Thomas Widlok Awarded Leo Spitzer Prize for Academic Excellence

The University of Cologne recently awarded research prized to excellent researchers from the natural and life sciences, the humanities, economics and social sciences. Thomas Widlok (Project C05 Framing Futures) received the Leo-Spitzer Prize, which is awarded for outstanding academic achievements in the arts, humanities and human sciences.

“The University of Cologne is convinced that scientific progress is based on the scientific excellence of individual researchers, which should therefore be particularly promoted and recognized. I congratulate the award-winning researchers and would like to thank them for their outstanding work”, says Professor Dr Joybrato Mukherjee, Rector of the University of Cologne.


leo spitzer prize recipient thomas widlok alonside the rector of the University of cologne and the other prize recipients
Thomas Widlok (third from the right), next to Professor Dr Joybrato Mukherjee, Rector of the University of Cologne (center) and the other recipients of the Research Prizes 2025.



In the video below, Thomas Widlok reflects on his research on the concept of “sharing” (video in German; auto-generated subtitles in English available):

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