Professor Manuel Fernández-Götz receives prestigious Humboldt award
The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation presents several Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Awards annually to internationally renowned academics from abroad in recognition of their outstanding accomplishments in research. The award is named for German astronomer and mathematician Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel (1784–1846) and funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research.
Professor Manuel Fernández-Götz was recently announced as one of the Humboldt awardees for 2026 in recognition of his interdisciplinary research into the archaeology of identities, early urbanisation, migrations, and conflict archaeology in Bronze and Iron Age Europe. More information about Professor Fernández-Götz's research is available here.
" I am delighted to have been awarded a Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. This will be a wonderful opportunity to develop new collaborations with archaeologists in Germany, particularly with colleagues from the Leibniz Centre for Archaeology. The Humboldt Foundation plays a key role in promoting scientific exchange between Germany and the rest of the world, and I am honoured to have become part of their extensive network of scholars " Professor Manuel Fernández-Götz
Congratulations, Manuel, on this prestigious award!