Nobel Prize

English 14 October 2024 has decided to award the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2024 to Daron AcemogluMassachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA Simon JohnsonMassachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA James A. RobinsonUniversity of Chicago, IL, USA “for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity” They have…

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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…

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Announcement of the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize by Jørgen Watne Frydnes, Chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, on 11 October 2024. Production by NRK. Interview about the awarded work “The nuclear taboo is under pressure” After the announcement, Jørgen Watne Frydnes, Chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee was interviewed by Stig Arild Pettersen. Production by…

Norwegian Kunngjøring har bestemt at Nobels fredspris for 2024 skal tildeles den japanske organisasjonen Nihon Hidankyo. Denne folkelige bevegelsen av overlevende fra atomangrepene på Hiroshima og Nagasaki, også kalt Hibakusha, får prisen for sin innsats for en atomvåpenfri verden og for å vitne om hvorfor atomvåpen aldri må brukes igjen. Som et svar på atomangrepene…

The extraordinary efforts of Nihon Hidankyo and other representatives of the Hibakusha have contributed greatly to the establishment of a nuclear taboo.