The prize rewards up to three candidates that have made an outstanding contribution to the development of knowledge and society through art, teaching and research in the social sciences and humanities.

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Their presence at the Workshop was the outcome of contributions from the UNESCO Participation Programme, the New Zealand National Commission for UNESCO, Toi te Taiaio: The Bioethics Council and the Building Research Capability in the Social Sciences (BRCSS) Network.

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The Nobel committee's decision, like earlier awards to Amartya Sen and Daniel Kahneman, is a welcome shot in the arm for research that crosses disciplinary boundaries in the social sciences.

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