Joel Mokyr
Photo gallery
1 (of 5) Portrait of Joel Mokyr.
Photo credit: Shane Collins / Northwestern University.
2 (of 5) Joel Mokyr checks his emails from his home office the day of the prize announcement, 13 October 2025.
Photo credit: Shane Collins / Northwestern University.
3 (of 5) Joel Mokyr being interviewed at his home on the day of the prize announcement, 13 October 2025.
Photo credit: Shane Collins / Northwestern University.
4 (of 5) Joel Mokyr walks Northwestern University’s Evanston campus on the way to his prize press conference in Cahn Auditorium.
Photo credit: Shane Collins / Northwestern University.
5 (of 5) Joel Mokyr in a discussion about "How will AI change the world?" at Nobel Week Dialogue 2015: The Future of Intelligence.
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Nobel Prizes and laureates
Six prizes were awarded for achievements that have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind. The 14 laureates' work and discoveries range from quantum tunnelling to promoting democratic rights.
See them all presented here.