Irena Kogan Honored with State Research Award

Professorin Kogan steht mit Ministerin Olschowski und mit Hans-Georg Kräusslich auf der Bühne und hält ihre Auszeichnung in der Hand.

The ceremonial handover took place on 11 June in Stuttgart

Prof. Dr. Irena Kogan, a sociologist from Mannheim and former director of the Mannheim Center for European Social Research, was awarded the 2026 Baden-Württemberg State Research Prize by Minister of Science Petra Olschowski on June 11.

Kogan received the award for her outstanding achievements in basic research: www.uni-mannheim.de/en/newsroom/media-relations/press-releases/2026/februar/irena-kogan-receives-landesforschungspreis-2026/.

Additional photos from the award ceremony are available on the ministry’s website.

You can find a YouTuve video on Prof. Kogan's research here.

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