NOBEL SYMPOSIA

The NOBEL SYMPOSIA present an opportunity for Swedish researchers to organise international conferences at the highest scientific level, bringing them in direct contact with the international research frontier. Since the start in 1965, more than 190 NOBEL SYMPOSIA have been held.

The Programme Committee of the Nobel Foundation is the body that formally approves applications to arrange NOBEL SYMPOSIA.

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences receives and coordinates the evaluation of proposals for NOBEL SYMPOSIA in the fields of Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature and Economic Sciences. Through major grants from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation it is now possible to arrange one symposium per year in each of these five fields.

Proposals for NOBEL SYMPOSIA in the field of Peace are administered by the Norwegian Nobel Committee.

Contact at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences: Lotta Eberstein, nobelsymposia@kva.se

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

NOBEL SYMPOSIA 2026

Quantum Computing and Simulation

Field: Physics
Organiser(s): Per Delsing, Chalmers University of Technology
Stellenbosch, South Africa

Literary consecration and the transformation of publishing in the era of globalization

Field: Literature
Organiser(s): Bo G. Ekelund, Stockholm University

International Economics: Exchange rates and International Capital Markets

Field: Economic sciences
Organiser(s): Kurt Mitman, Stockholm University

Decoding Microproteins – From Basic Biology to Biotechnological Innovations

Field: Physiology or medicine
Organiser(s): Stephan Wenkel, Umeå University

From Molecules to Climate: A Fundamental Understanding of Chemistry in Earth’s Atmosphere

Field: Chemistry
Organiser(s): Barbara Noziere, KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Metamaterials science and technology: structuring light and sound in space and time

Field: Physics
Organiser(s): Nicolo Maccaferri, Umeå University