Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science

Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science

"The Skytte Foundation at Uppsala University has established an annual prize, The Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science, of 500 000 Swedish crowns (approximately 70 000 US Dollars) to the scholar who in the view of the Foundation has made the most valuable contribution to political science.

"Research in all areas of the discipline will be considered: political theory, comparative politics, public administration and international relations.

"The Prize will be awarded every year at a solemn ceremony in Uppsala the Saturday closest to October 1, the day when the donation was given. The laureate will be chosen by the Foundation on the recommendation of a Prize Committee after international nominations."


 * 1995 Robert A. Dahl (b. 1915), professor emeritus, Yale University
 * 1996 Juan J. Linz (b. 1926), professor, Yale University
 * 1997 Arend Lijphart (b. 1936), professor, University of California, San Diego
 * 1998 Alexander L. George (b. 1920), professor, Stanford University
 * 1999 Elinor Ostrom, professor, Indiana University Bloomington
 * 2000 Fritz W. Scharpf, professor, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies in Cologne
 * 2001 Brian Barry (b. 1936), professor, Columbia University
 * 2002 Sidney Verba (b. 1932), professor, Harvard University
 * 2003 Hanna Pitkin, professor emerita, University of California, Berkeley
 * 2004 Jean Blondel (b. 1929), professor, European University Institute, Florence
 * 2005 Robert Keohane (b. 1941), professor, Princeton University
 * 2006 Robert Putnam (b. 1941), professor, Harvard University
 * 2007 Theda Skocpol (b. 1947), professor, Harvard University