THE 2024 BALZAN PRIZEWINNERS

The winners of the 2024 Balzan Prizes are:

• John Braithwaite (Australia), Australian National University for Restorative Justice
• Lorraine Daston (Germany/USA), Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin-Dahlem for History of Modern and Contemporary Science
• Michael N. Hall (Switzerland/USA), Biozentrum of the University of Basel for Biological Mechanisms of Ageing
• Omar Yaghi (USA), University of California Berkeley for Nanoporous Materials for Environmental Applications.

Each Prizewinner will receive 750,000 CHF (approximately 800,000 EUR; 890,000 USD), half of which must be invested in research.

The announcement was made by the President of the Balzan ‘Prize’ Foundation Maria Cristina Messa and the Chair of the General Prize Committee Marta Cartabia during the traditional meeting in the Sala Buzzati of the Corriere della Sera Foundation in Milan.