astronomy

Gunnerus Sustainability Award

Gunnerus Sustainability Award is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Gunnerus Sustainability Award rather than just read about it. In short: The Gunnerus Sustainability Award is an international research award, conferred every other year by the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters (DKNVS) and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). Its full name is The Gunnerus Award in Sustainability Science conferred by the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.

Key takeaways

Gunnerus Sustainability Award belongs to astronomy; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Gunnerus Sustainability Award to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Gunnerus Sustainability Award from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

The Gunnerus Sustainability Award is an international research award, conferred every other year by the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters (DKNVS) and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). Its full name is The Gunnerus Award in Sustainability Science conferred by the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. The prize is presented to a scholar who has made outstanding contribution to sustainable science within the fields of natural sciences, social sciences, humanities, or technological sciences, either through interdisciplinary work or through work within one of these fields. The Gunnerus Sustainability Science Award is the first major international prize for outstanding scientific work that promotes sustainable development globally. It is named after the scientist and bishop Johan Ernst Gunnerus (1718–1773), who was one of the founders of DKNVS, and Norway's first internationally acclaimed naturalist. The prize was established in 2012, and was then awarded to the Indian-American scientist Kamaljit S. Bawa for his pioneering research on population biology in rainforest areas. The award was not conferred in the years 2013–2016, but in 2017 it was reestablished as a cooperation between DKNVS and NTNU. The 2017 award will be handed out at the NTNU Sustainability Science Conference in October 2017. The laureates receive a cash award of 1,000,000 Norwegian kroner, plus a gold medal from DKNVS and a diploma.

Laureates 2012 Kamaljit Singh Bawa 2017 Carl Folke 2019 Sandra Díaz 2021 Jianguo Liu

See also List of general science and technology awards List of environmental awards

References

Sources Presentation of the cooperation between NTNU and DKNVS on the award, from NTNU's rector to the board (2016) (Norwegian) Normannsen, Sølvi Waterloo (17 February 2012) «Indisk biolog får den nye Gunnerusprisen». In: Universitetsavisa (Norwegian) Special corresponent (17 February 2012) «Kamal Bawa gets first Gunnerus award for sustainability». In: The Hindu

External links NTNU's information on the award Statutes for the award

Illustrations

Gunnerus Sustainability Award illustration

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Gunnerus Sustainability Award

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Gunnerus Sustainability Award claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In astronomy, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Gunnerus Sustainability Award before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Gunnerus Sustainability Award ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Gunnerus Sustainability Award

In research: Gunnerus Sustainability Award appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Gunnerus Sustainability Award in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Gunnerus Sustainability Award is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Environmental sciences awards, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norwegian awards, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Gunnerus Sustainability Award outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Gunnerus Sustainability Award in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Gunnerus Sustainability Award means in your own words.
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Frequently asked questions

What is Gunnerus Sustainability Award in simple terms?

Why does Gunnerus Sustainability Award matter?

Because it connects several astronomy ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Gunnerus Sustainability Award?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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