Nobel Prize

Interview, February 2022 David Card. Photo: Jean Smith/UC Berkeley “Most people who are doing economics who are going to be very successful are pretty nerdy” On 9 February 2022, nobelprize.org spoke to economist David Card about his first job, how he copes with failure and diversity in science. Nobel Minds https://www.youtube.com/embed/vI9d4d0ogEY Five of the 2021…

Interview, September 2022 Interview with peace laureate Maria Ressa, September 2022 in Oslo, Norway. Maria Ressa answers the following questions (the links below lead to clips on YouTube): Why did you decide to become a journalist? Why is press freedom so important? What is the difference between misinformation and disinformation? How can we combat disinformation?…

Interview, April 2022 https://www.youtube.com/embed/gu1TqDhnLlw “There are certain moments I think that never, never go away” Carin Klaesson, Content Manager of Public Programs at the Nobel Prize Museum, sat down to talk to 2021 literature laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah at the Swedish Academy in Stockholm, Sweden on 28 April 2022. In a wide ranging conversation they spoke…

Interview, June 2022 “Amazing doesn’t even begin to cover it” If you had the chance to meet a Nobel Prize laureate, what would you ask? High school student Lucas Madrigrano Azeredo met 2021 chemistry laureate David MacMillan 14 June 2022 to talk about life, football and career choices. MacMillan also shared his best advice for…

Interview, January 2024 “Trust your own intuition and ideas” If you had the chance to meet a Nobel Prize laureate, what would you ask? On 23 January 2024, Benjamin List was joined by ten students from all over the world and from different disciplines within science for a conversation on the topic of being a…

Interview, February 2022 Giorgio Parisi teaching Courtesy Giorgio Parisi “If you are confident that you can do something you will do it” Nobelprize.org spoke to Giorgio Parisi on 18 February 2022. Parisi told us about his love of reading, dancing and solving the puzzle that is our world. Telephone interview, October 2021 https://www.youtube.com/embed/GE-qX8mwvuA “There are…

Interview, March 2022 Syukuro Manabe celebrates with students, faculty and staff. Photo: Princeton University, Office of Communications, Denise Applewhite (2021) Nobelprize.org interviewed Syukuro Manabe on 16 March, 2022. He spoke about his endless curiosity, valuable life advice and the topic he has researched for the last six decades – climate change. Telephone interview, October 2021…

Nobel Minds https://www.youtube.com/embed/vI9d4d0ogEY Five of the 2021 Nobel Prize laureates met digitally on 4 December 2021 for the traditional round-table discussion and TV program ‘Nobel Minds’ hosted by the BBC’s Zeinab Badawi. The laureates discussed their research, discoveries and achievements and how these might find a practical application. Participants: Klaus Hasselmann (physics), Benjamin List (chemistry),…

Telephone interview, October 2021 https://www.youtube.com/embed/JN785BltqPM “Let me just finish pouring some water into my coffee maker, because that’s going to be essential!” Telephone interview with David Julius following the announcement of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine on 4 October 2021. The interviewer is Adam Smith, Chief Scientific Officer of Nobel Prize Outreach.…

Interview, February 2022 Ardem Patapoutian in the lab. Photographer: Walter Wilson and The Collective, 2021 “I found my tribe among scientists” On 28 February 2022 nobelprize.org spoke to Ardem Patapoutian about his journey to the United States, what it takes to become a successful scientist and his love of playing the trumpet (even though his…