NOBEL SYMPOSIA have been organised since 1965. At this page you can find all symposia organised between the years 2000–2025. For more recent symposia, see NOBEL SYMPOSIA.
2025
Creative uses of High-Throughput Sequencing
Field: Chemistry
Organiser(s): Johan Elf, Uppsala University
Multiple Sclerosis: from molecular mechanisms to disease-modifying treatments
Field: Physiology or medicine
Organiser(s): Gonçalo Castelo-Branco, Karolinska Institutet
International Trade with Heterogeneous Firms
Field: Economic sciences
Organiser(s): Rikard Forslid, Stockholm University
Palaeogenomics: charting the future of ancient DNA
Field: Physiology or medicine
Organiser(s): Love Dalén, Stockholm University
Chemistry for Sustainability: Fundamental Advances
Field: Chemistry
Organiser(s): Berit Olofsson, Stockholm University
Rethinking Territorial Jurisdiction: normative perspectives on legislation and enforcement in cyberspace
Field: Peace
Organiser(s): Olav Njølstad, Norwegian Nobel Institute
Retrieving Pasts, Imagining Futures: Creative Forms in African Writing
Field: Literature
Organiser(s): Maria Olaussen, University of Gothenburg
Stellenbosch, South Africa
2024
African Youth Show the Way Towards Peace and Democracy. The IYTT Sixth Annual International Youth Conference Inspire Research and Societal Change
Field: Peace
Organiser(s): Urban Strandberg, International Youth Think Tank (IYTT)
Stellenbosch, South Africa
TGF-β family: future frontiers in medicine and physiology
Field: Physiology or medicine
Organiser(s): Aristidis Moustakas, Uppsala University
Literary Translation and Nobel Consecration
Field: Litteratur
Organiser(s): Karl Ågerup, Örebro University
Spatial biology in the genomics era
Field: Physiology or medicine
Organiser(s): Joakim Lundeberg, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Karolinska Institutet
Quantum control of mechanical systems: from fundamental research to technological applications
Field: Physics
Organiser(s): Witlef Wieczorek, Chalmers University of Technology,
Särö, Sweden
Microdevelopment research in the last 20 years: what have we learned
Field: Economic sciences
Organiser(s): Jakob Svensson
Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine: Causes, motives, implications
Field: Peace
Organiser(s): Olav Njølstad, Norwegian Nobel Institute
Cardiovascular Diseases
Field: Physiology or medicine
Organiser(s): Göran K. Hansson, The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
2023
Metal-organic frameworks – Fundemental science enabeling transformative materials
Field: Chemistry
Organiser(s): Lars Öhrström, Chalmers University of Technology
Efficient light to the electric power converation for a renewable energy future
Field: Physics/Chemistry
Organiser(s): Anders Hagfeldt, Uppsala University
Mucosal Immune Response in the era of SARS-CoV-2
Field: Physiology or medicine
Organiser(s): Davide Angletti, University of Gothenburg
Anyons – from idea to reality
Field: Physics
Organiser(s): Frank Wilczek, Stockholm University
Tuberculosis and antibiotic resistance-from basic drug discovery to clinic
Field: Chemistry
Organiser(s): Fredrik Almqvist, Umeå University
Precision Medicine transforms Healthcare: a new Trajectory for Research and Innovation
Field: Physiology or medicine
Organiser(s): Richard Rosenqvist Brandell, Karolinska Institutet
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Attosecond Science and Technology
Field: Physics
Organiser(s): Johan Mauritsson, Lund University
2022
Social Network Analysis
Field: Economic sciences
Organiser(s): Tommy Andersson, Lund University
Not just another Cold war- The global implications of Sino-American rivalry
Field: Peace
Organiser(s): Olav Njølstad, Norwegian Nobel Institute
Towards characterizing the human 3D-proteome
Field: Chemistry
Organiser(s): Arne Elofsson, Stockholm University
Predictability in Science in the age of AI
Field: Physics
Organiser(s): Erik Aurell, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Dark Matter
Field: Physics
Organiser(s): Tommy Ohlson, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Stellenbosch, South Africa
The Social brain
Field: Physiology or medicine
Organiser(s): Christian Broberger, Stockholm University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Covid-19 and the Economy: Policies and Impacts
Field: Economic sciences
Organiser(s): John Hassler, Stockholm University
Covid-19: The first great pandemic of the twenty first century
Field: Physiology or medicine
Organiser(s): Gunilla Karlsson Hedestam, Karolinska Institutet
World Literature and the Problem of Universalism: Philological and Theoretical Approaches
Field: Litteratur
Organiser(s): Stefan Helgesson, Stockholm University
Exploring complex molecular and condensed phase processes and functions by multidimensional spectroscopy from THz to X-rays
Field: Chemistry
Organiser(s): Tönu Pullerits, Lund University
When neuropeptides really count-from worm to human
Field: Physiology or medicine
Organiser(s): Tomas Hökfelt, Karolinska Institutet
Inequality
Field: Economic sciences
Organiser(s): Ingvild Almås, Stockholm University
Vision of bio-inorganic chemistry
Field: Chemistry
Organiser(s): Martin Högbom, Stockholm University
Emerging quantum technologies
Field: Physics
Organiser(s): Martin Leijnse, Lund University
2021
One hundred years of game theory
Field: Economic sciences
Organiser(s): Jörgen Weibull, Stockholm School of Economics
Chiral Matters
Field: Physics
Organiser(s): Mats Larsson, Stockholm University
2019–2020
No Nobel Symposia were organised during these years.
2018
Money and Banking
Field: Economic sciences
Organiser(s): Bo Becker, Stockholm School of Economics
Nuclear Disarmament
Field: Peace
Organiser(s): Olav Njølstad, Norwegian Nobel Institute
2017
Protein Folding from Molecular Mechanisms to Impact on Cells
Field: Chemistry
Organiser(s): Pernilla Wittung-Stafshede, Chalmers University of Technology
Microfluidics
Field: Chemistry
Organiser(s): Johan Elf (Uppsala University) and Thomas Laurell (Lund University)
2016
The Causes of Peace
Field: Peace
Organiser(s): Olav Njølstad, Norwegian Nobel Institute
Chemistry and Physics of Heavy and Superheavy elements
Field: Chemistry
Organiser(s): Lund University
2015
Adaptive immunity: Defence and Attack
Field: Physiology or medicine
Organiser(s): Klas Kärre, Karolinska Institutet
Free Electron Laser Research
Field: Physics
Organiser(s): Mats Larsson, Stockholm University
2014
Does the rise and fall of great powers lead to conflict and war?
Field: Peace
Organiser(s): Geir Lundestad, Norwegian Nobel Institute
New forms of Matter – Topological Insulators and Superconductors
Field: Physics
Organiser(s): Thors Hans Hansson, Stockholm University
Economic Growth and Development
Field: Economic sciences
Organiser(s): Per Krusell, Stockholm University
2013
Large Hadron Collider
Field: Physics
Organiser(s): Tord Ekelöf, Uppsala University
2012
Nanoscale Energy Converters
Field: Physics
Organiser(s): Heiner Linke, Lund University
Physics with Radioactive Beams
Field: Physics
Organiser(s): Björn Jonson, Chalmers University of Technology
2011
Twenty Years of International Relations
Field: Peace
Organiser(s): Geir Lundestad, Norwegian Nobel Institute
3M: Machines, Molecules and Mind
Field: Physiology or medicine
Organiser(s): Hans Jörnvall, Karolinska Institutet
2010
Graphene and Quantum Matter
Field: Physics
Organiser(s): Antti Niemi, Uppsala University
Going Digital – Evolutionary and Revolutionary Aspects on Digitization
Field:
Organiser(s): Tore Frängsmyr, Uppsala University
Systems Biology
Field: Physiology or medicine
Organiser(s): Måns Ehrenberg, Uppsala University
Understanding the Uniqueness of the Human Mind: Neuro-Science of Complex Cognition
Field: Physiology or medicine
Organiser(s): Hans Forssberg, Karolinska Institutet
The Cell Cycle and Apoptosis in Disease
Field: Physiology or medicine
Organiser(s): Boris Zhivotovsky
Genetics in Medicine
Field: Physiology or medicine
Organiser(s): Magnus Nordenskjöld, Karolinska Institutet
2009
Peace, Stability and Nuclear Order: Theoretical Assumptions, Historical Experiences, Future Challenges
Field: Peace
Organiser(s): Olav Njølstad, Norwegian Nobel Institute
Qubits for Future Quantum Information
Field: Physics
Organiser(s): Tord Claeson, Chalmers University of Technology
Acute Infections Caused by Gram-positive Bacteria
Field: Physiology or medicine
Organiser(s): Anna Norrby-Teglund, Karolinska Institutet
2008
Foundations of Organizations
Field: Economic sciences
Organiser(s): Lars Engwall, Uppsala University
Single Molecule Spectroscopy in Chemistry, Physics and Biology
Field: Physiology or medicine
Organiser(s): Rudolf Rigler, Karolinska Institutet
Genes, Brain and Behavior
Field: Physiology or medicine
Organiser(s): Abdel El Manira, Karolinska Institutet
2007
The United States and Europe: Cooperation and Conflicts, Past, Present and Future
Field: Peace
Organiser(s): The Norwegian Nobel Committee
Physics of Planetary Systems
Field: Physics
Organiser(s): Bengt E.V. Gustafsson and Nikolai Piskunov, Uppsala University
2006
The Adipocyte: A Multifunctional Cell
Field: Physiology or medicine
Organiser(s): Sven Enerbäck, Alex Bailey, Anna Cederberg, Fredrik Frick
Cosmic Chemistry and Molecular Astrophysics
Field: Physics
Organiser(s): Mats Larsson, Wolf Geppert, Zita Banhidi, Mathias Hamber, Kay Justtanont-Liseau, Bengt Larsson, René Liseau, Hans Olofsson, Sofia Ramstedt, Richard Thomas
2005
Alfred Nobel Symposium: Energy in Cosmos, Molecules and Life
Field: Physics/Chemistry/Physiology or medicine
Organiser(s): Michael Sohlman, Mats Jonson, Lars Bergström, Astrid Gräslund, Bengt Nordén, Hans Jörnvall, Bo Angelin, Alf Lindberg, Gunilla Lagerfelt
Controlled Nanoscale Motions in Biological and Artificial Systems
Field: Physics
Organiser(s): Jesper Haeggström, Bengt Kasemo, Heiner Linke, Alf Månsson, Pär Omling, Owe Orwar
2004
Molecular Mechanisms in Biological Systems
Field: Physiology or medicine
Organiser(s): Gunnar Bjursell, Astrid Gräslund, Anders Liljas, Lars Thelander
Neutrino Physics
Field: Physics
Organiser(s): L. Bergström, O. Botner, P. Carlson, P.O. Hulth, T. Ohlsson
Epigenetic Reprogramming in Development and Disease
Field: Physiology or medicine
Organiser(s): Rolf Ohlsson and George Klein
2003
String Theory and Cosmology
Field: Physics
Organiser(s): Ulf Danielsson, Ariel Goobar and Bengt Nilsson
Membrane Proteins: Structure Functions and Assembly
Field: Chemistry
Organiser(s): Jan Rydström, University of Gothenburg
A Human Rights Approach to Development and the Right to Development
Field: Peace
Organiser(s): Geir Lundestad and Olav Njølstad, Norwegian Nobel Institute
Septicemia and Shock: Pathogenesis and Novel Therapeutic Strategies
Field: Physiology or medicine
Organiser(s): Anne Norrby-Teglund, Staffan Normark, Ragnar Norrby, Malak Kotb, Thierry Calandra and Terje Espevik
2002
Science and Industry in the 20th Century
Field:
Organiser(s): Tore Frängsmyr, Karl Grandin, Håkan Håkansson, Svante Lindqvist, Anders Lundgren and Sven Widmalm
From Conflict Escalation to Conflict Transformation: The Cold War in the 1980s
Field: Peace
Organiser(s): Geir Lundestad and Olav Njølstad, Norwegian Nobel Institute
Self-Organization
Field: Physiology or medicine
Organiser(s): John Skår, Karolinska Institutet
Virtual Museums and Public Understanding of Science and Culture
Field:
Organiser(s): Per Carlson, Sture Forsén, Gudrun Franzén, Hans Mehlin and Nils Ringertz
2001
Global HIV Therapeutics – HIV Vaccines
Field: Physiology or medicine
Organiser(s): J. Andersson, A Sönnerborg and P. Liljeström
A Future Arms Control Agenda
Field:
Organiser(s): Daniel Tarschys, Adam Daniel Rotfeld and Ian Anthony
Nobel Centennial Symposium: Behavioral and Experimental Economics
Field: Economic sciences
Organiser(s): Lars-Göran Nilsson, et al.
Nobel Centennial Symposium: The Conflicts of the 20th Century and the Solutions for the 21st Century
Field: Peace
Organiser(s): The Norwegian Nobel Committee
Nobel Centennial Symposium: Witness Literature
Field: Litteratur
Organiser(s): Horace Engdahl, et al
Nobel Centennial Symposium: Beyond Genes
Field: Physiology or medicine
Organiser(s): Bertil Daneholt, et al.
Nobel Centennial Symposium: Frontiers of Molecular Science
Field: Chemistry
Organiser(s): Bengt Nordén, et al.
Nobel Centennial Symposium: Condensation and Coherence in Condensed Systems
Field: Physics
Organiser(s): Tord Claeson, et al.
2000
The Physics and Chemistry of Clusters
Field: Physics
Organiser(s): Mats Larsson, Arne Rosén, Bo Lindgren and Ulf Sassenberg
Quantum Chaos Y2K
Field: Physics
Organiser(s): Karl-Fredrik Berggren, Pär Omling and Sven Åberg
The Economics of Transition
Field: Economic sciences
Organiser(s): Erik Berglöf, Stockholm School of Economics
Prevention and Treatment of Tuberculosis in the Coming Century
Field: Physiology or medicine
Organiser(s): Jan Andersson, Sven Britton and Gunilla Källenius