The 2024 Hans L. Zetterberg prize goes to Per Engzell
The Hans L. Zetterberg Prize in Sociology is awarded annually to young researchers from Sweden or abroad, who with their scholarly work in sociology, preferably by fruitfully combining theory and practice, have advanced the research front. The prize sum is SEK 100,000 (USD 11,000 or EUR 9,500).
The Hans L Zetterberg prize of 2024 is awarded to docent Per Engzell, University College London and Stockholm University, for his path breaking research on social stratification and different forms of social inequality that has generated actionable results. Per Engzell has published his theoretically driven and methodologically rigours studies in top international journals in sociology, such as American Sociological Review, but also more broadly and he is strongly committed to open science. A number of his contributions speak to issues raised in Hans L Zetterberg’s research on social mobility, bringing new insights from analyses of historical data as well as more contemporary studies of income mobility. Per Engzell’s research not only meets the highest scientific standards; it is also designed to produce insights and outcomes that are important for society at large. His most cited publication is on the learning losses following the school closures during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. This piece was publish in PNAS and followed up by a review in Nature Human Behaviour illustrating the cross-disciplinary relevance of his research. In the spirit Hans Zetterberg, Per Engzell is also an inspiring science communicator and public intellectual, which contributes to extend his impact, beyond the scientific community, to the general public and to policy makers.
The prize ceremony and lecture is held on the 14th of November at 11-12 in Lilla Matsalen, Blåsenhus. The title of the lecture is: Firms and the Intergenerational Transmission of Labor Market Advantage.