The Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science (Swedish: Skytteanska priset) was established in 1995 by the Johan Skytte Foundation at Uppsala University. The foundation itself goes back to the donation in 1622 from Johan Skytte (1577–1645), politician and chancellor of the university, which established the Skyttean professorship of Eloquence and Government.
| Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science | |
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| (Swedish: Skytteanska priset i statskunskap) | |
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| Awarded for | Most remarkable achievements within the field of Political Science |
| Date | 1994 |
| Location | Uppsala, Sweden |
| Presented by | Johan Skytte Foundation at Uppsala University |
| Reward(s) | 500,000 SEK |
| First awarded | 1995 |
| Website | skytteprize.com |
The prize, 500,000 Swedish kronor (approximately $52,000) is to be given "to the scholar who in the view of the Foundation has made the most valuable contribution to political science". Since its creation in 1995, the Johan Skytte Prize has garnered a prestigious reputation within the social science community, earning the nickname "the Nobel Prize for Political Science."[1][2] According to reputation surveys conducted in 2013–2014 and 2018, it is the most prestigious international academic award in political science.[3][4][5]
Recipients of the Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science
edit| Year | Recipient | Country | Rationale | Affiliation | |
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| 1995 | .jpg)
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Robert Alan Dahl
(1915–2014) |
 United States of America
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"for his penetrating analysis of democratic theory, characterized by deep learning and breadth of mind, combined with epochal empirical studies of the actual functioning of representative government".[6] | Professor emeritus, Yale University |
| 1996 | Juan José Linz
(1926–2013) |
 Spain
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"for his global investigation of the fragility of democracy in the face of the authoritarian threat, characterized by methodological versatility and historical and sociological breadth".[6] | Professor, Yale University | |
| 1997 | Arend d'Angremond Lijphart
(b. 1936) |
 United Kingdom
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"for his theoretically and empirically pathbreaking research on the function of consensus in democratic politics in divided as well as in homogeneous societies".[6] | Professor, University of California, San Diego | |
| 1998 | Alexander L. George
(1920–2006) |
United States of America
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"for his pathbreaking analysis of statecraft, its possibilities and limits, performed with great sensitivity for the importance of judgement, reasoned argumentation and responsible leadership in foreign policy decision-making".[6] | Professor, Stanford University | |
| 1999 | .jpg)
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Elinor Claire Ostrom
(1933–2012) |
United States of America
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"for her profound, empirical as well as theoretical, analysis of the nature of collective action and rational choice".[6] | Professor, Indiana University Bloomington |
| 2000 | Fritz W. Scharpf
(b. 1935) |
 Germany
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"for having analysed key concepts of political science with theoretical clarity and empirical thoroughness during an era of transnational change".[6] | Professor, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies in Cologne | |
| 2001 | 
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Brian Barry
(1936–2009) |
United Kingdom
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"for his profound contribution to normative political theory performed with passion as well as clarity in the grand tradition from the Enlightenment."[6] | Professor, Columbia University, London School of Economics |
| 2002 | Sidney Verba
(1932–2019) |
United States of America
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"for his penetrating empirical analysis of political participation and its significance for the functioning of democracy."[6] | Professor, Harvard University | |
| 2003 | Hanna Fenichel Pitkin
(1931–2023) |
Germany
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"for her pathbreaking theoretical work, predominantly on the problem of representation."[6] | Professor emerita, University of California, Berkeley | |
| 2004 | 
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Jean Blondel
(1929–2022) |
 France
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"for his outstanding contribution to the professionalisation of European political science, both as a pioneering comparativist and an institution builder"[6] | Professor, European University Institute, Florence |
| 2005 | .jpg)
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Robert Owen Keohane
(b. 1941) |
United States of America
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"for his significant contribution to our understanding of world politics in an era of interdependence, globalisation and terrorism."[6] | Professor, Princeton University |
| 2006 | 
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Robert David Putnam
(b. 1941) |
United States of America
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"for his theory of the social capital."[6] | Professor, Harvard University |
| 2007 | .jpg)
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Theda Skocpol
(b. 1947) |
United States of America
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"for her visionary analysis of the significance of the state for revolutions, welfare and political trust, pursued with theoretical depth and empirical evidence."[7][6] | Professor, Harvard University |
| 2008 | .jpg)
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Rein Taagepera
(b. 1933) |
 Estonia
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"for his profound analysis of the function of electoral systems in representative democracy".[6] | Professor, University of Tartu and professor emeritus, University of California, Irvine |
| 2009 | .jpg)
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Philippe C. Schmitter
(b. 1936) |
United States of America
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"for his path-breaking work on the role of corporatism in modern democracies, and for his stimulating and innovative analysis of democratization".[6] | Professorial fellow, European University Institute, Florence |
| 2010 | Adam Przeworski
(b. 1940) |
 Poland
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"raising the scientific standards regarding the analysis of the relations between democracy, capitalism and economic development." | Professor, New York University | |
| 2011 | Ronald F. Inglehart
(1934–2021) |
United States of America
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"for contributing innovative ideas about the relevance and roots of political culture in a global context, transcending previous mainstream approaches of research."[8] | Professor, University of Michigan | |
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Pippa Norris
(b. 1953) |
United Kingdom
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Professor, Harvard University | ||
| 2012 | .jpg)
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Carole Pateman
(b. 1940) |
United Kingdom
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"for in a thought-provoking way challenging established ideas about participation, sex and equality."[9] | Professor emeritus, University of California, Los Angeles |
| 2013 | 
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Robert Marshall Axelrod
(b. 1943) |
United States of America
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"for profoundly having changed our presumptions about the preconditions for human cooperation.”[9] | Professor, University of Michigan |
| 2014 | David Collier
(b. 1942) |
United States of America
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"for his contribution to the conceptual development and the re-thinking of qualitative methods in Political Science."[9] | Professor, University of California, Berkeley | |
| 2015 | _(cropped).jpg)
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Yoshihiro Francis Fukuyama
(b. 1952) |
United States of America
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“for breath-taking learnedness, clarity and courage thrown new light over the growth of modern political order.”[9] | Olivier Nomellini Senior Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University |
| 2016 | _(cropped).jpg)
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Jon Elster (b. 1940) |  Norway
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“for incisive, penetrating, and unceasing drive to examine and reexamine that which explains human behavior.”[9] | Robert K. Merton Professor in Social Sciences, Columbia University |
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Amartya Kumar Sen
(b. 1933) |
 India
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for his multifaceted achievement that “combines insights into human vulnerability with knowledge about the potential of democratic political power to redress and relieve this deprivation.”[9] | Thomas W. Lamont University Professor, Harvard University |
| 2018 | .jpg)
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Jane Mansbridge
(b. 1939) |
United States of America
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for “having shaped our understanding of democracy in its direct and representative forms, with incisiveness, deep commitment and feminist theory.”[9] | Charles F. Adams Professor of Political Leadership and Democratic Values, Harvard University |
| 2019 | .jpg)
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Margaret Levi
(b. 1947) |
United States of America
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for "having laid the foundations of our understanding of why citizens accept state coercion, by combining theoretical acumen and historical knowledge."[9] | Director of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) and professor of political science, Stanford University |
| 2020 | Peter J. Katzenstein
(b. 1945) |
Germany
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for “furthering the understanding of how history, culture, and norms shape economies, as well as national and global security policy.” | Walter S. Carpenter, Jr. Professor of International Studies, Cornell University | |
| 2021 | David D. Laitin
(b. 1945) |
United States of America
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for his “original and objective explanation of how politics shapes cultural strategies in heterogeneous societies." | James T. Watkins IV and Elise V. Watkins Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford University | |
| 2022 | 
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Robert E. Goodin
(b. 1950) |
 Australia United States of America
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for his impressive work in which he “with acuity and success endeavored to blend political philosophy with empirical political science to increase the understanding of how decent and dignified societies can be shaped.” | Professor emeritus, Australian National University |
| 2023 | Alexander Wendt
(b. 1958) |
United States of America
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"for having formulated and empirically demonstrated the fruitfulness of constructivism, thus renewing and deepening the understanding of international politics."[10] | Mershon Professor of International Security and Professor of Political Science, Ohio State University | |
| Martha Finnemore
(b. 1959) |
United States of America
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University Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, George Washington University | |||
| 2024 |  |
Jürgen Habermas | Germany United States of America
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"for having constantly reminded us, theoretically and empirically, that the very lifeblood of democracy depends on human capacity and willingness to respect others by means of communicative action and on that basis to engage in critical argumentation and discourse.”[11] | |
References
edit- ^ "Congratulations to Professor Amartya Sen on His Award of the 2017 Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science!". Harvard University Department of Economics. 26 April 2017. Archived from the original on 8 August 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
- ^ Dahl, Robert; Shapiro, Ian (2015). On Democracy: Second Edition. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press. pp. vii.
- ^ IREG Observatory on Academic Ranking and Excellence. IREG List of International Academic Awards (PDF). Brussels: IREG Observatory on Academic Ranking and Excellence. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 March 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
- ^ Jiang, Fan; Liu, Niancai (2018). "The hierarchical status of international academic awards in social sciences". Scientometrics. doi:10.1007/s11192-018-2928-y.
- ^ Zheng, Juntao; Liu, Niancai (2015). "Mapping of important international academic awards". Scientometrics. 104: 763–791. doi:10.1007/s11192-015-1613-7.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "The Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science". 7 May 2009. Archived from the original on 7 May 2009.
- ^ "Newsmakers". Harvard Gazette. 12 April 2007. Archived from the original on 21 September 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- ^ "This year's Johan Skytte Prize winners announced". Uppsala Universitet. 8 April 2011. Archived from the original on 8 August 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "The Johan Skytte Prize Past Winners Over The Years". Johan Skytte Prize. 7 August 2017. Archived from the original on 5 October 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
- ^ "Alexander Wendt and Martha Finnemore Awarded the Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science". The Johan Skytte Prize. 25 May 2023. Archived from the original on 3 June 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
- ^ "Skytte Prize to the father of deliberative democracy, Jürgen Habermas". Skytteprize. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
External links
edit- The Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science, official website