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Professor of Polticial Philosophy Lisa Herzog has received the Ammodo Science Award for fundamental research 2021 on 14 September 2021.

Earlier this year, political philosopher and UG lecturer Lisa Herzog was awarded the Ammodo Science Award. In concrete terms, this translates into a sum of €300,000 for the purposes of fundamental research. So, what will this ambitious philosopher do now? Well, among other things, she will hire a postdoc to take over part of her teaching, so she can finally sink her teeth into a new research project.

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The Ammodo Science Award for fundamental research 2021 has been awarded to professor of Political Philosophy Lisa Herzog. The award consists of €300.000 to be spent on her research.