Haagerup Research in mathematics and in particular operator algebras.

Demography, including the interdisciplinary area of biodemography.

Biodiversity, metapopulation biology.

The Human Brain – The Human Mind.

For his understanding of galaxy formation and evolution, and his pioneering simulations of the evolution of the large-scale cosmic matter distribution and the Cold Dark Matter paradigm.

Medical Imaging.

Immigration and Social Cohesion in modern Societies.

Science and application of molecular electronic materials and devices.

Bioinformatics and the need for a computerised approach to handle and store the increasing amount of genetic and proteomic data.

Archaeology, Understanding of early European prehistory.

Cognitive sciences: Language development in children with genetic disorders.

The Ice Age cycle of climate.

Structural biology: X-ray diffraction methods.

Research and innovation in Education.