Barcelona City Council in collaboration with Academia Europaea Presentation of the Hypatia European Science Prize, on 27 October 2022, in the Saló de Cent of Barcelona City Hall, to Professor Nancy Cartwright

Abstract

The aim of this award is to promote the city of Barcelona as the European capital of science, supporting scientific knowledge and research in different areas. The prize aims to recognize the best career and trajectory of a person in the field of science and research, developed at the highest international level, with influence on different fields of knowledge and with a positive impact on the welfare of humanity. The name of the prize as Hypatia is intended to highlight the figure of the philosopher and scientist Hypatia of Alexandria (c. AD 355–415), a woman who knew how to combine and transmit all the fields of knowledge of her time and who, precisely for this reason, was assassinated by the forces of ignorance and fanaticism. The prize has a monetary award of €30,000, which is given at an institutional ceremony in which the winner gives a lecture on his or her research career. The prize is awarded every three years and alternates each year between the three main areas of knowledge: Science and technology; Life and health sciences; Humanities and social sciences. Philosopher Nancy Cartwright is the winner of the third Hypatia Prize for her outstanding contribution to philosophical research. Nancy Cartwright’s work has had far-reaching consequences in various fields of knowledge, from the natural sciences to the social and human sciences. Her contributions have laid the European Review, Vol. 31, No. 4, 365–366 © The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Academia Europaea Ltd.