Erasmus Medal Winners (since 1992)#

• 2024: Professor László Lovász (Hungary), Exact Sciences (Class B ), Mathematics
  • Award announcement

• 2022: Jean-Pierre Changeux (France) Life Sciences (Class C)
  • Award Announcement
  • Award Presentation

• 2021: Professor Philippe Aghion (France), Social and Related Sciences (Class A2), Economics, Business & Management Sciences
  • Award Announcement
  • View the video recording of the award ceremony (1 GB, 50 minutes)

• 2020: Professor Sir Roger Penrose (United Kingdom), Exact Sciences (Class B ), Mathematics
  • Award Announcement
  • Interview with Professor Sir Roger Penrose. The interview took place following the award ceremony at Wadham College, University of Oxford, on 24th September 2020, at which Sir Roger was presented with the Erasmus Medal and gave the accompanying Erasmus Lecture.
  • View the video recording of the Erasmus Medal presentation
  • View the video recording of the 2020 Erasmus Lecture
  • View the presentation of the GÖMBÖC piece to Sir Roger by HE the Hungarian Ambassador. See also the announcement of the presentation of the GÖMBÖC piece to Sir Roger.

• 2019 Barcelona, Spain: Professor Aleida Assmann MAE (Germany), Humanities (Class A1), Literary and Theatrical Studies
  • Award Announcement

• 2019 Barcelona, Spain: Sonia Livingstone (United Kingdom), Humanities (Class A1), Film, Media & Visual Studies
  • Award Announcement

• 2018 Barcelona, Spain: Hans Clevers (The Netherlands), Life Sciences (Class C)
  • Award Announcement

• 2017 Budapest, Hungary: Professor dr Andreu Mas-Colell (Spain) Social and Related Sciences (Class A2), Economics, Business & Management Sciences
  • Award Announcement

• 2016 Cardiff, United Kingdom: Professor (Lord) Martin Rees (United Kingdom) Exact Sciences (Class B ),
  • Award Announcement

• 2015 Darmstadt, Germany: Edith Hall (United Kingdom), Humanities (Class A1), Literary and Theatrical Studies
  • Award Announcement

• 2014 Barcelona, Spain: Kurt Mehlhorn (Germany) (Informatics)
  • Award Announcement

• 2013 Wroclaw (PL): Norman Davies (History and Archeology)
  • 2013 Heinz – Nixdorf Erasmus Lecture: Norman Davies „Centuries of change: Wroclaw – Breslau – Vratislavia”

• 2012 Bergen (N): Tomas Hökfelt (Sweden) (Physiology and Medicine)

• 2012 Bergen (N): Geoffrey Burnstock (Spain) (Physiology and Medicine)

• 2011 Paris (F) : Manuel Castells (Spain) (Social Sciences)

• 2010 Leuven (B): Jean Fréchet (USA) (Chemistry)
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• 2009 Naples (I): Carlo Ginzburg (I) (History and Archeology)

• 2008 Liverpool (UK): Semir Zeki (UK) (Pysiology & Medicine)

• 2007 Toledo (E): Francisco Márquez Villaneuva (E) (Literary&Theatrical Studies)

• 2006 Budapest (H): Bert Sakmann (D), (Physiology and Medicine) Nobel Prize Medicine 1991

• 2005 Postdam (D): Pierre Léna (F) (Earth & Cosmic Sciences)

• 2004 Helsinki (Fl): Stig Strömholm (S) (Law)

• 2003 Graz (A): Carl Djerassi (USA/Austria) (Chemistry)

• 2002 Lisbon (P): Harold Kroto (UK) (Chemistry) Nobel Prize Chemistry 1996

• 2001 not an annual meeting: Giorgio Bernardi (I) (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)

• 2001 Rotterdam (NL:) Edoardo Boncinelli (I) (Cell Biology)

• 1999 Copenhagen (DK): Raoul van Caenegem (B) (History and Archeology)

• 1998 Basel (CH): Peter Burke (GB) (History and Archeology)

• 1997 Gent (B): Paul Crutzen (NL) (Earth and Cosmic Sciences) Nobel Prize Chemistry 1995

• 1996 Barcelona (E): Hubert Markl (D) (Organismic& Evolutionay Biology)

• 1995 Cracow (PL): Alain Touraine (F) (Social Sciences)

• 1994 Parma (I): Lawrence Freedman (UK) (Social Sciences)

• 1993 Uppsala (S): Ernst Mestmäcker (D) (Law)

• 1992 Budapest (H): János Kornai (H) (Economics)