The John von Neumann Award (), named after John von Neumann, is given annually by the Rajk College for Advanced Studies in Budapest, to an outstanding scholar in the exact social sciences, whose works have had substantial influence over a long period of time on the studies and intellectual activity of the students of the college. The award was established in 1994 and is given annually. In 2013, separately from the annual prize, Kenneth J. Arrow was given the Honorary John von Neumann Award.
This award differentiates itself from other scientific awards on the basis that it is given by students of economics and various social sciences, decided after a long deliberation process. The students select the nominees and vote for the prize-winner in the Assembly of the College after a review and debate regarding the pre-selected names.
Most of the recipients of the award have been academics working in some branch of economics - an exception is the philosopher and political theorist Jon Elster. Multiple recipients, such as Jean Tirole, Esther Duflo, and Joshua Angrist were subsequently awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics. Others like Gary Becker and John Harsanyi received the award after they were awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics. Kenneth J. Arrow also received the Honorary John von Neumann Award in 2013 after being awarded the Nobel Prize in 1972.
Overall eleven recipients have received the Nobel Prize in Economics, eight after getting the Neumann-award (Tirole, Williamson, Acemoglu, Aghion, Angrist, Duflo, Thaler), and four beforehand (Harsányi, Becker, Arrow, Roth).
Recipients Year Recipient Institution Nationality Field/Contribution 1995 John Harsanyi UC Berkeley ; 1996 Hal Varian University of Michigan 1997 János Kornai Harvard University; Collegium Budapest 1998 Jean Tirole Toulouse School of Economics 1999 Oliver E. Williamson UC Berkeley 2001 Avinash K. Dixit Princeton University ; 2002 Jon Elster Columbia University 2003 Maurice Obstfeld UC Berkeley 2004 Gary Becker University of Chicago 2005 Glenn Loury Brown University 2006 Matthew Rabin UC Berkeley 2007 Daron Acemoglu MIT ; 2008 Kevin M. Murphy University of Chicago 2009 Philippe Aghion Harvard University 2010 Tim Besley London School of Economics 2011 Joshua Angrist MIT 2012 Olivier Blanchard MIT 2013 Esther Duflo MIT ; 2013 Kenneth J. Arrow* Stanford University 2014 Emmanuel Saez UC Berkeley ; 2015 Matthew O. Jackson Stanford University 2016 Alvin E. Roth Stanford University 2017 Richard H. Thaler University of Chicago 2018 Dani Rodrik Harvard University ; 2019Susan AtheyStanford University2020Mariana MazzucatoUniversity College London; 2021Matthew GentzkowStanford University2022John A. ListUniversity of Chicago2023Raj ChettyHarvard University; 2024Guido TabelliniBocconi University2025Edward GlaeserHarvard University
*Received honorary prize.
See also
List of social sciences awards List of economics awards Prizes named after people John Bates Clark Medal Yrjö Jahnsson Award Nakahara Prize Gossen Prize
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