Vautrin Lud Prize
Appearance
Vautrin Lud Prize | |
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Michael Batty being awarded the 2013 Vautrin Lud Prize | |
Awarded for | Awarded for outstanding achievements in the field of geography |
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No. of laureates | 33 Prizes to 35 Laureates as of 2024[update] |
The Prix International de Géographie Vautrin Lud, known in English as the Vautrin Lud Prize, is the highest award in the field of geography.[1] Established in 1991, the award is named after the 16th Century French scholar Vautrin Lud . The award is given in the autumn of each year at the International Geography Festival in Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, France (the home town of Vautrin Lud) and decided upon by a five-person international jury.[1]
Recipients
[edit]Name | Country | Year |
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Peter Haggett | UK | 1991 |
Torsten Hägerstrand and Gilbert F. White | Sweden and US | 1992 |
Peter Gould | US | 1993 |
Milton Santos | Brazil | 1994 |
David Harvey | UK | 1995 |
Roger Brunet and Paul Claval | France | 1996 |
Jean-Bernard Racine | Switzerland | 1997 |
Doreen Massey | UK | 1998 |
Ron J. Johnston | UK | 1999 |
Yves Lacoste | France | 2000 |
Sir Peter Hall | UK | 2001 |
Bruno Messerli | Switzerland | 2002 |
Allen J. Scott | US | 2003 |
Philippe Pinchemel | France | 2004 |
Brian J. L. Berry | US | 2005 |
Heinz Wanner | Switzerland | 2006 |
Mike Goodchild | UK | 2007 |
Horacio Capel Sáez | Spain | 2008 |
Terry McGee | Canada | 2009 |
Denise Pumain | France | 2010 |
Antoine Bailly | Switzerland | 2011 |
Yi-Fu Tuan | China-US | 2012 |
Mike Batty[2] | UK | 2013 |
Anne Buttimer | Ireland | 2014 |
Edward Soja | US | 2015 |
Maria Dolors García Ramón | Spain | 2016 |
Akin Mabogunje | Nigeria | 2017 |
Jacques Lévy | France | 2018 |
John A. Agnew | UK-US | 2019 |
Rudolf Brázdil | Czech Republic | 2020 |
Brenda Yeoh | Singapore | 2021 |
Michael Storper | France - US | 2022 |
Jamie Peck | Canada - UK | 2023 |
See also
[edit]- List of geography awards
- International Geographical Union
- Victoria Medal
- Murchison Award
- Hubbard Medal
References
[edit]- ^ a b "U. T. Dallas' Brian Berry to Receive World's Top Honor for Geographers". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2008-01-09.
- ^ "CASA's Prof Michael Batty awarded the "Nobel prize" of geography". Archived from the original on 2016-03-27. Retrieved 2015-07-19.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19981001/ai_n14191789
- https://web.archive.org/web/20071216151242/http://www.geog.ucla.edu/news.php
- http://www.ia.ucsb.edu/pa/display.aspx?pkey=1683
- http://www.csiss.org/SPACE/about/news.php
- https://web.archive.org/web/20080706145855/http://www.colorado.edu/news/releases/2000/492.html
- http://www.utdallas.edu/news/archive/2005/berry-lud.html Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
- http://www.fig.saint-die-des-vosges.fr/en Archived 2013-06-23 at the Wayback Machine