Inside the Nobel

The format for the lecture will be six prizes, six speakers, six minutes each. Six speakers will give a quick summary of the 2020 prize and the impact of the research leading to the prize.

This year's speakers are:

• Martin Phillipps - Singer/songwriter, The Chills
• Dr Sarah Diermeier - Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago
• Professor Jorg Frauediener - Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Otago
• Professor Robyn Maree Pickens - Art writer, poet, curator, and text-based practitioner
• Dr Sungyong Lee - National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Otago
• Professor Ronald Peters - Department of Economics, University of Otago

Topics will include Peace, Literature, Economics, Medicine/Physiology, Chemistry and Physics. Speakers cover a broad range of scientists, economists, a poet and a musician.