The 2024 Nobel Prizes explained for most people

What achievements are behind this year's Nobel Prizes? What does the effort, the theories, the communication and the results mean to you and me? Researchers from the University of Stavanger and Stavanger University Hospital respond when we invite to the Nobel event.

The Nobel prizes are awarded in Stockholm and Oslo on Alfred Nobel's death anniversary, Tuesday 10 December. The night before, the University of Stavanger invites you to a Nobel event at the Meeting Square on Sølvberget in Stavanger. Here, six skilled subject experts from UiS and SUS line up to present the award winners and explain the discoveries and contributions that are being celebrated. And that in a way that allows those of us who do not have in-depth knowledge of the topic to understand.

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Each panelist has 10 minutes to make us wiser about the various award winners and their achievements. Journalist and presenter Guttorm Andreasen hosts the evening.

The Nobel Prize winners 2024
Physics: John J. Hopfield (USA), Geoffrey Hinton (UK)
Chemistry: David Baker (USA), Demis Hassabis (UK), John Jumper (USA)
Physiology or Medicine: Victor Ambros (USA), Gary Ruvkun (USA)
Peace Prize: Nihon Hidanko (Japan)
Literature: Han Kang (South Korea)
Nobel Memorial Prize (Economics): Daron Acemoglu (USA), Simon Johnson (UK), James A. Robionson (USA)
Those who will present the various prizes are:
Physics: Alvaro Fernandez Quilez, associate professor in artificial intelligence at UiS

Chemistry: Lutz Eichacker, professor of biological chemistry at UiS

Medicine: Kirstin Jonsdottir, molecular biologist and section leader for clinical research at SUS

The Peace Prize: Melina Antonia Buns, associate professor of history at UiS

Literature: Tanu Biswas, associate professor in pedagogy at UiS

Economics: Torfinn Harding, professor of social economics at UiS

The event is free and open to everyone, subject to availability. Note that most of the presentations are in Norwegian (but some are in English),

Organiser, initiative and idea: Mark van der Giezen, professor of biological chemistry at the Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Technology - with the support of the Research Department and the Department of Communication and Community Relations at UiS, in collaboration with Sølvberget Library and Cultural Centre.