Peter Becker Prize

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The Peter Becker Prize for Peace and Conflict Research was first awarded in 2005 by the Philipps University of Marburg for special achievements in peace research . With 10,000 euros in main prize money, it is one of the best endowed German social science awards. In addition, a prize for young talent will be awarded, endowed with 3000 euros. The cycle is every two years. The award ceremony of the Philipps University of Marburg takes place regularly in January of the following year.

Goal setting

The prize is donated by the Marburg lawyer and author Peter Becker (* 1941). He wants to see scientists honored who put their theories into practice. Active work should be done on civil peace processes, said Becker. "Peace needs experts" emphasized University President Volker Nienhaus in his speech at the ceremony on June 10, 2005: "The Peter Becker Prize is a sign of the university's commitment to civil law ".

Award winners

  • 2016
    • Berghof Foundation Berlin
    • Clemens Ronnefeldt , theologian
    • Özden Melis Uluğ, Social Psychologist (Young Talent Award)
  • 2014
  • 2012
  • 2010
    • Main prize to Gavriel Salomon from the University of Haifa, Israel, for his life's work as a peace scientist and peace educator in theory and practice.
    • Sponsorship award for the “Minds of Peace Experiment” by Sapir Handelman , Harvard, which is committed to the non-violent resolution of conflicts and the creation of peace in Palestine / Israel.
    • Sponsorship award for the “Day Care Center for Arab and Jewish Children at Risk in Jaffa”, which aims to facilitate, promote and support the everyday encounter between Arab and Jewish children at risk.
  • 2008/09
    • Main prize to the project Peace Counts on Tour , sponsored by the Institute for Peace Education Tübingen, Zeitenspiegel agency and Culture Counts Foundation.
  • 2007
    • Main prize to Herbert Wulf for his life's work as well as for his latest book "Internationalization and Privatization of War and Peace"
  • 2005

literature

  • Ulrich Schneckener: Ways out of the Civil War. Models for the regulation of ethno-nationalist conflicts in Europe . Orig. Edition, 1st edition. Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt am Main 2002, 628 pages, ISBN 3-518-12255-X
  • Herbert Wulf: Internationalization and Privatization of War and Peace . Nomos, Baden-Baden 2005, 258 pages, ISBN 3-8329-1375-0

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ CV and publications Peter Becker, energieanwalt.com (accessed on June 1, 2013) ( Memento from December 1, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Speech by Otto Jäckel on the occasion of Peter Becker's 70th birthday, ialana.de/ueber-uns/organe (accessed on June 1, 2013) (PDF; 94 kB)

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