The 2025 prize laureate is Juliusz Banecki from the Jagiellonian University for a series of works devoted to the foundations and applications of real algebraic geometry and for a work on the dynamics of irrational rotations of a circle. The versatility of the Laureate's approach was particularly appreciated by the jury, both in terms of the selection of research problems (including those concerning homotopy groups of spheres) and tools (from technically complex constructions to deep theorems of algebraic topology).
The award was granted by a jury consisting of: Dr . Mikołaj Frączyk, Dr. hab. Joachim Jelisiejew, Dr. inż. Justyna Signerska-Rynkowska, Dr. Jakub Skrzeczkowski, Prof. Adam Skalski, Dr . Marcin Sroka, Dr. Anna Szymusiak, Dr. Mateusz Wasilewski.
From the prize regulations: The Kazimierz Kuratowski Prize for scientific achievements in mathematics was established in 1981 by his daughter Zofia Kuratowska, the Institute of Mathematics of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the Polish Mathematical Society. The prize is awarded at least once a year to persons who are under 30 years of age by the end of the year preceding the award and who are not laureates of the PTM awards (excluding prizes for young mathematicians) or the scientific award of the Faculty III of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Both published and accepted scientific papers of candidates are evaluated. Previous winners of the award can be found on the IM PAN website
Juliusz Banecki