Forskerforbundets Brain Power Award is given to one or more of its members who, through their knowledge-based work, have made significant contributions to society.
"The library’s important role"
In its press release, Forskerforbundet writes that Runhild Seim and Cathinka Neverdal receive the prize “for their work in highlighting the library’s important role in relation to democracy, freedom to read and freedom of expression, particularly through the Banned Books Week Norway project”.
Alexander Refsum Jensenius (Department of Musicology, University of Oslo) receives the prize for his “innovative and interdisciplinary research on rhythm, time and movement”.
The Brain Power Award comes with NOK 200,000 in prize money, of which NOK 100,000 will go to Cathinka Neverdal and Runhild Seim.
We congratulate all three award winners, with special congratulations to Cathinka and Runhild. This prize is very well deserved!
The winners will receive the award at Forskningspolitisk seminar at Hotel Bristol in Oslo on Tuesday 3 November.
About Banned Books Week Norway
This year’s Banned Books Week Norway took place from 5 to 11 October. As many as 750 libraries, bookshops, publishers and organisations took part in this year’s campaign.
Banned Books Week has been held in the United States since 1982, beginning as a response to increasing challenges related to book censorship. Today, it is an international coalition of freedom of expression organisations, libraries, publishers and bookshops.
Banned Books Week was held in Norway for the first time in 2024. The week is coordinated by the University of Oslo Library in collaboration with Norwegian PEN and the Norwegian Library Association, with support from the Sparebank Foundation DNB and UiO:Democracy.
