The Frontiers of Knowledge Award goes to five European pioneers who discovered the link between greenhouse gases and rising global temperatures enclosed within the polar ice
Recorded videos of all the awardees delivering their speeches
Visions of knowledge: acceptance speeches of laureates in the 16th Frontiers Awards
Presentation ceremony of the 16th edition
The Frontiers of Knowledge Awards celebrate the value of science and culture as a means to broaden society’s horizon of opportunities and deliver effective tools to confront the great challenges of our time
In the Humanities and Social Sciences category
The Frontiers Award goes to Elke Weber for her research on environmental decision-making and the factors that motivate action against climate change
In the Music and Opera category
The Frontiers of Knowledge Award goes to George Benjamin for “modernizing the operatic language” while maintaining a “rigorous and fine- grained workmanship in all aspects of composition”
In the Economics, Finance and Management category
The Frontiers of Knowledge Award goes to Partha Dasgupta for defining the field of environmental economics by incorporating and quantifying the social value of nature
In the Basic Sciences category
The Frontiers of Knowledge Award goes to Claire Voisin and Yakov Eliashberg for work that has driven forward mathematical thought by building bridges between two key areas of geometry
In the Information and Communication Technologies category
The Frontiers of Knowledge Award goes to Takeo Kanade for developing mathematical foundations for computer vision and robot perception
In the Ecology and Conservation Biology category
The Frontiers of Knowledge Award goes to Gerardo Ceballos and Rodolfo Dirzo for quantifying the scale of the Sixth Mass Extinction of species
In the Biology and Biomedicine category
The Frontiers of Knowledge Award goes to the four discoverers of the biological mechanisms behind protein function and their role in the origin of multiple diseases
In the Climate Change category
The Frontiers of Knowledge Award goes to five European pioneers who discovered the link between greenhouse gases and rising global temperatures enclosed within the polar ice
Recorded videos of all the awardees delivering their speeches
Visions of knowledge: acceptance speeches of laureates in the 16th Frontiers Awards
Research Professor in the Global Change Research Group. Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies (UIB-CSIC). Spain.
Edward S. Rubin
Alumni Chair Professor of Environmental Engineering and Science Emeritus at Carnegie Mellon University (United States)
Bjorn Stevens
Director of the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (Hamburg, Germany)
Paul Wassmann
Professor Emeritus, Department of Arctic and Marine Biology. UiT The Arctic University of Norway
Julie A. Winkler
Professor of Geography in the Department of Geography, Environment and Spatial Sciences at Michigan State University (United States)
Miguel Bastos Araújo
Research Professor in the Department of Biogeography and Global Change at the National Museum of Natural Sciences (Spanish National Research Council, CSIC)
Emily S. Bernhardt
James B. Duke Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Biology at Duke University (United States)
Sandrine Bony
Director of Research at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique / Sorbonne University (France)
Paul M. Brakefield
Professor of Zoology and Emeritus Director of the Museum of Zoology at the University of Cambridge
Miquel Canals
Director of the Sustainable Blue Economy Chair . University of Barcelona (Spain)
Carlos M. Duarte
Tarek Ahmed Juffali Research Chair in Red Sea Ecology. King Abdullah University of Science and Technology. Saudi Arabia
María Begoña García
Research scientist in the Department of Biodiversity Conservation and Ecosystem Restoration at the Pyrenean Institute of Ecology (CSIC) (Spain)
José Manuel Gutiérrez
Director of the Instituto de Física de Cantabria, IFCA (CSIC-University of Cantabria, Spain)
Martin Heimann
Director Emeritus of the Department of Biogeochemical Systems at the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry (Germany)
Pedro Jordano
Research Professor in the Department of Integrative Ecology at Doñana Biological Station, CSIC and an Associate Professor in the Department of Plant Biology and Ecology at the University of Seville (Spain)
Rik Leemans
Professor of Environmental Systems Analysis at Wageningen University (Netherlands)
Nuria Marbà
Research Professor in the Global Change Research Group. Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies (UIB-CSIC). Spain.
Edward S. Rubin
Alumni Chair Professor of Environmental Engineering and Science Emeritus at Carnegie Mellon University (United States)
Bjorn Stevens
Director of the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (Hamburg, Germany)
Paul Wassmann
Professor Emeritus, Department of Arctic and Marine Biology. UiT The Arctic University of Norway
Julie A. Winkler
Professor of Geography in the Department of Geography, Environment and Spatial Sciences at Michigan State University (United States)
Miguel Bastos Araújo
Research Professor in the Department of Biogeography and Global Change at the National Museum of Natural Sciences (Spanish National Research Council, CSIC)
Emily S. Bernhardt
James B. Duke Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Biology at Duke University (United States)
Sandrine Bony
Director of Research at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique / Sorbonne University (France)
Paul M. Brakefield
Professor of Zoology and Emeritus Director of the Museum of Zoology at the University of Cambridge
Miquel Canals
Director of the Sustainable Blue Economy Chair . University of Barcelona (Spain)
Basic Sciences
Nigel Hitchin
Emeritus Savilian Professor of Geometry in the Mathematical Institute at the University of Oxford (United Kingdom)
Theodor W. Hänsch
Emeritus Director of the Division of Laser Spectroscopy at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics (Germany) 2005 Nobel Prize in Physics
Aitziber López Cortajarena
Ikerbasque Research Professor, Scientific Director and Biomolecular Nanotechnology Group Leader. CIC biomaGUNE, Center for Cooperative Research in Biomaterials. Spain
Martin Quack
Professor and Head of Molecular Kinetics and Spectroscopy Group, Laboratory of Physical Chemistry at ETH Zurich (Switzerland)
Sandip Tiwari
Charles N. Mellowes Professor of Engineering at Cornell University (United States) and Distinguished Visiting Professor at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (India)
Emmanuel Candès
Barnum-Simons Professor in Mathematics and Statistics of the Departments of Mathematics and Statistics at Stanford University (United States)
María José García Borge
Research Professor. Institute of the Structure of Matter (IEM), CSIC. Spain
Nigel Hitchin
Emeritus Savilian Professor of Geometry in the Mathematical Institute at the University of Oxford (United Kingdom)
Theodor W. Hänsch
Emeritus Director of the Division of Laser Spectroscopy at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics (Germany) 2005 Nobel Prize in Physics
Aitziber López Cortajarena
Ikerbasque Research Professor, Scientific Director and Biomolecular Nanotechnology Group Leader. CIC biomaGUNE, Center for Cooperative Research in Biomaterials. Spain
Martin Quack
Professor and Head of Molecular Kinetics and Spectroscopy Group, Laboratory of Physical Chemistry at ETH Zurich (Switzerland)
Sandip Tiwari
Charles N. Mellowes Professor of Engineering at Cornell University (United States) and Distinguished Visiting Professor at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (India)
Emmanuel Candès
Barnum-Simons Professor in Mathematics and Statistics of the Departments of Mathematics and Statistics at Stanford University (United States)
María José García Borge
Research Professor. Institute of the Structure of Matter (IEM), CSIC. Spain
Nigel Hitchin
Emeritus Savilian Professor of Geometry in the Mathematical Institute at the University of Oxford (United Kingdom)
Theodor W. Hänsch
Emeritus Director of the Division of Laser Spectroscopy at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics (Germany) 2005 Nobel Prize in Physics
Aitziber López Cortajarena
Ikerbasque Research Professor, Scientific Director and Biomolecular Nanotechnology Group Leader. CIC biomaGUNE, Center for Cooperative Research in Biomaterials. Spain
Biology and Biomedicine
Óscar Marín
Professor of Neuroscience and Director of the Centre for Developmental Neurobiology at the King’s College London (United Kingdom)
Ursula Ravens
Professor Emerita in the Carl Gustav Carus School of Medicine at the Technical University of Dresden (Germany)
Angelika Schnieke
Emerita of Excellence in the School of Life Sciences at the Technical University of Munich (Germany)
Ali Shilatifard
Robert Francis Furchgott Professor of Biochemistry and Pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine (United States)
Bruce Whitelaw
Director of the Roslin Institute at University of Edinburgh (United Kingdom)
Dario Alessi
Director of the MCR Protein Phosphorylation and Ubiquitylation Unit in the College of Life Sciences at Dundee University (United Kingdom)
Lélia Delamarre
Director and Distinguished Scientist, Department of Cancer Immunology, Genentech (United States)
Robin Lovell-Badge, CBE
Principal Group Leader and Head of the Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology and Developmental Genetics at the Francis Crick Institute (United Kingdom)
Óscar Marín
Professor of Neuroscience and Director of the Centre for Developmental Neurobiology at the King’s College London (United Kingdom)
Ursula Ravens
Professor Emerita in the Carl Gustav Carus School of Medicine at the Technical University of Dresden (Germany)
Angelika Schnieke
Emerita of Excellence in the School of Life Sciences at the Technical University of Munich (Germany)
Ali Shilatifard
Robert Francis Furchgott Professor of Biochemistry and Pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine (United States)
Bruce Whitelaw
Director of the Roslin Institute at University of Edinburgh (United Kingdom)
Dario Alessi
Director of the MCR Protein Phosphorylation and Ubiquitylation Unit in the College of Life Sciences at Dundee University (United Kingdom)
Lélia Delamarre
Director and Distinguished Scientist, Department of Cancer Immunology, Genentech (United States)
Robin Lovell-Badge, CBE
Principal Group Leader and Head of the Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology and Developmental Genetics at the Francis Crick Institute (United Kingdom)
Óscar Marín
Professor of Neuroscience and Director of the Centre for Developmental Neurobiology at the King’s College London (United Kingdom)
Ursula Ravens
Professor Emerita in the Carl Gustav Carus School of Medicine at the Technical University of Dresden (Germany)
Information and Communication Technologies
Oussama Khatib
Professor of Computer Science and Director of the Robotics Laboratory at Stanford University (United States)
Rudolf Kruse
Emeritus Professor in the Faculty of Computer Science at the University of Magdeburg (Germany)
Mario Piattini
Professor of Computer Languages and Systems at the University of Castilla-La Mancha (Spain)
Bernhard Schölkopf
Scientific Director of the ELLIS Institute Tübingen and Director of the Empirical Inference Department at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems. Germany
Joos Vandewalle
Honorary President of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts (Belgium)
Georg Gottlob
Professor of Informatics at the University of Calabria and Emeritus Professor of Informatics at the University of Oxford
Ron Ho
Corporate Vice President, R&D Hardware. Lattice Semiconductor. United States
Oussama Khatib
Professor of Computer Science and Director of the Robotics Laboratory at Stanford University (United States)
Rudolf Kruse
Emeritus Professor in the Faculty of Computer Science at the University of Magdeburg (Germany)
Mario Piattini
Professor of Computer Languages and Systems at the University of Castilla-La Mancha (Spain)
Bernhard Schölkopf
Scientific Director of the ELLIS Institute Tübingen and Director of the Empirical Inference Department at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems. Germany
Joos Vandewalle
Honorary President of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts (Belgium)
Georg Gottlob
Professor of Informatics at the University of Calabria and Emeritus Professor of Informatics at the University of Oxford
Ron Ho
Corporate Vice President, R&D Hardware. Lattice Semiconductor. United States
Oussama Khatib
Professor of Computer Science and Director of the Robotics Laboratory at Stanford University (United States)
Rudolf Kruse
Emeritus Professor in the Faculty of Computer Science at the University of Magdeburg (Germany)
Mario Piattini
Professor of Computer Languages and Systems at the University of Castilla-La Mancha (Spain)
Ecology and Conservation Biology
Paul M. Brakefield
Professor of Zoology and Emeritus Director of the Museum of Zoology at the University of Cambridge
María Begoña García
Research scientist in the Department of Biodiversity Conservation and Ecosystem Restoration at the Pyrenean Institute of Ecology (CSIC) (Spain)
Pedro Jordano
Research Professor in the Department of Integrative Ecology at Doñana Biological Station, CSIC and an Associate Professor in the Department of Plant Biology and Ecology at the University of Seville (Spain)
Rik Leemans
Professor of Environmental Systems Analysis at Wageningen University (Netherlands)
Nuria Marbà
Research Professor in the Global Change Research Group. Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies (UIB-CSIC). Spain.
Miguel Bastos Araújo
Research Professor in the Department of Biogeography and Global Change at the National Museum of Natural Sciences (Spanish National Research Council, CSIC)
Emily S. Bernhardt
James B. Duke Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Biology at Duke University (United States)
Paul M. Brakefield
Professor of Zoology and Emeritus Director of the Museum of Zoology at the University of Cambridge
María Begoña García
Research scientist in the Department of Biodiversity Conservation and Ecosystem Restoration at the Pyrenean Institute of Ecology (CSIC) (Spain)
Pedro Jordano
Research Professor in the Department of Integrative Ecology at Doñana Biological Station, CSIC and an Associate Professor in the Department of Plant Biology and Ecology at the University of Seville (Spain)
Rik Leemans
Professor of Environmental Systems Analysis at Wageningen University (Netherlands)
Nuria Marbà
Research Professor in the Global Change Research Group. Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies (UIB-CSIC). Spain.
Miguel Bastos Araújo
Research Professor in the Department of Biogeography and Global Change at the National Museum of Natural Sciences (Spanish National Research Council, CSIC)
Emily S. Bernhardt
James B. Duke Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Biology at Duke University (United States)
Paul M. Brakefield
Professor of Zoology and Emeritus Director of the Museum of Zoology at the University of Cambridge
María Begoña García
Research scientist in the Department of Biodiversity Conservation and Ecosystem Restoration at the Pyrenean Institute of Ecology (CSIC) (Spain)
Pedro Jordano
Research Professor in the Department of Integrative Ecology at Doñana Biological Station, CSIC and an Associate Professor in the Department of Plant Biology and Ecology at the University of Seville (Spain)
Climate Change
Martin Heimann
Director Emeritus of the Department of Biogeochemical Systems at the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry (Germany)
Edward S. Rubin
Alumni Chair Professor of Environmental Engineering and Science Emeritus at Carnegie Mellon University (United States)
Bjorn Stevens
Director of the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (Hamburg, Germany)
Paul Wassmann
Professor Emeritus, Department of Arctic and Marine Biology. UiT The Arctic University of Norway
Julie A. Winkler
Professor of Geography in the Department of Geography, Environment and Spatial Sciences at Michigan State University (United States)
Sandrine Bony
Director of Research at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique / Sorbonne University (France)
Miquel Canals
Director of the Sustainable Blue Economy Chair . University of Barcelona (Spain)
Carlos M. Duarte
Tarek Ahmed Juffali Research Chair in Red Sea Ecology. King Abdullah University of Science and Technology. Saudi Arabia
José Manuel Gutiérrez
Director of the Instituto de Física de Cantabria, IFCA (CSIC-University of Cantabria, Spain)
Martin Heimann
Director Emeritus of the Department of Biogeochemical Systems at the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry (Germany)
Edward S. Rubin
Alumni Chair Professor of Environmental Engineering and Science Emeritus at Carnegie Mellon University (United States)
Bjorn Stevens
Director of the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (Hamburg, Germany)
Paul Wassmann
Professor Emeritus, Department of Arctic and Marine Biology. UiT The Arctic University of Norway
Julie A. Winkler
Professor of Geography in the Department of Geography, Environment and Spatial Sciences at Michigan State University (United States)
Sandrine Bony
Director of Research at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique / Sorbonne University (France)
Miquel Canals
Director of the Sustainable Blue Economy Chair . University of Barcelona (Spain)
Carlos M. Duarte
Tarek Ahmed Juffali Research Chair in Red Sea Ecology. King Abdullah University of Science and Technology. Saudi Arabia
José Manuel Gutiérrez
Director of the Instituto de Física de Cantabria, IFCA (CSIC-University of Cantabria, Spain)
Martin Heimann
Director Emeritus of the Department of Biogeochemical Systems at the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry (Germany)
Economics, Finance and Management
Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg
Elihu Professor of Economics and Global Affairs at Yale University (United States)
Andreu Mas-Colell
Professor Emeritus of Economics at Pompeu Fabra University and Barcelona School of Economics (Spain)
Eric S. Maskin
Adams University Professor at Harvard University (United States) 2007 Nobel Prize in Economics
Lucrezia Reichlin
Professor of Economics at the London Business School (United Kingdom)
Fabrizio Zilibotti
Tuntex Professor of International and Development Economics at Yale University (United States)
Manuel Arellano
Professor of Economics in the Center for Monetary and Financial Studies (CEMFI) of Banco de España (Spain)
Antonio Ciccone
Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Mannheim (Germany)
Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg
Elihu Professor of Economics and Global Affairs at Yale University (United States)
Andreu Mas-Colell
Professor Emeritus of Economics at Pompeu Fabra University and Barcelona School of Economics (Spain)
Eric S. Maskin
Adams University Professor at Harvard University (United States) 2007 Nobel Prize in Economics
Lucrezia Reichlin
Professor of Economics at the London Business School (United Kingdom)
Fabrizio Zilibotti
Tuntex Professor of International and Development Economics at Yale University (United States)
Manuel Arellano
Professor of Economics in the Center for Monetary and Financial Studies (CEMFI) of Banco de España (Spain)
Antonio Ciccone
Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Mannheim (Germany)
Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg
Elihu Professor of Economics and Global Affairs at Yale University (United States)
Andreu Mas-Colell
Professor Emeritus of Economics at Pompeu Fabra University and Barcelona School of Economics (Spain)
Eric S. Maskin
Adams University Professor at Harvard University (United States) 2007 Nobel Prize in Economics
Humanities and Social Sciences (Social Sciences)
Isabel Burdiel
Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Valencia (Spain)
Bruno Cautrès
Research Fellow of the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), attached to CEVIPOF, the Centre for Political Research at Sciences Po in Paris (France)
Brian Parkinson
Professor of Social Psychology. University of Oxford. United Kingdom.
Simone Schnall
Professor in Experimental Social Psychology. Department of Psychology. University of Cambridge. United Kingdom.
Music and Opera
Víctor García de Gomar
Artistic Director of the Gran Teatre del Liceu (Spain)
Raquel García-Tomás
Composer (Spain)
Pedro Halffter Caro
Conductor and composer. Member of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de Santa Isabel de Hungría. Seville. (Spain)
Joan Matabosch
Artistic Director. Teatro Real (Spain)
Gabriela Ortiz Torres
Composer and Professor of Composition at the National Autonomous University of Mexico
Mauro Bucarelli
Artistic Coordinator of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome (Italy)
Silvia Colasanti
Composer (Italy)
Víctor García de Gomar
Artistic Director of the Gran Teatre del Liceu (Spain)
Raquel García-Tomás
Composer (Spain)
Pedro Halffter Caro
Conductor and composer. Member of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de Santa Isabel de Hungría. Seville. (Spain)
Joan Matabosch
Artistic Director. Teatro Real (Spain)
Gabriela Ortiz Torres
Composer and Professor of Composition at the National Autonomous University of Mexico
Mauro Bucarelli
Artistic Coordinator of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome (Italy)
Silvia Colasanti
Composer (Italy)
Víctor García de Gomar
Artistic Director of the Gran Teatre del Liceu (Spain)
Raquel García-Tomás
Composer (Spain)
Pedro Halffter Caro
Conductor and composer. Member of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de Santa Isabel de Hungría. Seville. (Spain)
