Viktoria Tkaczyk Honored with the Caroline von Humboldt-Professur
Award Ceremony on 2 December 2025
MoA Associated Member Viktoria Tkaczyk, historian of science and media at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, will be awarded the Caroline von Humboldt-Professur in December. The named professorship is associated with project funding of 80,000 Euros for one year. The Caroline von Humboldt Award, endowed with 15,000 euros, goes to the environmental researcher Oleksandra Shumilova. This year, the Caroline von Humboldt Honorary Professorship will also be awarded for the first time: Christina von Braun will be honoured for her life's work.
The awards are part of the Caroline von Humboldt Programme, which bundles equal opportunities measures at the HU. The Caroline von Humboldt-Professur is awarded to excellent female professors of all disciplines at HU who are characterized by their international reputation, the relevance of their research results beyond their own discipline and their outstanding publication activity. The aim is to make outstanding female HU researchers even more visible and to support their work. Read more here.
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