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{{Infobox award
| name = Johan Skytte Prize <br>in Political Science
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| awarded_for = Most remarkable achievements within the field of [[Political Science]]
| presenter = Johan Skytte Foundation at [[Uppsala University]]
| year = 1995
| website = {{URL|http://www.skytteprize.com|skytteprize.com}}
|reward=500,000 [[Swedish Krona|SEK]]|subheader=({{langx|sv|Skytteanska priset i statskunskap}})|location=[[Uppsala]], [[Sweden]]|date={{start date and age|1994|df=y}}}}
The '''Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science''' ({{langx|sv|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 Uppsala University|chancellor of the university]], which established the Skyttean professorship of Eloquence and Government.

The prize, 500,000 [[Swedish krona|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>{{Cite web|url=https://economics.harvard.edu/news/congratulations-professor-amartya-sen-his-award-2017-johan-skytte-prize-political|title=Congratulations to Professor Amartya Sen on His Award of the 2017 Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science!|date=April 26, 2017|website=Harvard University Department of Economics|access-date=8 August 2017|archive-date=8 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808115005/https://economics.harvard.edu/news/congratulations-professor-amartya-sen-his-award-2017-johan-skytte-prize-political|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=On Democracy: Second Edition|last=Dahl|first=Robert|last2=Shapiro|first2=Ian|publisher=Yale University Press|year=2015|location=New Haven, Connecticut|pages=vii}}</ref> According to reputation surveys conducted in 2013–2014 and 2018, it is the most prestigious international academic award in political science.<ref>{{cite book|author=IREG Observatory on Academic Ranking and Excellence|title=IREG List of International Academic Awards|publisher=[[IREG Observatory on Academic Ranking and Excellence]]|location=Brussels|url=http://ireg-observatory.org/en/pdfy/IREG-list-academic-awards-EN.pdf|access-date=3 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190312125455/http://ireg-observatory.org/en/pdfy/IREG-list-academic-awards-EN.pdf|archive-date=12 March 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Jiang|first1=Fan|last2=Liu|first2=Niancai|title=The hierarchical status of international academic awards in social sciences|journal=Scientometrics|date=2018|doi=10.1007/s11192-018-2928-y}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Zheng|first1=Juntao|last2=Liu|first2=Niancai|title=Mapping of important international academic awards|journal=Scientometrics|date=2015|volume=104|pages=763–791|doi=10.1007/s11192-015-1613-7}}</ref>

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==Recipients of the Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science==
{| class="wikitable sortable" align="center"
!width="5%" |Year
!colspan=2 width="15%" |Recipient
!width="15%" |Country
!width="50%" |Rationale
!width="15%" |Affiliation
|-
|1995
|[[File:Robert A. Dahl in the Classroom (cropped).jpg|100x100px]]
|[[Robert A. Dahl]]<br>(1915–2014)
|{{flag|United States}}
|"for his penetrating analysis of [[Polyarchy|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">{{Cite web|url=http://skytteprize.statsvet.uu.se/PrizeWinners/tabid/1953/language/en-US/Default.aspx|title=The Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science|date=May 7, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090507145830/http://skytteprize.statsvet.uu.se/PrizeWinners/tabid/1953/language/en-US/Default.aspx|archive-date=May 7, 2009}}</ref>
|Professor emeritus, [[Yale University]]
|-
|1996
|[[File:No image.svg|100x100px]]
|[[Juan José Linz]]<br>(1926–2013)
|{{flag|Spain}}<br>{{flag|Germany}}<br>{{flag|United States}}
|"for his global investigation of the fragility of democracy in the face of the [[Authoritarianism#Authoritarian government and states|authoritarian threat]], characterized by methodological versatility and historical and sociological breadth".<ref name=":0" />
|Professor, [[Yale University]]
|-
|1997
|[[File:No image.svg|100x100px]]
|[[Arend Lijphart]]<br>(b. 1936)
|{{flag|United Kingdom}}<br>{{flag|Netherlands}}<br>{{flag|United States}}
|"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
|[[File:No image.svg|100x100px]]
|[[Alexander L. George]]<br>(1920–2006)
|{{flag|United States}}
|"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
|[[File:Nobel Prize 2009-Press Conference KVA-29 (cropped).jpg|100x100px]]
|[[Elinor Ostrom]]<br>(1933–2012)
|{{flag|United States}}
|"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
|[[File:No image.svg|100x100px]]
|[[Fritz W. Scharpf]]<br>(b. 1935)
|{{flag|Germany}}
|"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|Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies]] in [[Cologne]]
|-
|2001
|[[File:Brian Barry.jpg|100x100px]]
|[[Brian Barry]]<br>(1936–2009)
|{{flag|United Kingdom}}<br>{{flag|United States}}
|"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
|[[File:No image.svg|100x100px]]
|[[Sidney Verba]]<br>(1932–2019)
|{{flag|United States}}
|"for his penetrating empirical [[The Civic Culture|analysis of political participation]] and its significance for the functioning of democracy."<ref name=":0" />
|Professor, [[Harvard University]]
|-
|2003
|[[File:No image.svg|100x100px]]
|[[Hanna Pitkin]]<br>(1931–2023)
|{{flag|Germany}}<br>{{flag|United States}}
|"for her pathbreaking theoretical work, predominantly on the problem of [[Representation (politics)#Theories|representation]]."<ref name=":0" />
|Professor emerita, [[University of California, Berkeley]]
|-
|2004
|[[File:Jean Blondel in 2008.jpg|100x100px]]
|[[Jean Blondel]]<br>(1929–2022)
|{{flag|France}}
|"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
|[[File:Robert O. Keohane at Chatham House 2015 (cropped).jpg|100x100px]]
|[[Robert Keohane]]<br>(b. 1941)
|{{flag|United States}}
|"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
|[[File:Professor RobertPutnam.png|100x100px]]
|[[Robert D. Putnam]]<br>(b. 1941)
|{{flag|United States}}
|"for his theory of the [[Bowling Alone|social capital]]."<ref name=":0" />
|Professor, [[Harvard University]]
|-
|2007
|[[File:Theda Skocpol 2011 (cropped).jpg|100x100px]]
|[[Theda Skocpol]]<br>(b. 1947)
|{{flag|United States}}
|"for her visionary analysis of the significance of the state for [[States and Social Revolutions|revolutions, welfare and political trust]], pursued with theoretical depth and empirical evidence."<ref name="Harvard Gazette 2007">{{cite web | title=Newsmakers | website=Harvard Gazette | date=12 April 2007 | url=https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2007/04/newsmakers-31/ | access-date=28 October 2020 | archive-date=21 September 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921173050/https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2007/04/newsmakers-31/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":0" />
|Professor, [[Harvard University]]
|-
|2008 
|[[File:Politoloog Rein Taagepera esinemas Eesti taasiseseisvumispäeva puhul Tartu vabadussamba ees, 20. august 2012 (cropped).jpg|100x100px]]
|[[Rein Taagepera]]<br>(b. 1933)
|{{flag|Estonia}}<br>{{flag|United States}}
|"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
|[[File:PhilippeSchmitter (cropped).jpg|100x100px]]
|[[Philippe C. Schmitter]]<br>(b. 1936)
|{{flag|United States}}
|"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
|[[File:No image.svg|100x100px]]
|[[Adam Przeworski]]<br>(b. 1940)
|{{flag|Poland}}<br>{{flag|United States}}
|"raising the scientific standards regarding the analysis of the relations between democracy, capitalism and economic development."
|Professor, [[New York University]]
|-
|rowspan=2 |2011
|[[File:No image.svg|100x100px]]
|[[Ronald Inglehart]]<br>(1934–2021)
|{{flag|United States}}
|rowspan=2 |"for contributing innovative ideas about the relevance and roots of political culture in a global context, transcending previous mainstream approaches of research."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.uu.se/en/media/press-releases/press-release/?id=1352&area=2,3,16&typ=pm&lang=en|title=This year's Johan Skytte Prize winners announced|date=April 8, 2011|website=Uppsala Universitet|access-date=8 August 2017|archive-date=8 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808152955/http://www.uu.se/en/media/press-releases/press-release/?id=1352&area=2,3,16&typ=pm&lang=en|url-status=live}}</ref>
|Professor, [[University of Michigan]] 
|-
|[[File:PippaNorris.jpg|100x100px]]
|[[Pippa Norris]]<br>(b. 1953)
|{{flag|United Kingdom}}<br>{{flag|United States}}
|Professor, [[Harvard University]]
|-
|2012
|[[File:Carole Pateman in Brazil 2015 02 (cropped).jpg|100x100px]]
|[[Carole Pateman]]<br>(b. 1940)
|{{flag|United Kingdom}}<br>{{flag|United States}}
|"for in a thought-provoking way challenging established ideas about participation, sex and equality."<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.skytteprize.com/|title=The Johan Skytte Prize Past Winners Over The Years|date=August 7, 2017|website=Johan Skytte Prize|access-date=22 April 2017|archive-date=5 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005232547/http://skytteprize.com/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|Professor emeritus, [[University of California, Los Angeles]]
|-
|2013
|[[File:Professor RobertMAxelrod.png|100x100px]]
|[[Robert Axelrod (political scientist)|Robert Axelrod]]<br>(b. 1943)
|{{flag|United States}}
|"for profoundly having changed our presumptions about the [[The Evolution of Cooperation|preconditions for human cooperation]].”<ref name=":1" />
|Professor, [[University of Michigan]]
|-
|2014
|[[File:No image.svg|100x100px]]
|[[David Collier (political scientist)|David Collier]]<br>(b. 1942)
|{{flag|United States}}
|"for his contribution to the conceptual development and the re-thinking of [[Qualitative research|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|100x100px]]
|[[Francis Fukuyama]]<br>(b. 1952)
|{{flag|United States}}
|“for breath-taking learnedness, clarity and courage thrown new light over the [[The End of History and the Last Man|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|100x100px]]
|[[Jon Elster]]<br>(b. 1940)
|{{flag|Norway}}
|“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|100x100px]]
|[[Amartya Sen]]<br>(b. 1933)
|{{flag|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.”<ref name=":1" />
|Thomas W. Lamont University Professor, [[Harvard University]]
|-
|2018
| [[File:Jane Mansbridge 2017 (cropped2).jpg|100x100px]]
|[[Jane Mansbridge]]<br>(b. 1939)
|{{flag|United States}}
|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|frameless|150x100px]]
|[[Margaret Levi]]<br>(b. 1947)
|{{flag|United States}}
|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
|[[File:No image.svg|100x100px]]
|[[Peter J. Katzenstein]]<br>(b. 1945)
|{{flag|Germany}}<br>{{flag|United States}}
|for “furthering the understanding of how [[Constructivism (international relations)|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
|[[File:No image.svg|100x100px]]
|[[David D. Laitin]]<br>(b. 1945)
|{{flag|United States}}
|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|frameless|100x100px]]
|[[Robert E. Goodin]]<br>(b. 1950)
|{{flag|Australia}}<br>{{flag|United States}}
| 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]]
|-
|rowspan=2 |2023
|[[File:No image.svg|100x100px]]
|[[Martha Finnemore]]<br>(b. 1959)
|{{flag|United States}}
|rowspan=2 |"for having formulated and empirically demonstrated the fruitfulness of constructivism, thus renewing and deepening the understanding of international politics."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.skytteprize.com/wenfinn-press/|title=Alexander Wendt and Martha Finnemore Awarded the Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science|date=May 25, 2023|website=The Johan Skytte Prize|access-date=20 August 2023|archive-date=3 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603114221/https://www.skytteprize.com/wenfinn-press/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|University Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, [[George Washington University]]
|-
|[[File:No image.svg|100x100px]]
|[[Alexander Wendt]]<br>(b. 1958)
|{{flag|United States}}
|Mershon Professor of International Security and Professor of Political Science, [[Ohio State University]] 
|-
|2024
|[[File:JuergenHabermas retouched.jpg|left|118x118px|frameless]]
|[[Jürgen Habermas]]
|{{flag|Germany}}
|"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.”<ref>{{Cite web |title=Skytte Prize to the father of deliberative democracy, Jürgen Habermas |url=https://www.skytteprize.com/news/skytte-prize-to-the-father-of-deliberative-democracy,-j%C3%BCrgen-habermas- |access-date=2024-07-14 |website=Skytteprize |language=en}}</ref>
|Professor emeritus, [[University of Frankfurt am Main]]
|-
|2025
|[[File:No image.svg|100x100px]]
|[[Herbert Kitschelt]]
|{{flag|Germany}}<br>{{flag|United States}}
|for “having increased knowledge of the functioning of democratic party systems with exquisite theoretical acuity and impressive empirical breadth and depth.”<ref>{{Cite web |title=Herbert P. Kitschelt Awarded the 2025 Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science |url=https://www.skytteprize.com/news/herbert-p.-kitschelt-awarded-the-2025-johan-skytte-prize-in-political-science- |access-date=23 April 2025 |website=Skytteprize |language=en}}</ref>
|George V. Allen Distinguished Professor of International Relations, [[Duke University]]
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.skytteprize.com/ The Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science], official website

{{Recipients of the Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science}}

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