The Balzan Foundation collects scientific contributions, and dissertations from its prizewinners for periodic publications. The Balzan Papers journal has been digital since 2024, and here, some updates on the research projects of the Balzan prizewinners are also gathered.
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Jean-Jacques Hublin
Homo sapiens’ evolution in northwestern Africa is explored by applying cutting-edge analytic methods to records from Moroccan cave sites and working with local researchers to recon-struct anatomy, technology, diet and symbolism; all findings to be on open access.
David Damrosch
Damrosch’s research project will bring around ten graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to the Institute for World Literature as members of the year’s Balzan Colloquium. Each summer for five years, they will develop their work on a common topic in world literary studies for publication.
Michael N. Hall
An immense body of knowledge on TOR signalling and cell growth has grown since Hall’s discovery of the protein. Driven by curiosity and exceptional teamwork, it shows the value of invertebrate model organisms in biomedical research, leading to significant clinical advancements.
Braithwaite’s Balzan research project aims to renew and expand the social movement for restorative justice by connecting young scholars in Africa, China, and worldwide to collaborations with scholars from Europe and across the Global North, China, and Australia.
Omar Yaghi
Yaghi gives an overview of his career, showing how the development of reticular chemistry through his work on MOFs extended the chemistry of metal-complexes to infinite 2D and 3D with profound implications on how we view, make, and use materials.
Lorraine Daston
“Yesterday’s scientific truth is today’s scientific error.” Daston’s statement underlies her work as a historian of science, emphasizing the contrast between the philosophical pursuit of eternal reason and the dynamic nature of scientific progress.
