Nobel Week Dialogue
Our line up of panellists participating in this year's Nobel Week Dialogue include world-leading experts and inspiring thought leaders.
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Jagan Chapagain
Jagan Chapagain is the chief executive officer and secretary general of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). The IFRC was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1963.
Nobel Prize laureate
Steven Chu
Former United States Secretary of Energy and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics 1997, Steven Chu has devoted a significant part of his recent scientific career in search for new solutions to our energy and climate challenges.
Cathryn Costello
Cathryn Costello is full professor of global refugee and migration law at the Sutherland School of Law at University College Dublin.
Diva Cruz
Diva Cruz is a Colombian professional percussionist, singer, songwriter and DJ based in Stockholm.
Ron Davis Alvarez
Ron Davis Alvarez is founder and artistic director of the Dream Orchestra, an orchestra for refugee children and teenagers in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Christian Dustmann
Christian Dustmann is professor of economics at University College London. He is a leading labour economist.
Nobel Prize laureate
Abdulrazak Gurnah
Nobel Prize in Literature 2021.
Abdulrazak Gurnah received the Nobel Prize in Literature for his novels which explore the effects of colonialism and the fate of refugees.
Vidar Helgesen
Vidar Helgesen, Executive Director of the Nobel Foundation with a background as a lawyer, diplomat and politician.
Katrine Kielos-Marçal
Katrine Kielos-Marçal is the global economic commentator for Dagens Nyheter and a bestselling author on women and innovation.
Mark Manly
Mark Manly is head of donor relations and resource mobilisation at the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR).
Nobel Prize laureate
Ardem Patapoutian
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2021.
Ardem Patapoutian is a molecular biologist and physiologist. He received the medicine prize for discoveries related to temperature and touch receptors.
Amy Pope
Amy Pope is the eleventh Director General of the International Organization for Migration.
Stephan Schiffels
Stephan Schiffels is group leader for population genetics at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology archaeogenetics department. His group uses genetics to investigate human history.
Adam Smith
Adam Smith is chief scientific officer for Nobel Prize Outreach. His background is in scientific research and science publishing.
Andrea Spehar
Andrea Spehar is an associate professor in political science and director of the Centre on Global Migration at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
Laura Sprechmann
Laura Sprechmann is CEO for Nobel Prize Outreach, the company that aims to spread knowledge and raise interest in the Nobel Prize-awarded achievements to a global audience, through digital media and international events.
Kira Vinke
Kira Vinke is head of the Center for Climate and Foreign Policy at the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP).
Susanne Åkesson
Susanne Åkesson is a professor of animal ecology in the department of biology at Lund University.