NOBEL SYMPOSIA 2000–2003

NOBEL SYMPOSIA have been organised since 1965. At this page you can find all symposia organised between the years 2000–2023. For more recent symposia, see NOBEL SYMPOSIA.

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