Interview with the 2005 Nobel Prize laureates in physics, Roy J. Glauber, John L. Hall and Theodor W. Hänsch, 6 December 2005. The interviewer is Joanna Rose, science writer. Dr Hänsch, Dr Glauber and Dr Hall, welcome to this interview and welcome to Stockholm. My congratulations to the Nobel Prize. I thought that perhaps we…

Interview with two of the 2004 Nobel Laureates in Physics, David J. Gross and Frank Wilczek, 9 December 2004. The interviewer is Joanna Rose, science writer. Dr David Gross and Dr Frank Wilczek, my congratulations to the Nobel Prize. You have been waiting for a long time for this prize, how was it? David Gross:…

Interview with the 2022 Nobel Prize laureate in chemistry Carolyn Bertozzi on 6 December 2022 during the Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. Where does your passion for science come from? Carolyn Bertozzi: I was born in Boston, Massachusetts in the United States, and I grew up in a household where science was very much a…

Interview with the 2006 Nobel Prize laureates in physiology or medicine, Andrew Z. Fire and Craig C. Mello, 6 December 2006. The interviewer is Adam Smith, Editor-in-Chief of Nobelprize.org. Andrew Fire and Craig Mello, welcome to Stockholm. When we spoke a couple of months ago, just after you’d heard the news that you’d been awarded…

Interview with the 2022 Nobel Prize laureate in physics Anton Zeilinger on 6 December 2022 during the Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. Where does your passion for science come from? Anton Zeilinger: My passion for science goes back very, very far. Even as a child, I wanted to know how things work, and I was…

First reactions. Telephone interview, October 2024 “Get up, you need to get up!”  James A. Robinson discovered he was a 2024 economic sciences laureate when his wife, Maria Angélica Bautista, woke him up. In this call he talks about the root causes of poverty and how to build the types of political structures that enhance…

First reactions. Telephone interview, October 2024 ”It’s amazing news!” “There’s nothing natural about 30-, 40-, 50- fold differences in income per capita in a globalised, connected world.” Daron Acemoglu, economic sciences laureate 2024, speaks about the root causes of persistent poverty among the poorest nations and how to build the types of inclusive institution that…

First reactions. Telephone interview, October 2024 “True, genuine, inclusive democracy matters, very clearly” Simon Johnson learnt of the award from the congratulatory text messages piling-up on his phone. In this short conversation, recorded just moments after he had heard the news, he highlights the importance of participatory decision-making in making the most of human potential.…

First reactions. Telephone interview, October 2024 “The dream came true!” The prize came as a big surprise, says Masako Wada, a representative from Nihon Hidankyo. In this interview shortly after learning about the prize, she shares her deep concerns on the world’s backlash on nuclear disarmament, not least after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. “Rather…

First reactions. Telephone interview, October 2024 ”I’m so surprised and honoured” 2024 literature laureate Han Kang had just finished dinner with her son at her home in Seoul when she received the news. In this interview, she reflects on being the first South Korean literature laureate and talks about how writers as a collective have…