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$1 MILLION BERGGRUEN PHILOSOPHY PRIZE AWARDED TO MICHAEL SANDEL
said Yuk Hui , Chair of the Berggruen Prize Jury. Other jury members include Roger Ames , Antonio Damasio , Francis Fukuyama , Siri Hustvedt , Carlo Rovelli , and Elif Shafak.
A graduate of Brandeis University , Sandel received his doctorate in 1981 from Balliol College, University of Oxford , where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar under philosopher Charles Taylor . He has had a decades-long career at Harvard University where he currently serves as the Anne T. and Robert M. Professor of Government. Notably, his course "Justice" was the first to be made freely available online and on television, reaching 40 million viewers. His books have been widely translated and include lauded publications such as (2009), (2020), and , co-authored with Thomas Piketty (2025).
said Nicolas Berggruen , Chairman and Founder of the Berggruen Institute.
Michael Sandel was selected for the Berggruen Prize from hundreds of nominees in the fields of philosophy, social science, economics, human rights, physics, literature, and beyond, and joins an esteemed cohort of Laureates, including Patricia Hill Collins (2023), Kojin Karatani (2022), Peter Singer (2021), Paul Farmer (2020), Ruth Bader Ginsburg (2019), Martha C. Nussbaum (2018), Onora O'Neill (2017), and Charles Taylor (2016). Sandel will receive the prize in spring 2026 at a celebration in Cambridge, Massachusetts .
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