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Laureate Misconduct

The consequences of laureates' misconduct on their Nobel Prize status

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Jan 16, 2026
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Can Nobel Prize winners be stripped of their award for subsequent misconduct?

The Nobel institutions say bluntly that once a prize is awarded it cannot be revoked, shared, or transferred — a finality grounded in the Nobel Foundation’s statutes and the practice of the prize comm...

Jan 17, 2026
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Have any Nobel laureates been publicly pressured to return their medals, and what were the outcomes?

Public pressure — from governments, political rivals or public opinion — has at times led Nobel laureates to threaten to return, decline, or actually part with their medals, with mixed outcomes: autho...