text: * TUBA Prize of the Turkish Academy of Sciences (2015)
  * Wittgenstein-Preis (2012)
  * Honorary doctorate awarded by the University of Bucharest in Romania (2012)
  * Honorary doctorate awarded by the Åbo Akademi in Finland (2011)
  * Kardinal-Innitzer Award (2010)
  * Humanity Medal of the City of Linz (2010) 
  * Austrians of 2008, category Education (ORF and Die Presse)
  * Turkish National Science Prize (TUBITAK Bilim Ödülü) 2006
  * ENERGY GLOBE Upper Austria 2003, sponsored by the OÖN
  * Basic Award 2001 sponsored by the "Open Upper Austria"