Rettig Prize to Bolin Centre member Fredrik Charpentier Ljungqvist
The Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities has awarded Associate Professor Fredrik Charpentier Ljungqvist the Rettig Prize 2022 for his “interdisciplinary works concerning climate and diseases in a long-term perspective that demonstrate the importance of humanistic and historical perspectives on crucial contemporary issues”. The prize sum is 250.000 SEK.
Congratulations Fredrik! You are an Associate Professor of both History and of Physical Geography, what projects are you currently working on?
“Presently, I’m leading the interdisciplinary project 'Disentangling socio-political and climatic factors for food insecurity in early modern Europe (c. 1500–1800)'. The project aims to systematically investigate which combination of factors made societies in northern Europe, from the 16th to the 18th century, more or less vulnerable to food insecurity and famine.”
You are an active contributor to the media sector, for example “Under strecket” in Svenska Dagbladet. Will we see more of your outreach activities in 2022?
“Yes, I will continue writing for Svenska Dagbladet. Not always about the climate though, but also other subjects”.
Read press release on Kungl. Vitterhetsakademiens website (Swedish)
Last updated: October 10, 2022
Source: Bolin Centre for Climate Research