Nobel Prize

Interview with the 2024 economic sciences laureate James A. Robinson, recorded on 6 December 2024 during Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. How did your upbringing shape you?  James A. Robinson: I think my upbringing probably did shape me, although it’s hard to unpack it. My father was an itinerant engineer who actually started off working…

Interview with the 2024 economic sciences laureate Simon Johnson, recorded on 6 December 2024 during Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. What was your childhood like and how did it shape you?  Simon Johnson: I grew up in Sheffield in the north of England. I come from a family that has been in Sheffield for a…

Video from the award ceremony Watch a video clip of Joel Mokyr receiving his prize medal and diploma during the award ceremony at Konserthuset Stockholm, Sweden, on 10 December 2025.

Video from the award ceremony Watch a video clip of Philippe Aghion receiving his prize medal and diploma during the award ceremony at Konserthuset Stockholm, Sweden, on 10 December 2025.

Video from the award ceremony Watch a video clip of Peter Howitt receiving his prize medal and diploma during the award ceremony at Konserthuset Stockholm, Sweden, on 10 December 2025.

Joel Mokyr’s speech at the Nobel Prize banquet, 10 December 2025 Your Majesties,Your Royal Highnesses,Excellences,Dear laureates,Ladies and gentlemen! On behalf of my co-winners and friends, of the Collège de France and of Brown University, I would like to thank the Nobel Foundation, the  Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien) and the Central Bank of Sweden…

Watch the Nobel Prize award ceremony from Konserthuset Stockholm, Sweden, 10 December 2025

English Presented by Professor John HasslerMember of the Royal Swedish Academy of SciencesChair of the Committee for the Prize in Economic Sciences Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses,Esteemed Laureates, Dear Colleagues,Ladies and Gentlemen, One and a half percent – this year’s prize in economic sciences is about the power of one and a half percent. Close…

Swedish Presentationstal av Professor John HasslerLedamot av Kungliga VetenskapsakademienOrdförande i Kommittén för priset i ekonomisk vetenskap till Alfred Nobels minne Eders Majestäter, Eders Kungliga Högheter,Ärade Pristagare. Kära Kollegor,Mina Damer och Herrar. En och en halv procent – årets pris i ekonomisk vetenskap handlar om kraften i en och en halv procent. Nära noll, kan man…

Artist: Lars Eje LarssonCalligrapher: Marie A. GyöriBook binder: Leonard Gustafssons Bokbinderi ABPhoto reproduction: Dan Lepp© The Nobel Foundation 2025