THE 2026 BALZAN PRIZEWINNERS
The Prize for Humanity, Peace and Fraternity among Peoples also to be awarded.
The winners of the four annual awards:
■ Elena Esposito (Italy), Università di Bologna and University of Bielefeld, for The Social Science of Digital Technology
■ Rasmus Nielsen (USA-Denmark), University of California Berkeley, and Ziheng Yang (UK), University College London, for Molecular Evolution: Decoding Patterns of Genomic Change
■ David Nirenberg (USA), Institute for Advanced Study Princeton, for Jewish Studies
■ Geoffrey W. Coates (USA), Cornell University, and Marc A. Hillmyer (USA), University of Minnesota, for Biodegradable Polymers from Renewable Sources
Each Prize is for 750,000 Swiss francs (800,000 euros, 930,000 USD, 685,000 GBP), half of which must be allocated to research projects carried out by young scholars and scientists.
The winner of the Prize for Humanity, Peace, and Fraternity among Peoples
■ Emergency Response Rooms (Sudan)
The amount of this prize is also 750,000 Swiss francs.
