Nobel Prize

We spoke to Oleksandra Romantsova, Executive Director of the Center for Civil Liberties, about what ordinary people can do to promote peace and democracy. The interview took place on 12 December 2022 in Stockholm, Sweden, during the Nobel Week. What does the Nobel Prize mean to your organisation? The Center of Civil Liberties has been…

Interview with the 2019 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine William G. Kaelin on 8 December 2019 during the Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. Was it your dream to be a Nobel Laureate? Was this my dream to become a Nobel Laureate when I was a child? To be honest, when I was a child,…

“This is a story about that freedom has no borders and human rights values are universal” Telephone interview with Oleksandra Matviichuk, Head of Center for Civil Liberties, on 8 October 2022. The interviewer is Adam Smith, Chief Scientific Officer of Nobel Prize Outreach. Oleksandra Matviichuk: Hello? Adam Smith: Hello, this is Adam Smith. OM: Hello,…

Interview with the 2019 Nobel Laureate in Physics Didier Queloz on 6 December 2019 during the Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. Where do you get your passion for science? Didier Queloz: I think my passion for science may be something that I had in the blood early on, because I think I was born very…

Interview with Michel Mayor on 6 December 2019 during the Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. What did you want to be when you were younger? Michel Mayor: When I was a child, I was in fact interested in science from the age of 10 years. Not specifically astronomy, but science. I was really a fan…

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 about his journey to the Nobel Prize. Abdulrazak Gurnah, such a pleasure sitting here together…

Interview with Joshua Angrist, March 2022 Nobelprize.org interviewed economic sciences laureate Joshua Angrist on 21 March 2022. He told us about his aversion to studying as a youth, thoughts on teaching and friendship with co-laureate Guido Imbens. Can you tell us a little bit about your childhood? Joshua Angrist: I was born in Columbus, Ohio…

Interview with David MacMillan, February 2022 Nobelprize.org interviewed chemistry laureate David MacMillan in February 2022. He told us about his childhood in Scotland, how his brother’s choice to go to university inadvertently led to his career in science and his research group’s love of pranks. Can you tell us a little bit about your childhood.…

Interview with Giorgio Parisi, February 2022 Nobelprize.org spoke to Giorgio Parisi on 18 February 2022. Our physics laureate told us about his love of reading, dancing and solving the puzzle that is our world. Could you tell us a bit about your childhood. Were you always interested in science even as a child? Giorgio Parisi…

Interview with Abdulrazak Gurnah, February 2022 Nobelprize.org spoke to our 2021 literature laureate on 25 February 2022. He told us about his early days as a reader, the importance of stories and how he sees his work as the same as any other type of job. For a written version of this interview please see…