Åsa Wikforss received her phd at Columbia University in New York city and became one of the first female professors in theoretical philosophy 2008. She was published in 2017 with the book ”Alternative facts – about knowledge and its enemies”.
the year as Nature and Culture, popular science prize is awarded, which is given to people who spread the current research to the public in a creative way.
in the Past, the price has gone to Mårten Schultz, professor in civil law, and Maria Gunther, vetenskapsredaktör of Today’s News.