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]
| 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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| First awarded |
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| No. of laureates | 33 Prizes to 35 Laureates as of 2024[update] |
Recipients
edit| Name | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Ron Boschma | Netherlands | 2024 |
See also
editReferences
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