What achievements lie behind this year’s Nobel Prizes? What do the efforts, theories, communication, and results mean for you and me? Researchers from the University of Stavanger and Stavanger University Hospital will answer when we invite you to the Nobel event.
The Nobel Prizes are awarded in Stockholm and Oslo on Alfred Nobel’s death anniversary, Wednesday, 10 December. The evening before, we invite you to a Nobel event at Litteraturhuset i Stavanger.
Here, six skilled experts from UiS and SUS will present the prize winners and explain the discoveries and contributions being celebrated. And they will do so in a way that those of us without in-depth knowledge of the topic can understand.
Each panel participant has 10 minutes to enlighten us about the various prize winners and their achievements. Journalist and presenter Guttorm Andreasen will host the evening.
The Nobel Prize Winners 2025
- Physics: John Clarke (UK/USA), Michel H. Devoret (France/USA), and John M. Martinis (USA)
- Chemistry: Susumu Kitagawa (Japan), Richard Robson (UK/Australia), and Omar M. Yaghi (Jordan/USA)
- Physiology or Medicine: Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell (USA), and Shimon Sakaguchi (Japan)
- Peace Prize: Maria Corina Machado (Venezuela)
- Literature: László Krasznahorkai (Hungary)
- The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel: Joel Mokyr (Netherlands/Israel/USA), Philippe Aghion (France/UK), and Peter Howitt (Canada/USA)
Presenters of the various prizes:
- Physics: Aleksi Kurkela, Associate Professor at the Department of Mathematics and Physics
- Chemistry: Sachin Maruti Chavan, Associate Professor of Sustainable Chemistry at the Department of Chemistry, Biosciences and Environmental Engineering
- Medicine: Jens Vikse, University Lecturer II at UiS and Chief Physician at the Department of Rheumatology at Stavanger University Hospital
- Literature: Brita Strand Rangnes, Senior Lecturer in English Literature
- Economics: Silje Haus-Reve, Professor of Innovation and Regional Studies
- Peace Prize: Ellen Jenny Ravndal, Associate Professor of Political Science at the Department of Media and Social Sciences
The event is free and open to everyone.
Please note that some of the presentations will be in English and some in Norwegian.
Organizer, initiative, and idea: Mark van der Giezen, Professor of Biological Chemistry at the Department of Chemistry, Biosciences, and Environmental Engineering – supported by the Research Department and the Department of Communication and Public Relations at UiS, in collaboration with Litteraturhuset i Stavanger