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Skytte Prize Spotlight

The 2024 Skytte Prize Award Ceremony is around the corner

(Updated on September 5) The 2024 Skytte Prize Award Ceremony will be held on September 14 between 15:45 and 17:15 in the Grand Auditorium of the Main University Building in Uppsala.

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Skytte Donation History

In 1622, Johan Skytte donated land and property to establish a professorship in Eloquentia et Politices (Latin for eloquence and politics) at Uppsala University. At the time, Europe was engulfed in war, with Sweden emerging as one of the major powers on the continent. Recognizing this, Johan Skytte understood that Sweden required a new class of well-educated civil servants and diplomats. These individuals needed training in the art of political negotiation and eloquence to solidify Sweden's newfound position on Europe's political map. The Skytte chair would provide this training in perpetuity.

1622: Johan Skytte donated land and property to establish a professorship in politics and eloquence at Uppsala University. 

​1979: The eleventh patron of the Johan Skytte donation,  Nils-Axel Mörner, establishes the Skytte Foundation to manage the donation.

1994: The Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science in founded by the Skytte Foundation and funded directly by the donation.

2022: The 400 anniversary of  the donation and the Johan Skytte chair is celebrated.

2024: The Johan Skytte Prize celebrates its 30th jubilee.

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Skytte Prize Laureates

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Prize Committee

The prize committee selects the prize laureates based on nominations from the political science community.

Li Bennich-Björkman 

Johan Skytte Professor in Political Science and Eloquence at Uppsala University and chair of the committee

Lise Rakner

Professor, University of Bergen

Jan Teorell

Lars Johan Hierta Professor of Political Science, Stockholm University

Maurizio Ferrera

Professor, Università degli studi di Milano

Piret Ehin

Professor of Comparative Politics, Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies, University of Tartu

Kimberly Hutchings

Professor of Politics and International Relations, Queen Mary University of London

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Johan Skytte Prize

in Political Science

The Johan Skytte chair in Political Science and Eloquence is highly likely the world’s oldest active professorship in political science. The original donation made in 1622 continues to finance research and the Johan Skytte Prize. The prize money of SEK 500,000 is awarded every year by the Johan Skytte Foundation in Uppsala to those who made most valuable contributions to political science.

Contact

The Johan Skytte Foundation

Valvgatan 4

753 10 Uppsala

Sweden

markus.sjolen@statsvet.uu.se

+46 73-656 88 03

Organisation no: 817603-3028

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