The Gunnerus Sustainability Award is an international research award, conferred every other year by the
Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters
The Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters (, DKNVS) is a Norway, Norwegian learned society based in Trondheim. It was founded in 1760 and is Norway's oldest scientific and scholarly institution. The society's Protector is King Harald V of ...
(DKNVS) and the
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU; ) is a public university, public research university in Norway and the largest in terms of enrollment. The university's headquarters is located in Trondheim (city), Trondheim, with region ...
(NTNU). Its full name is The Gunnerus Award in Sustainability Science conferred by the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. The prize is presented to a scholar who has made outstanding contribution to
sustainable science within the fields of
natural science
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s,
social science
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s,
humanities
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, or
technological sciences, either through
interdisciplinary work or through work within one of these fields.
The Gunnerus Sustainability Science Award is the first major international prize for outstanding scientific work that promotes sustainable development globally.
It is named after the scientist and bishop
Johan Ernst Gunnerus
Johan Ernst Gunnerus (26 February 1718 – 25 September 1773) was a Norway, Norwegian bishop and botanist. Gunnerus was born at Oslo, Christiania. He was bishop of the Diocese of Nidaros from 1758 until his death and also a professor of theology ...
(1718–1773), who was one of the founders of DKNVS, and Norway's first internationally acclaimed naturalist.
The prize was established in 2012, and was then awarded to the Indian-American scientist
Kamaljit S. Bawa for his pioneering research on population biology in rainforest areas.
[The Hindu (17 February 2012)]
The award was not conferred in the years 2013–2016, but in 2017 it was reestablished as a cooperation between DKNVS and NTNU. The 2017 award will be handed out at the NTNU Sustainability Science Conference in October 2017.
The laureates receive a cash award of 1,000,000
Norwegian krone
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r, plus a gold medal from DKNVS and a diploma.
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Laureates
* 2012
Kamaljit Singh Bawa
* 2017
Carl Folke
* 2019
Sandra Díaz
*2021
Jianguo Liu
Jianguo Liu (; born 1963) is a Chinese American ecologist and sustainability scientist specializing in the human-environment and sustainability studies. He is University Distinguished Professor at Michigan State University.
Early life and educa ...
See also
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List of general science and technology awards
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List of environmental awards
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References
Sources
Presentation of the cooperation between NTNU and DKNVS on the award, from NTNU's rector to the board (2016) (Norwegian)Normannsen, Sølvi Waterloo (17 February 2012) «Indisk biolog får den nye Gunnerusprisen». In: ''Universitetsavisa'' (Norwegian)Special corresponent (17 February 2012) «Kamal Bawa gets first Gunnerus award for sustainability». In: ''The Hindu''
External links
NTNU's information on the awardStatutes for the award
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Environmental sciences awards
Norwegian awards
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters