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