The Wager Medal is awarded every 2 years at both the IAVCEI Scientific Assembly and at the IAVCEI General Assembly to a scientist within 15 years after Ph.D acquisition*, who has made outstanding contributions to volcanology, particularly in the eight-year period prior to the Award.
*Excluding Career Breaks as defined in paragraph 4.3 of Statutes & By-Laws
The Wager Medal honours the memory of Professor Lawrence Rickard Wager of the University of Oxford, United Kingdom. He was born on 5 February 1904 in Batley and died on 20 November 1965 in London. Professor Wager is best known for the discovery of the Skaergaard layered intrusion and the first detailed structural, mineralogical and petrological study of such intrusions.
PREVIOUS WAGER award winners
- 1974 – Franco BARBERI
- 1974 – J. VARET
- 1978 – R.S.J. SPARKS
- 1987 – Charlie BACON
- 1993 – Colin WILSON
- 1993 – Claude JAUPART
- 1998 – Giovanni MACEDONIO
- 1998 – Jon DAVIDSON
- 2002 – Andrew WOODS
- 2002 – James GARDNER
- 2004 – Andrew HARRIS
- 2004 – Oleg MELNIK
- 2008 – Joachim GOTTSMANN
- 2008 – Alessandro AIUPPA
- 2011 – Amanda CARKE
- 2013 – Antonio COSTA
- 2013 – Fidel COSTA
- 2015 – Tommaso ESPOSTI ONGARO
- 2015 – Mattia DE MICHIELI VITTURI
- 2017 – Marie EDMONDS
- 2017 – Yan LAVALLÉE
- 2019 – Madeleine HUMPHREYS
- 2023 – Susanna JENKINS
- 2023 – Yves MOUSSALAM
- 2023 – Michael J. HEAP
- 2025 – Teresa UBIDE
