intersectional Analysis of Ancient Jewish Travel Narratives”, funded by the European Research Council.
Elisa Uusimäki is awarded the Nils Klim Prize in 2022 for her outstanding research into the literary and cultural history of Judaism in antiquity.
This event is a part of the 2022 Holberg Week, which takes place from 7 to 10 June. For more information, see holbergprize.org.
(Photo: Martha Stewart / Lars Kruse.)

![Holberg Memorial Prize 2013: Bruno Latour
From the award ceremony of the Holberg Memorial Prize 2013. Introduction by Sigmund Grønmo, rector at University of Bergen and chair of Holberg Memorial Fund. Acceptance Speech by Bruno Latour.
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 610,000/ USD 790,000)
From the citation of the Holberg Prize Academic Committee:
Bruno Latour has undertaken an ambitious analysis and reinterpretation of modernity, challenging the most fundamental categories such as the distinction between modern and pre-modern, nature and society, human and non-human.
He has completely re-imagined Science Studies, pioneering new ethnographic methods and introducing new concepts and possibilities of communication to engage in collective research projects. He combines empirical methods and observation with the unsettling of concepts, reconfiguring the organization of knowledge and inviting participation. His influence has been felt internationally and well beyond the social study of science, in history, art history, philosophy, anthropology, geography, theology, literature and legal studies [...] More information: http://www.holbergprisen.no/en/bruno-latour Holberg Memorial Prize 2013: Bruno Latour](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/mAsrwHKdQc8/mqdefault.jpg)








