09/10/2026
What can Nobel Prize-winning research teach us about the challenges we face today?
That question has been at the heart of our Nobel Calling Stockholm events this week.
On Monday, researchers from the Stockholm School of Economics, KTH, Stockholm University and Karolinska Institutet came together at the Nobel Prize Museum to ask a deceptively simple question: Does AI make us stupid? The conversation explored what happens to human skills, creativity and learning as AI becomes an increasingly important part of our everyday lives.
On Tuesday, we turned to another pressing question: How can we build resilient payment systems in times of crisis? Together with Sveriges Riksbank and Stockholm University, researchers and experts discussed what previous Nobel Prize-winning research on financial crises, trust and human behavior can teach us about preparing for future disruptions.
That is at the core of Nobel Calling Stockholm. It is a chance to bring researchers, experts and the public together, to ask questions, exchange perspectives and make research and expertise accessible to more people. It is also an opportunity to revisit the remarkable research recognized by Nobel Prizes over the years and ask how those insights can help us understand the challenges ahead.
Thank you to all our panelists for generously sharing their expertise, and to everyone who joined us, asked questions and contributed to the discussions. You made our week.
And another thank you to everyone who stopped by the photo booth in the atrium to have their portrait taken as a Nobel laureate. Perhaps there is a future laureate somewhere among you? 🏅
Now, we look forward to the highlight of this Nobel week for a Business School: Monday’s announcement of the 2026 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel.
Photos from the Nobel Prize Museum by Anette Gärdeklint Sylla/Stockholms universitet.
Panelists:
💡Stefan Haefliger, Professor, Stockholm School of Economics
💡 Karl H. Johansson, Professor, KTH,
💡Åsa Wikforss, Professor, Stockholm University
💡 Carl Savage, Senior Researcher, Karolinska Institutet
💡Moderator: Maja Fjaestad, Senior Advisor, Karolinska Institutet, and Associate Professor of History of Technology
Photos from the Stockholm School of Economics by Johanna Ståhlberg.
💡Olof Sandstedt, Head of the Financial Stability Department, Sveriges Riksbank
💡 Maria Lundström, Head of the Preparedness Unit, Sveriges Riksbank
💡Annika Andreasson, Researcher, Center for Security and Resilience, Stockholm School of Economics
💡 Roine Vestman, Professor, Stockholm University, and Visiting Researcher at the Swedish House of Finance at SSE
💡 Moderator: Åke Freij, Research Fellow, House of Innovation, and Affiliated Researcher, GAPP, Stockholm School of Economics
