2013: James H. Fowler
Lecture title: Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks
Held by: Professor James H. Fowler, University of California, San Diego, USA.
2012: Bruno Latour
Lecture title: Terrains against Humans at the Time of the Anthropocene
Held by: Professor Bruno Latour, Science Po, Paris, France
2011: Kees van Kersbergen
Lecture title: Does the Welfare State Do What it Promises to Do?
Held by: Professor Kees van Kersbergen, Aarhus University, Denmark
2010: Dorthe Berntsen
Lecture title: Remembering our past: Social and cultural constraints on autobiographical memory
Held by: Professor Dorthe Berntsen, Aarhus University, Denmark
2009: Michael Herzfeld
Lecture title: The Death of Responsibility: An Ethnographic Critique of Neoliberal Governance
Held by: Professor Michael Herzfeld, Harvard University, USA
2008: Saskia Sassen
Lecture title: The World's Third Spaces: Neither Global nor National
Held by: Professor Saskia Sassen, Columbia University, USA
2006: Philippe C. Schmitter
Lecture title: A European Democracy: Why bother with it? What might it look like?
Held by: Professor Philippe C. Schmitter, European University Institute, Firenze, Italy
2005: John Sutton
Lecture title: Competing in Capabilities: Globalization and Industrial Development
Held by: Professor John Sutton, LSE, United Kingdom
2004: Diego Gambetta
Lecture title: Making Sense of Suicide Missions
Held by: Professor Diego Gambetta, Nuffield College, Oxford, United Kingdom
2003: Bruce M. Russett
Lecture title: Finding Peace in a World of Hegemony and Terrorism
Held by: Professor Bruce M. Russett, Yale University, USA
2002: Thomas J. Scheff
Lecture title: Emotions and Politics
Held by: Professor Thomas J. Scheff, University of California at Santa Barbara, USA
2001: Bhikhu C. Parekh
Lecture title: Racism and the Future of Multiculturalism in Europe
Held by: Professor Bhikhu C. Parekh, Hull University, United Kingdom
2000: Ulrich Bech
Lecture title: The Cosmopolitarian Society and its Enemies
Held by: Professor Ulrich Bech, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany
1999: Dani Rodrik
Lecture title: Globalization and Development - Getting the Story Straight on What the World Economy Can Do For and To Developing Countries
Held by: Professor Dani Rodrik, Harvard University, USA
1998: Raymond Boudon
Lecture title: The Sense of Values
Held by: Professor Raymond Boudon, University of Sorbonne, France
1997: Charles Lindblom
Lecture title: The Good Society
Held by: Professor Charles Lindblom, Yale University, USA
1996: Adam Kuper
Lecture title: Culture
Held by: Professor Adam Kuper, Brunel University, United Kingdom
1995: Ervin Staub
Lecture title: The Roots of Evil: Perpetrators and Bystanders in the Holocaust, Bosnia and other Genocides and Mass Killings
Held by: Professor Ervin Staub, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA
1994: Agnar Sandmo
Lecture title: Velferdsstaten
Held by: Professor Agnar Sandmo, Norges Handelshøyskole
1993: Daniel Bell
Lecture title: Structural Transformations and Ethical Dilemmas in World's Society
Held by: Professor Daniel Bell, American Academy of Arts and Science, Massachusetts, USA.