The 2023 Holberg Prize was awarded to Catalan scholar Joan Martinez-Alier for his groundbreaking research in ecological economics, political ecology and environmental justice. 

Martinez-Alier is Professor Emeritus at the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB). In this interview, he talks about his academic scholarship and activism. 

Interviewer: Professor Håvard Haarstad, Department of Geography, University of Bergen.

For more information see the Holberg Prize website: https://holbergprize.org/en.

Photo: Eivind Senneset

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The 2023 Holberg Conversation with Joan Martinez-Alier

The Holberg Prize is awarded annually to a scholar who have made outstanding contributions to research in the arts and humanities, social sciences, law or theology. The Prize amounts to NOK 6 000 000.

The Holberg Prize also awards the Nils Klim Prize (NOK 500 000) to young Nordic scholars in the same academic fields. 

In this channel we publish interviews and lectures with the Laureates, Holberg Week Guests and other events.

The 2023 Holberg Conversation with Joan Martinez-Alier

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