Simon Johnson delivered his prize lecture "Disease Environments, the Mortality of Europeans, and the Creation of Institutions in the Colonial Era" on 8 December 2024 at the Aula Magna, Stockholm University. He was introduced by Professor John Hassler, member of the Committee for the Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel.
The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2024 was awarded jointly to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Henry Roberts Johnson and James A. Robinson "for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity".