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Nobel Prize laureates lecture at Gothenburg University and Chalmers ‒ registration required

5 December, 2022 Leave a Comment

NOBEL. During three days, five winners of the Nobel Prize will be giving lectures for students and other interested parties at the University of Gothenburg and Chalmers.
They will consist of two chemistry prize laureates, two peace prize laureates, and one economics prize laureate. In addition, the third Nobel laureate in chemistry will give a lecture in January.

On the 13th of December, Professor Paul Milgrom will give the lecture Why is water trading so difficult and how can it be done better? which relates to Auction Theory. It will be a about how different rules for bidding and final price influence the process, for example when a state sells the rights to build mobile networks. Paul Milgrom is a professor at Stanford University, USA, and was awarded the Sveriges Riksbank’s 2020 economics prize in memory of Alfred Nobel.

Russian human rights

The next day, on the 14th, there will be three lectures. At 10AM, a representative of the Russian human rights organization Memorial will talk about their work assuring crimes against humanity in former Soviet Union and present-day Russia in are not forgotten. The organization was founded in 1987 by, among others, Peace Prize winner Professor Andrej Sacharov and human rights advocate Svetlana Gannushkina, but was recently closed down by the Russian Government.

Chemistry

The afternoon is dedicated to chemistry, specifically click chemistry. The term was coined by Nobel Prize winner Professor K. Barry Sharpless, active at the Scripps Research Institute, USA, and is a way to simplify an otherwise difficult process. Instead of building complicated and time-consuming molecules, this method makes it possible for them to instead efficiently click together. It can be used in many different fields, such as medicine, as further developed by Nobel Prize winner Professor Carolyn R. Bertozzi at Stanford University, USA. Her lecture will about bioorthogonal reactions, which are designed to function without disturbing the natural chemistry of the cell. This research has led to more accurate cancer medication.

Center for Civil Liberties

On the 15th, a representative of the Ukrainian organization Center for Civil Liberties, shared winner of this years Peace Prize, will give the final lecture. The organization was founded in Kyiv in 2007 with the intent to advocate for human rights and democracy in Ukraine. One of their beliefs is that Ukraine should join the International Criminal Court.

In addition, the third Nobel laureate in chemistry, Morten Meldal, will lecture in Gothenburg on January 24.

The University of Gothenburg and Chalmers have worked together for many years to host lectures by past and present winners of the Nobel Prize. The collaboration invites the winners to deliver lectures mainly to students but also to anyone else who is interested.

All lectures are in English.

SCHEDULE

Paul Milgrom
Date: 13th of December
Time: 2:00PM‒3:30PM (the doors open at 1:50PM, seats should be occupied by 1:55PM)
Location: Malmstensalen, Handelshögskolan Vasagatan 1
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Memorial
Date: 14th of December
Time: 10:00AM‒11:30AM (the doors open at 9:50AM, seats should be occupied by 9:55AM)
Location: RunAn, Chalmers kårhus Chalmersplatsen 1
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Carolyn R. Bertozzi
Date: 14th of December
Time: 2:00PM‒3:45PM (the doors open at 1:50PM, seats should be occupied by 1:55PM)
Location: RunAn, Chalmers kårhus Chalmersplatsen 1
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K. Barry Sharpless
Date: 14th of December
Time: 4:10PM‒5:40PM (the doors open at 4:00PM, seats should be occupied by 5:05PM)
Location: RunAn, Chalmers kårhus Chalmersplatsen 1
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Center for Civil Liberties
Date: 15th of December
Time: 2:00PM‒3:30PM (the doors open at 1:50PM, seats should be occupied by 1:55PM)
Location: RunAn, Chalmers kårhus Chalmersplatsen 1
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Morten Meldal
Date: 24th of january
Time: 1:50PM‒3:45PM
Location: RunAn, Chalmers kårhus Chalmersplatsen 1
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