Award Ceremony Holberg Prize School Project 2012
Time: 6.6.2012 10.30 - 6.6.2012 11.30
Location: Bergen Katedralskole, Kong Oscars gate 36, 5012 Bergen
Contact: Barbara Wendelbo
Read more: www.holbergprisen.no
The Holberg Prize School Project is a research competiton for pupils in the upper secondary school (videregående). Foto: Scanpix/Marit Hommedal/Holbergprisen
An important part of the objective of the Holberg Prize is to stimulate
children and young people to take an interest in the arts and humanities, social
sciences, law and theology. The Holberg Prize wishes to contribute to greater
understanding, interest and enthusiasm for these fields.
Every year students at upper secondary schools in Norway are invited to carry out a research project in cooperation with established researchers. Three of these projects are awarded prizes of respectively NOK 15 000, 10 000 and 5 000. The prize winners are also invited to Bergen to attend the Holberg Prize award ceremony. A teacher’s grant is also awarded in connection with the Holberg Prize School Project.
Over 450 students participate in 2011. Their projects span over a wide range of topics, among others; Why has the vampire fiction increased in popularity over the last years? / Can Adam Smith’s liberalism give some answers to the challenges of
poverty? / Different views on alternative medicine / What do we really know about the freemasonry? / Clothes as an expression / How are exchange students taken care of in Norwegian Upper Secondary Schools? / Witches and witch processes.