Marc Abrahams moved the Ig Nobel ceremony to Zurich over safety concerns, after editing the Annals of Improbable Research and co-founding the Ig Nobels.
The annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremony, traditionally held in Boston, will be hosted in Zurich this year due to safety concerns and visa issues affecting international travel to the US. The event will alternate between Zurich and other European cities every other year, with no immediate plans to return to the US.