The Kavli Prize Laureate Lectures in Astrophysics 2026

Program

10.00: Welcome by Pro-Rector Bjørn Jamtveit and President Annelin Eriksen
Committee Chair Per Barth Lilje introduces the Laureates

10.15: A Glorious Mess: Cosmology in Our Backyard
by Laureate Vasily Belokurov

10.55: Reconstructing Our Galaxy’s Assembly History Using Stars as Fossils
by Laureate Amina Helmi

11.35: Of Dwarfs, Giants, and the Ice Rivers of Ginnungagap: A Dynamical View of How Galaxies Are Built
by Laureate Rodrigo Ibata

12.10: Closing remarks by Committee Chair Per Barth Lilje