Research prizes

Thuringian Research Award trophy Image: TMWWDG
Thuringian Research Award trophy Image: TMWWDG
Thuringian Research Award trophy Image: TMWWDG - Teams from Sociology and Nutritional Sciences awarded 2021 Thuringian Research Prizes Each year, the Free State of Thuringia rewards excellent research achievements with the Thuringian Research Prize. This year, no fewer than two teams from Friedrich Schiller University Jena have been honoured, as Thuringia's Science Minister, Wolfgang Tiefensee, announced today (14 April). In the "Basic Research" category, sociologists Prof. Klaus Dörre (University of Jena), Prof. Hartmut Rosa (University of Jena and University of Erfurt) and Prof. Stefan Lessenich (LMU Munich) received the award for their work on post-growth societies. The prize in the "Applied Research" category was shared this year: one half went to the project team of the Competence Cluster for Nutrition and Cardiovascular Health (nutriCARD), led by Prof. Stefan Lorkowski (University of Jena), Prof. Gabriele Stangl (University of Halle-Wittenberg) and Prof. Peggy Braun (Leipzig University). The other half of the prize in this category was awarded to a team from the Bauhaus University Weimar. The end of growth - prize for basic research. The prize for basic research, worth 25,000 euros, recognises the work of the Centre for Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences " Landnahme , Acceleration, Activation: Dynamics and (De)stabilisation of modern growth societies".
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