Cogito Prize

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The Cogito Prize is a science award from the Wollerau , Switzerland- based Cogito Foundation . It has been awarded every two years by the Board of Trustees of the Cogito Foundation since 2002 and is endowed with CHF 50,000. The current rector of the University of Zurich , Michael Hengartner , the former rector of the University of Zurich, Hans Weder , Christof Aegerter and the behavioral economist researching at the University of Konstanz, Urs Fischbacherare members of the Board of Trustees of the Cogito Foundation (as of 2016). The Cogito Foundation, established in 2002, aims to bring the natural sciences and humanities closer together.

The award ceremony is usually public, takes place at the University of Zurich and is accompanied by a presentation by the award winner.

Award winners

  • 2002: Manfred Spitzer
  • 2004: Ernst Fehr and Alex Kacelnik
  • 2006: Hans-Jörg Rheinberger
  • 2008: Michael Esfeld
  • 2010: Reto U. Schneider , as science journalist and deputy editor-in-chief of NZZ Folio
  • 2012: Rita Gautschy , «in recognition of her outstanding work on Middle Eastern chronology, in which she successfully combined her knowledge of celestial mechanics and the culture of Egypt and Mesopotamia. For her, astronomy is not an auxiliary science to ancient studies or vice versa, but both experience new impulses. "
  • 2014: Donat Fäh , “in recognition of the reassessment of the Basel earthquake in 1356 and its assessment in the context of the regional seismic hazard and risk analysis. For these studies he motivated a multidisciplinary working group to work closely together. "
  • 2016: Derek A. Muller , "in recognition of the years of debate about the question of how scientific knowledge can be communicated to a broad audience, as well as the consistent implementation of the insights gained on YouTube"
  • 2018: Eduard Kaeser , "for his brilliant depictions of the interactions between physics and philosophy"

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Members of the Board of Trustees of the Cogito Foundation , on the Cogito Foundation website, accessed on December 10, 2016
  2. ^ Foundation against the ditch in science . In: NZZ, February 7, 2002
  3. ↑ Public award ceremony "cogito-Preis 2016" (PDF) ( Memento of the original from December 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , from the Cogito Foundation website, accessed December 10, 2016 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cogito.ch
  4. ^ Cogito Prize for Ernst Fehr and Alex Kacelnik . In: NZZ, June 30, 2004
  5. ^ Cogito Prize for Interdisciplinary Behavioral Research , on the University of Zurich website, accessed on December 10, 2016
  6. ↑ Cogito Prize for “NZZ Folio” . In: NZZ, July 16, 2010
  7. ↑ The Basel earthquake , on the University of Zurich website, accessed on December 10, 2016
  8. ↑ What yesterday's quakes say about today's risks , on the ETH Zurich website, accessed on December 10, 2016
  9. ↑ Physics, made into an entertaining film , on the website of the University of Zurich, accessed on December 10, 2016