Roland Paulsen is awarded the Inge Jonsson Prize by Samfundet De Nio

We are delighted to share that author and sociologist Roland Paulsen has been awarded the Inge Jonsson Prize by Samfundet De Nio. The prize is one of the society’s major annual awards for non-fiction authors.

Roland Paulsen is Associate Professor of Sociology at Lund University and the author of several acclaimed works of non-fiction. His 2020 book What if has been translated into around ten languages and was adapted for the stage. His writing has also appeared in Dagens Nyheter, The Atlantic and The Guardian.

His latest book, Degifted, was published in August. An essayistic exploration of lost potential, the book challenges prevailing ideas about heredity, intelligence and our capacity for development.