Nobel Calling

Nobel Calling – open events in the spirit of Nobel

At the beginning of October, the eyes of the world are directed towards Stockholm when this year's Nobel laureates is announced. During Nobel Calling, you meet researchers, Nobel laureates, academy members and many more when the Nobel Prize Museum together with Stockholm University and other actors organize activities. During the 2025 Nobel Calling, Stockholm University offers visits to three research labs, panel discussions on the threats to science and about the state of the world economy and how it effects you. There will also be a competition in social media.

Stockholm University's activities during Nobel Calling

Visit the sound laboratories

Visit researchers in experimental psychology at Gösta Ekman's laboratories at Stockholm University. The researchers study, among other things, unconscious learning and the brain's information processing when locating sounds.

Location: Laboratory for Perception Research and Psychophysics at the Department of Psychology, Albanovägen 12, 3rd floor, House 4, Stockholm University

Maximum 15 visitors at each session. The event requires advance registration.
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Visit the lab mapping ancient DNA

Visit the researchers working on studying ancient DNA from animals, humans and sediments. The researchers at the Centre for Palaeogenetics study DNA from million-year-old mammoths, among other things, and have mapped migration patterns in the Nordic countries during the Stone Age and the Viking Age.

Location: Centre for Palaeogenetics, Svante Arrhenius väg 20C, Stockholm University
Find your way: Centre for Palaeogenetics (CPG) - Google Maps

Maximum 20 visitors each time. Pre-registration is required.
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Visit the Stockholm University Brain Imaging Centre

Visit the lab where researchers are investigating brain structure and function. Among other things, researchers in the lab study brain activity underlying how we perceive the world, acquire new skills and remember information.

Place: Stockholm University Brain Imaging Centre, Svante Arrhenius väg 16 A
Free of charge but registration is needed.
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Does AI make us stupid or more intelligent and creative?

Breakthroughs in science and innovation have always challenged us to develop new abilities. The development of artificial intelligence (AI) provides new tools for many people. At the same time we hand over other skills to autonomous systems.

What does it mean for us as humans when AI takes over more and more tasks – in research, in school, at workplaces, and in everyday life? Are we at risk of using our own thinking ability less, and what happens to creativity, critical thinking, and our ability to see new perspectives when the answers come "for free"? Do we become more innovative when we are spared the basic work, or just more superficial? What does it mean for learning and research when parts of the basic work are automated?

At the same time, AI can serve as a powerful support to free up time and energy and provide space for more innovative thinking, collaboration, and understanding. In this conversation, researchers from the Stockholm School of Economics, Karolinska Institutet, KTH, and Stockholm University come together to discuss how AI affects human abilities and skills, as well as the implications it may have for individuals and society.

Venue: Nobel Prize Museum, Stortorget 2, Gamla stan

The event is free to attend but requires pre-registration.
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Panelists:

• Åsa Wikforss, professor of theoretical philosophy at Stockholm University and member of the Swedish Academy
• Stefan Haefliger, professor of digital innovation and strategy at the Stockholm School of Economics
• Karl Henrik Johansson, professor of control engineering at KTH and director of Digital Futures
• Carl Savage, senior researcher at Karolinska Institutet, who is researching how complex healthcare systems can be developed
• Moderator: Maja Fjaestad, senior advisor at Karolinska Institutet and associate professor of history of technology

The hunt for neutrinos from space at the South Pole

The neutrino is famously known as the "ghost particle", because it so rarely interacts with matter. But the universe is filled with neutrinos, and every second there are trillions of neutrinos passing through you. These particles are born in stars and galaxies and near massive black holes. Detecting neutrinos is thus a way to explore exotic objects in distant parts of space. Researchers from Sweden helped to construct the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, a unique kind of telescope that is built kilometers deep into the ice at the South Pole. Professor Chad Finley of Stockholm University will describe how IceCube detects neutrinos in the Antarctic glacier, and what it has been able to see in our galaxy and beyond.

Chad Finley is professor of astroparticle physics at Stockholm University. His research specialty is neutrino astronomy, a new kind of astronomy using neutrinos to map the high-energy Universe. He has been part of the IceCube Collaboration since 2006.

Venue: Nobel Prize Museum, Stortorget 2, Stockholm.

The event is free of charge but you need to register to attend.
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Live broadcast and discussion about the Nobel prize in literature

Who will receive this year's Nobel prize in literature? Follow the live broadcast of the announcement from the Swedish Academy and listen to scholars discussing the significance of the literature prize and their reactions to this year's laureates.

Location: Stockholm University Library

The event is free of charge and does not require registration.

On the panel:

• Christophe Premat, professor of French with focus on Cultural Studies and Director of the Centre for Canadian Studies at Stockholm University
• Bo G Ekelund, Professor of English Literature at Stockholm University
• The panel discussion is led by Frida Beckman, Professor of literary Studies at Stockholm University

Digital walk about Nobel Laureates at Stockholm University

Nobel Walk at Stockholm University – Olof Somell from the Nobel Prize Museum visits locations at Frescati with connections to the Nobel Prize. The walk is in English.

Watch the digital walk

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