Nobel Prize

Interview with the 2024 economic sciences laureate Daron Acemoglu, recorded on 6 December 2024 during Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. Where does your passion for economic sciences come from? I got into economics as a teenager. Growing up in Turkey, I became interested in social issues, especially I was troubled by the fact that the…

Interview, November 2014 Interview with the 1992 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Rigoberta Menchú Tum on 6 November 2014 in Stockholm, Sweden. Rigoberta Menchú Tum answers the following questions (the links below lead to clip on YouTube): What has the prize meant for your role as a peace maker? How did you receive the news about your…

First reactions. Telephone interview, October 2025 “I’m not one of these people who keeps the phone on, and the champagne in the fridge” Peter Howitt certainly didn’t seem to be expecting the news of his 2025 prize in economic sciences. In this call recorded just after the announcement, he talks to the Nobel Prize’s Adam…

First reactions. Telephone interview, October 2025 “It’s fantastic, Peter, isn’t that great? Yes!” Listen to Philippe Aghion telling Peter Howitt that the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has been attempting to call him, captured as part of this call made shortly after the public announcement of their joint 2025 economic sciences prize. In this conversation…

Interview, December 2025 Interview with the 2025 laureate in economic sciences Joel Mokyr on 6 December 2025 during Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. Joel Mokyr answers the following questions (the links below lead to a clip on YouTube): How were you as a child? Was there a particular teacher that influenced you? What do you…

Interview, December 2025 Interview with the 2025 Nobel Prize laureate in physics Michel Devoret on 6 December 2025 during Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. Michel Devoret answers the following questions (the links below lead to a clip on YouTube): Can you tell us about your childhood? When did you decide to pursue science? Can you…

Finding out the news. October 2025 “Oh my God… I have no words.” Listen to the emotional moment this year’s laureate Maria Corina Machado finds out she has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Kristian Berg Harpviken, Director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute, shared the news with her directly before it was announced to the…

Interview, December 2025 Interview with the 2025 Nobel Prize laureate in literature László Krasznahorkai on 6 December 2025 during Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. László Krasznahorkai answers the following questions (the links below lead to a clip on YouTube): Could you describe the environment in Hungary when you were growing up? Did you always strive…

Interview, December 2025 Interview with the 2025 Nobel Prize laureate in chemistry Susumu Kitagawa on 6 December 2025 during Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. Susumu Kitagawa answers the following questions (the links below lead to a clip on YouTube): How did you become interested in science? What sort of child were you? Was there a…

First reactions. Telephone interview, October 2025 “Some people thought it was a whole load of rubbish. But it didn’t turn out that way.” Richard Robson’s new concept for molecular architecture, which occurred to him while building models for teaching, was the starting point for the burgeoning field of metal–organic frameworks. In this conversation, he recounts…