The Balzan Foundation collects scientific contributions, and dissertations from its prizewinners for periodic publications. The Balzan Papers journal has been digital since 2024, and here, some updates on the research projects of the Balzan prizewinners are also gathered.
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Christophe Salomon
Salomon’s research project will investigate the performances of a cold atom primary caesium clock in space and ultra-precise measurements of time differences between space and ground clocks, with a variety of applications in fundamental physics and metrology.
Luca Sciortino
Do literary works articulate visions of the world? How do new contexts of reception reshape these visions? For Damrosch, works of world literature are continually reshaped across different historical and cultural contexts, generating new meanings and functions.
Marco Ferrari
Evolution is facilitated variation: genomes reuse past solutions to generate new traits more efficiently. Convergence and physics may impose regular patterns, but (re)writing the genetic heritage of life remains a unique, never fully predictable task.
The project explores how citizen self-government is defended during crises or restored after collapse. Research on ancient Greek democracy (Athens) and republics (Rome) links classical history with modern history, political theory, and empirical political science.
In his account of the open discussions at the 2025 Balzan Prizewinners Interdisciplinary Forum, Francesco Ranci reflects on the comments of two Prizewinners, Carl H. June and Christophe Salomon, on AI and the role of serendipity in breakthrough discoveries.
Rosalind E. Krauss
In presenting her life’s work, Rosalind Krauss reflects on the intellectual figures central to the development of her ambitions as a writer on art, notably the art historian/critic Leo Steinberg and the literary theorist/semiotician Roland Barthes.
