On 5 December, a ceremony was held at the University of Warsaw (UW) to confer an honorary doctorate from the University of Warsaw on Prof. Freiherr Claus von Carnap-Bornheim. The scientist is an outstanding researcher specialising in the archaeology of central and northern Europe of the first millennium after Christ.

Prof. Freiherr Claus von Carnap-Bornheim is a researcher of the Roman period. In his work as an archaeologist, he focuses mainly on three main issues: the armament of barbarian communities, sacrificial sites in the Scandinavian armed conflicts of the first centuries after Christ and issues related to the identification of the tribal elites of the time.

One of his greatest successes is the creation and direction of the Centre for Baltic and Scandinavian Archaeology. The unit conducts research in Northern, Central and Eastern Europe from the Stone Age to the Middle Ages. The centre also cooperates with Polish archaeologists, including scientists from the University of Warsaw.