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Patrick Haggard awarded grant

6 December 2016

Congratulations to Patrick Haggard and a team of collaborators for jointly winning the Evens Foundation Science Prize 2016.

A team of four researchers from London and Brussels was awarded the Evens Science Prize 2016 for their research bringing together neuroscience and philosophy, and raises interesting questions for the organization of society.

On the 24st of October 2016 the international expert jury of the Evens Science Prize 2016 decided unanimously to award the prize of €30.000 to a team of four researchers, Prof. dr. Patrick Haggard (University College London), Prof. Cleeremans (Université Libre de Bruxelles), dr. Caspar (Université Libre de Bruxelles) and dr. Christensen (City University London) for their research on how coercion changes the sense of agency in the human brain. Their compelling research brings together neuroscience and philosophy, and raises interesting questions for the organization of society.