Lecture | Award ceremony
Livestream Mercator Sapiens Stimulus Mariska Kret
- Date
- Monday 12 February 2024
- Time
- Address
- KHMW, Hodshon huis
Spaarne 17
Haarlem
Professor Mariska Kret receives the Mercator Sapiens Stimulus, a new science prize from the Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities (KHMW). The prize consists of a sum of 1m euros.
Livestream award ceremony Mariska Kret
Monday 12 February at 16.00 hrs. Speakers featured, among others, demissionary Minister of OCW Prof. dr. Robbert Dijkgraaf and Nobel Prize winner Prof. dr. Ben Feringa.
Follow the livestream Mercator Sapiens Stimulus 2024The prize is for a talented young scientist who conducts innovative, groundbreaking research. Kret conducts research into emotions from a comparative and evolutionary perspective. She researches emotions in not only humans but also animal species that are closely related to humans, such as chimpanzees, bonobos and orangutans. This involves working with various zoos and using new methods.