Nadia Murad, co-recipient of the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize, is a leading advocate for survivors of genocide and sexual violence. Nadia’s peaceful life was brutally interrupted in 2014 when Daesh (Islamic State) attacked her homeland of Sinjar – with the intention of ethnically cleansing Iraq of all Yazidis. Like many minority groups, the Yazidis, have…

Interview with William D. Nordhaus on 6 December 2018 during the Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. What’s the source of your passion for economic sciences? William D. Nordhaus: So my passion for economics. It comes from many sources; I think the biggest one is for the benefit of humanity or mankind as we used to…

Interview with Olga Tokarczuk on 6 December 2019 during the Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. Your parents were both teachers. How did that influence you? Olga Tokarczuk: It was really a very good beginning for a writer. The books were very present in our house. I saw from the beginning how my parents are discussing…

Interview with Tasuku Honjo on 6 December 2018, during the Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. How did you receive the news that you had been awarded the Nobel Prize? Tasuku Honjo: The first message I received from another foundation was by a telephone call. It was around 5 p.m. of October 1st. Actually people told…

Interview with Donna Strickland on 6 December 2018 during the Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. How did you become interested in science? Donna Strickland: I have been asked that question about how I got interested in science quite a bit. I think it just is my education system. It’s hard to say, I mean, my…

Interview with Sir Gregory P. Winter on 6 December 2018 during the Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. I’m Greg Winter. I’m the Nobel Laureate for Chemistry, one quarter share. When did you decide that you wanted to become a scientist? Sir Gregory P. Winter: I started to take an interest in chemistry because I think…

Interview with James P. Allison on 6 December 2018 during the Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. What triggered your interest in researching a new cancer therapy? My personal experience with cancer did indeed get my attention, let’s put it that way. My mother died when I was about ten years old of lymphoma. I was…

Interview with George P. Smith on 6 December 2018 during the Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. I’m George Smith and I’m one of the recipients of the Chemistry Prize in 2018. Where do you get your passion for science? George P. Smith: Originally I would say that I had a passion for nature, especially animals.…

Interview with  Gérard Mourou on 6 December 2018 during the Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. Gérard Mourou: I am Gérard Mourou. I’m from France and my field is lasers. What are the benefits of working in an international setting? Gérard Mourou: I think that I always believed that science should be used to unify people…

Interview with Chemistry Laureate Frances H. Arnold on 6 December 2018 during the Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. How did it feel to be awarded the Nobel Prize? Frances H. Arnold: I think I was an engineer and a scientist from day one. I was very surprised and overwhelmed, terrified, happy, thrilled and bouncing off…