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Nobel Prize Controversies

Controversies surrounding the selection of Nobel laureates, including internal dissent and structural reforms.

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Jan 15, 2026
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How has the Nobel Committee historically treated laureates whose politics became controversial after the award?

The Nobel committees have, as a rule, treated post‑award political controversy by holding decisions as final, refusing to rescind or transfer prizes, and largely declining to publicly police laureates...

Jan 16, 2026

Which Nobel laureates have provoked resignations or direct internal protest within awarding committees?

Contemporary reporting and historical scholarship in the provided sources identify a handful of Nobel laureates whose selection generated sharp dissent inside prize‑awarding bodies, but explicit insta...

Jan 15, 2026

Worst Nobel prize decisions

The Nobel Prizes have produced enduring triumphs and recurring scandals: the Peace Prize has provoked the greatest uproar for political choices such as Henry Kissinger , while scientific and literary ...

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