The Princess of Asturias Foundation

25 nominations encompassing 15 different nationalities are in the running for this Award, the third of eight international awards that are bestowed each year by the Princess of Asturias Foundation, now in their 43rd year

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The Jury responsible for conferring the 2023 Princess of Asturias Award for Social Sciences will meet this coming 9th and 10th May in Oviedo. This is the third of the eight international awards convened by the Princess of Asturias Foundation this year, now in their 43rd year. A total of 25 candidatures encompassing 15 different nationalities are in the running for the Award. The meetings will be held at the Reconquista Hotel.

As stated in the Foundation’s Regulations, the Princess of Asturias Awards are aimed at rewarding “the scientific, technical, cultural, social and humanitarian work carried out at an international level by individuals, institutions or groups of individuals or institutions”. In keeping with these principles, the Princess of Asturias Award for Social Sciences is to be granted to “creative and/or research work in the field of history, law, linguistics, education, political science, psychology, sociology, ethics, philosophy, geography, economics, demography or anthropology, as well as in the disciplines corresponding to each of these fields.”

Each Princess of Asturias Award comprises a Joan Miró sculpture representing and symbolising the Award, a diploma, an insignia and a cash prize of fifty thousand euros.

The members of the Jury will hold an initial meeting with the media at 11:00am on Tuesday 9th in the hotel’s “Salón de Consejos” reception room (first floor) immediately prior to its formal constitution and the start of its deliberations, which will commence at 11:30am, after the group photograph. Each jury shall have a chairperson and an acting secretary. Both shall be appointed by the Princess of Asturias Foundation and shall have voice and vote.

The Jury’s decision will be announced at 12:00 noon (GMT+2:00) on Wednesday 10th, in the “Salón Covadonga” reception room in the same hotel (ground floor), following which the members of the Jury will be available for interview.

Composition of the Jury

The Jury will be made up of the following persons:

Emilio Lamo de Espinosa Michels de Champourcin (chair)
Marta M. Elvira Rojo (acting secretary)
Paz Battaner Arias
Javier Echeverría Ezponda
Teresa Freixes Sanjuán
Juan Pablo Fusi Aizpurúa
Mauro Guillén Rodríguez
Silvia Iranzo Gutiérrez
Óscar Loureda Lamas
Ricardo Martí Fluxá
Manuel Menéndez Menéndez
Jaime Montalvo Correa
Jaime Pérez Renovales
Alejandro Portes
María Dolores Puga González
Fernando Vallespín Oña

LIST OF PREVIOUS LAUREATES

List of Laureates

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