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  • The Prize in Economic Sciences 2015

    2015-10-12 Press release: The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel for 2015 to
    Angus Deaton, Princeton University, NJ, USA
  • The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2015

    2015-10-07 Press release: The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2015 to
    Tomas Lindahl, Francis Crick Institute and Clare Hall Laboratory, Hertfordshire, UK,
    Paul Modrich, Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA and
    Aziz Sancar, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
  • The Nobel Prize in Physics 2015

    2016-10-06 Press release: The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics for 2015 to
    Takaaki Kajita, Super-Kamiokande Collaboration, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan and
    Arthur B. McDonald, Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Collaboration, Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada
  • Fake emails in circulation

    2015-10-01 News: Fake emails concerning the Nobel Prize in Physics with false sender addresses are currently in circulation. The Academy wishes to clarify that no statements regarding this year’s Nobel Prizes have been made by the Nobel Committee members. 
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Science in society


Academy statement on homeopathic products
In May 2015, the Academy made a critical statement concerning a report from the Swedish Medical Products Agency (MPA) on homeopathic products.

Science in society

Events

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  • Astronomdagarna

    2015-10-22  Scientific symposia: Astronomdagarna is a scientific meeting held every two years, bringing together astronomers from different Swedish institutes and others interested in astronomy, in an atmosphere designed to promote scientific exchange
  • Health anxiety
    Mechanisms, diagnostic issues and psychological treatment

    2015-10-29  Scientific symposia: This symposium will give insights in mechanisms underlying health anxiety and how these mechanisms can be effectively targeted with psychological treatment including recently developed Internet-based treatments.
  • Education, sustainable development, and the challenges of climate change

    2015-11-05  Popular science lectures: Doreen Stabinsky, Zennström Visiting professor in Climate Change Leadership at Uppsala University, will give a lecture on education for sustainable development. The lecture will be followed by questions and the award of the Swedish National Committee for Geography’s prize for geography teachers (in Swedish).
  • Ordinary General Meeting November

    2015-11-11  Meetings: Meeting for members of the Academy. Please note that only Academy members may attend.
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Announcement of the Nobel Prize in Physics 2015

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Education

The Academy has long considered it important to foster the teaching of science and mathematics in Swedish schools. Since the beginning of the 1980s, the Academy has initiated and become involved in many activities seeking to improve school teaching and attract people to learn natural science.

Education

Grants/Funding

Grants/Funding

Prizes

Each year, the Academy awards the Nobel Prizes in Physics and Chemistry and the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, but also many other prizes in recognition of distinguished achievements.

Prizes
Nobel 2015

This year’s Nobel Prizes in Physics and Chemistry and the Prize in Economic Sciences is about metamorphosis in the particle world, the cells' toolbox for DNA repair, and consumption, great and small.

Nobel Prizes

Prize in Economic Sciences

The members

Eva Lindroth/John Wettlaufer

At the General Meeting on 7 October, Eva Lindroth, was elected Swedish member of the Academy's Class for Physics. John Wettlaufer is A.M. Bateman Professor of Geophysics, Mathematics and Physics at Yale University, CT, USA, a part time Professor at Nordita in Stockholm, and guest Professor in Mathematics at University of Oxford, Great Britain was elected foreign member of the Academy's Class for Physics.

Members