STOCKHOLM, OCT 13 (AFP/APP): The Nobel economics prize wraps up the 2025 season when it is announced on Monday, as experts say this year’s prize could honour research on artificial intelligence or inequality.
The winner or winners of the prestigious prize will be announced at 11:45 am (0945 GMT).
Last year it went to Turkish-American Daron Acemoglu and British-Americans Simon Johnson and James Robinson for research into wealth inequality between nations.
Predicting winners is not an exact science, and the nomination and selection process is shrouded in secrecy.
But prize watchers have their strategies to narrow down the contenders.
For Micael Dahlen, a professor at the Stockholm School of Economics, it is important to look at the disciplines recognised in previous years.
“Information economics is a strong contender,” Dahlen told AFP, noting the field was last spotlighted for the 2016 prize.
“In recent years, especially with AI, the field has become highly topical,” he said.
A strong candidate would then be American economist Erik Brynjolfsson, according to Dahlen.
Dahlen also floated the name of Germany’s Monika Schnitzer, a prominent economist in the field of international economics.
