Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science

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Johan Skytte Prize
in Political Science
(Swedish: Skytteanska priset i statskunskap)
Awarded forMost remarkable achievements within the field of Political Science
Date1994; 30 years ago (1994)
LocationUppsala, Sweden
Presented byJohan Skytte Foundation at Uppsala University
Reward(s)500,000 SEK
First awarded1995
Websiteskytteprize.com

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.

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
1995 Robert Alan Dahl

(1915–2014)

 United States of America "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

 Germany

 United States of America

"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

 Netherlands

 United States of America

"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 "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 Elinor Claire Ostrom

(1933–2012)

 United States of America "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 "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 Brian Barry

(1936–2009)

 United Kingdom

 United States of America

"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 "for his penetrating empirical analysis of political participation and its significance for the functioning of democracy."[6] Professor, Harvard University
2003 Hanna Fenichel Pitkin

(b. 1931)

 Germany

 United States of America

"for her pathbreaking theoretical work, predominantly on the problem of representation."[6] Professor emerita, University of California, Berkeley
2004 Jean Blondel

(1929–2022)

 France "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 Robert Owen Keohane

(b. 1941)

 United States of America "for his significant contribution to our understanding of world politics in an era of interdependence, globalisation and terrorism."[6] Professor, Princeton University
2006 Robert David Putnam

(b. 1941)

 United States of America "for his theory of the social capital."[6] Professor, Harvard University
2007 Theda Skocpol

(b. 1947)

 United States of America "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 Rein Taagepera

(b. 1933)

 Estonia

 United States of America

"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 Philippe C. Schmitter

(b. 1936)

 United States of America "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

 United States of America

"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 "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
Pippa Norris

(b. 1953)

 United Kingdom

 United States of America

Professor, Harvard University
2012 Carole Pateman

(b. 1940)

 United Kingdom

 United States of America

"for in a thought-provoking way challenging established ideas about participation, sex and equality."[9] Professor emeritus, University of California, Los Angeles
2013 Robert Marshall Axelrod

(b. 1943)

 United States of America "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 "for his contribution to the conceptual development and the re-thinking of qualitative methods in Political Science."[9] Professor, University of California, Berkeley
2015 Yoshihiro Francis Fukuyama

(b. 1952)

 United States of America “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 Jon Elster (b. 1940)  Norway “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
2017 Amartya Kumar Sen

(b. 1933)

 India 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 Jane Mansbridge

(b. 1939)

 United States of America 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 Margaret Levi

(b. 1947)

 United States of America 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

 United States of America

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 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 Robert E. Goodin

(b. 1950)

 Australia
 United States of America
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 "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 University Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, George Washington University

External links[edit]

Literature[edit]

Tausch, Arno (2023), Bibliometry from a global perspective : library and classroom outreach and the future ranking of political scientists and publishers, Nova Science Publishers, ISBN 9798886978865

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