Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science

Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox award The Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science (Template:Langx) 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."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref> According to reputation surveys conducted in 2013–2014 and 2018, it is the most prestigious international academic award in political science.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

Recipients of the Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science

Year	Recipient		Country	Rationale	Affiliation
1995		Robert A. Dahl (1915–2014)	Template:Flag	"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".<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Professor emeritus, Yale University
1996		Juan José Linz (1926–2013)	Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag	"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".<ref name=":0" />	Professor, Yale University
1997		Arend Lijphart (b. 1936)	Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag	"for his theoretically and empirically pathbreaking research on the function of consensus in democratic politics in divided as well as in homogeneous societies".<ref name=":0" />	Professor, University of California, San Diego
1998		Alexander L. George (1920–2006)	Template:Flag	"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".<ref name=":0" />	Professor, Stanford University
1999		Elinor Ostrom (1933–2012)	Template:Flag	"for her profound, empirical as well as theoretical, analysis of the nature of collective action and rational choice".<ref name=":0" />	Professor, Indiana University Bloomington
2000		Fritz W. Scharpf (b. 1935)	Template:Flag	"for having analysed key concepts of political science with theoretical clarity and empirical thoroughness during an era of transnational change".<ref name=":0" />	Professor, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies in Cologne
2001		Brian Barry (1936–2009)	Template:Flag Template:Flag	"for his profound contribution to normative political theory performed with passion as well as clarity in the grand tradition from the Enlightenment."<ref name=":0" />	Professor, Columbia University, London School of Economics
2002		Sidney Verba (1932–2019)	Template:Flag	"for his penetrating empirical analysis of political participation and its significance for the functioning of democracy."<ref name=":0" />	Professor, Harvard University
2003		Hanna Pitkin (1931–2023)	Template:Flag Template:Flag	"for her pathbreaking theoretical work, predominantly on the problem of representation."<ref name=":0" />	Professor emerita, University of California, Berkeley
2004		Jean Blondel (1929–2022)	Template:Flag	"for his outstanding contribution to the professionalisation of European political science, both as a pioneering comparativist and an institution builder"<ref name=":0" />	Professor, European University Institute, Florence
2005		Robert Keohane (b. 1941)	Template:Flag	"for his significant contribution to our understanding of world politics in an era of interdependence, globalisation and terrorism."<ref name=":0" />	Professor, Princeton University
2006		Robert D. Putnam (b. 1941)	Template:Flag	"for his theory of the social capital."<ref name=":0" />	Professor, Harvard University
2007		Theda Skocpol (b. 1947)	Template:Flag	"for her visionary analysis of the significance of the state for revolutions, welfare and political trust, pursued with theoretical depth and empirical evidence."<ref name="Harvard Gazette 2007">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":0" />	Professor, Harvard University
2008		Rein Taagepera (b. 1933)	Template:Flag Template:Flag	"for his profound analysis of the function of electoral systems in representative democracy".<ref name=":0" />	Professor, University of Tartu and professor emeritus, University of California, Irvine
2009		Philippe C. Schmitter (b. 1936)	Template:Flag	"for his path-breaking work on the role of corporatism in modern democracies, and for his stimulating and innovative analysis of democratization".<ref name=":0" />	Professorial fellow, European University Institute, Florence
2010		Adam Przeworski (b. 1940)	Template:Flag Template:Flag	"raising the scientific standards regarding the analysis of the relations between democracy, capitalism and economic development."	Professor, New York University
2011		Ronald Inglehart (1934–2021)	Template:Flag	"for contributing innovative ideas about the relevance and roots of political culture in a global context, transcending previous mainstream approaches of research."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Professor, University of Michigan
		Pippa Norris (b. 1953)	Template:Flag Template:Flag		Professor, Harvard University
2012		Carole Pateman (b. 1940)	Template:Flag Template:Flag	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Professor emeritus, University of California, Los Angeles
2013	File:Professor RobertMAxelrod.png	Robert Axelrod (b. 1943)	Template:Flag	"for profoundly having changed our presumptions about the preconditions for human cooperation.”<ref name=":1" />	Professor, University of Michigan
2014		David Collier (b. 1942)	Template:Flag	"for his contribution to the conceptual development and the re-thinking of qualitative methods in Political Science."<ref name=":1" />	Professor, University of California, Berkeley
2015	File:Francis Fukuyama no Fronteiras do Pensamento São Paulo (28022453222) (cropped).jpg	Francis Fukuyama (b. 1952)	Template:Flag	“for breath-taking learnedness, clarity and courage thrown new light over the growth of modern political order.”<ref name=":1" />	Olivier Nomellini Senior Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University
2016	File:Jon Elster 12.2.10 (6100470902) (cropped).jpg	Jon Elster (b. 1940)	Template:Flag	“for incisive, penetrating, and unceasing drive to examine and reexamine that which explains human behavior.”<ref name=":1" />	Robert K. Merton Professor in Social Sciences, Columbia University
2017	File:Amartya Sen no Fronteiras do Pensamento São Paulo 2012 (6964225214) (cropped).jpg	Amartya Sen (b. 1933)	Template:Flag	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.”<ref name=":1" />	Thomas W. Lamont University Professor, Harvard University
2018	File:Jane Mansbridge 2017 (cropped2).jpg	Jane Mansbridge (b. 1939)	Template:Flag	for “having shaped our understanding of democracy in its direct and representative forms, with incisiveness, deep commitment and feminist theory.”<ref name=":1" />	Charles F. Adams Professor of Political Leadership and Democratic Values, Harvard University
2019	File:Margaret Levi in 2022 01 (cropped).jpg	Margaret Levi (b. 1947)	Template:Flag	for "having laid the foundations of our understanding of why citizens accept state coercion, by combining theoretical acumen and historical knowledge."<ref name=":1" />	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)	Template:Flag Template:Flag	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)	Template:Flag	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	File:Robert E. Goodin February 2006.jpg	Robert E. Goodin (b. 1950)	Template:Flag Template:Flag	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		Martha Finnemore (b. 1959)	Template:Flag	"for having formulated and empirically demonstrated the fruitfulness of constructivism, thus renewing and deepening the understanding of international politics."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	University Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, George Washington University
		Alexander Wendt (b. 1958)	Template:Flag		Mershon Professor of International Security and Professor of Political Science, Ohio State University
2024	File:JuergenHabermas retouched.jpg	Jürgen Habermas	Template:Flag	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Professor emeritus, University of Frankfurt am Main
2025		Herbert Kitschelt	Template:Flag Template:Flag	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	George V. Allen Distinguished Professor of International Relations, Duke University

External links

• The Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science, official website