Holberg Prize

Holberg Prize The Holberg Prize is an international research prize awarded annually in the humanities, social sciences, law and theology.

The Holberg Prize is an international research prize awarded annually to a scholar who have made outstanding contributions to research in the humanities, social sciences, law and theology. The Prize has a value of NOK 6,000,000. The Nils Klim Prize is awarded annually to a young scholar from the Nordic countries under 35 years for outstanding contributions in the academic fields of the humanities,

social sciences, law or theology. The Prize ihas a value of NOK 500 000. The Holberg Prize School Programme is a research competition for students in upper secondary schools in Norway. 20 schools participate each year, and the three best entries are rewarded with prizes of NOK 30 000, NOK 20 000 and NOK 10 000 respectively. The Holberg Prize was established by the Norwegian Parliament 1 July 2003, and was awarded for the first time in 2004. The objective of the Prize is to increase awareness of the value of academic scholarship within the aforementioned fields. The Prize is named after the Danish-Norwegian writer Ludvig Holberg, who excelled in all of the disciplines covered by the award. Holberg played a crucial role in bringing the Enlightenment to the Nordic countries and in the modernisation of several academic disciplines and teaching methods.

"Given our fragile global order, it’s impossible not to wonder whether the concept of 'collective security' has died." S...
16/12/2025

"Given our fragile global order, it’s impossible not to wonder whether the concept of 'collective security' has died."

Stephen Walt's opening statement at the 9 December Holberg Debate is now published as a column in Foreign Policy.

Read more below. (Paywall.)

A basic concept of international relations is under unprecedented strain.

The Holberg Conversation with 2025 Laureate Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak is now available on YouTube. Spivak received the ...
15/12/2025

The Holberg Conversation with 2025 Laureate Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak is now available on YouTube. Spivak received the Prize for her groundbreaking work in the fields of literary theory and philosophy. The interview was conducted during the Holberg Week in June of this year. Interviewer is Kari Jegerstedt, Head of the Centre for Women's and Gender Research, University of Bergen.

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Under Holbergdebatten 9. desember diskuterte Boris Johnson, Mary Kaldor og Stephen Walt hvorvidt prinsippet om kollektiv...
14/12/2025

Under Holbergdebatten 9. desember diskuterte Boris Johnson, Mary Kaldor og Stephen Walt hvorvidt prinsippet om kollektiv sikkerhet er truet.

Dagens Næringsliv gjorde i den anledning et intervju med Boris Johnson. Intervjuet kan leses her. (Betalingsmur.)

Boris Johnson (61) har ikke lenger politiske ambisjoner, men klare tanker om hvordan krigen i Ukraina kan avsluttes – og hvordan man best skifter bleier.

I morgen, lørdag 13. desember, sender NRK2 Holbergsamtalen med Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak kl. 12:45. Spivak ble tildelt ...
12/12/2025

I morgen, lørdag 13. desember, sender NRK2 Holbergsamtalen med Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak kl. 12:45. Spivak ble tildelt Holbergprisen 2025 for sin banebrytende forskning innen litteraturvitenskap og filosofi. Prisvinneren intervjues av Kari Jegerstedt.

https://tv.nrk.no/program/KOID75000225

This year’s Holberg Debate brought together Boris Johnson, Mary Kaldor, and Stephen Walt for a heated and highly engagin...
11/12/2025

This year’s Holberg Debate brought together Boris Johnson, Mary Kaldor, and Stephen Walt for a heated and highly engaging discussion on one of the most pressing questions of our time:

Can collective security survive in today’s fractured world?

The event was moderated by Stephen Sackur.

📺 Watch the full debate here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHKiIlvaSA8

As we explore the geopolitical views of our three Holberg Debate panellists this year, we turn to Boris Johnson, former ...
17/11/2025

As we explore the geopolitical views of our three Holberg Debate panellists this year, we turn to Boris Johnson, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (2019 – 2022), Leader of the Conservative Party (2019 – 2022), Foreign Secretary (2016 – 2018), and Mayor of London (2008 – 2016).

In this Triggernometry podcast from March of this year, Mr. Johnson discusses Ukraine, Russia, Trump, immigration, and more. Interviewers are Konstantin Kisin and Francis Foster. Kisin was, incidentally, on the panel of the 2024 Holberg Debate, which can be watched on YouTube.

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