Global Issues
Nobel Prize Winners
Nobel Prize Winners:
Recipient of Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences
A Nobel Prize recipient for his work on "markets with friction," speaker Christopher Pissarides studies the effects of economic fluctuations on employment.
Nobel Prize-Winning Economist
Speaker Joseph Stiglitz helped create a new branch of economics, "The Economics of Information." He discusses market performance and government intervention.
Nobel Peace Prize Winner
As President of Finland, Martti Ahtisaari helped steer the nation in its accession to the EU. He is known for his efforts in international peace mediation and conflict resolution.
Former President of Costa Rica
A former President of Costa Rica and Nobel Laureate, Oscar Arias has traveled the world championing such issues as democracy, demilitarization and peace
President of Colombia (2010-2014; 2014-2018)
Recognized as one of the most influential leaders in the world, Juan Manuel Santos was the President of Colombia, from 2010 to 2018, where he ushered in a new era of prosperity, peace, equity, and education throughout Colombia during his 2x tenure.
Nobel Laureate in Physiology/Medicine
Edvard Moser is the 2014 co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. He shared the prize with May-Britt Moser and John O’Keefe ‘for their discoveries of cells that constitute a positioning system in the brain.’
2021 Nobel Peace Prize Winner & Editor-in-Chief of Novaya Gazeta
Dmitry Muratov is a Russian journalist who, as editor in chief of the newspaper Novaya Gazeta, was a vocal advocate for an independent press and known for investigating abuses of power. In 2021 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace, cited for his “efforts to safeguard freedom of expression.”