Dimitri Spieker has been awarded the Otto Hahn Medal in the human sciences section at the annual meeting of the Max Planck Society in Göttingen.

Every year since 1978, the Max Planck Society has awarded the Otto Hahn Medal to young researchers for outstanding scientific achievements, mostly in connection with their doctorate.The Medal is endowed with 7,500 euros of prize money. The aim of the award is to motivate particularly talented individuals to pursue a university or research career.

For the profiles of the awardees, see here.