News & Updates
Culture is the product of strategic decisions
2021-04-15 by Li Bennich-Björkman, an English translation of the 2021 Skytte Prize announcement article Large Russian minorities had been living for decades in many of the republics that became...
In memoriam Nils-Axel Mörner
2020-10-22 by Li Bennich-Björkman & Michal Smrek, photos: Mikael Wallerstedt It is our sad duty to announce that Count Nils-Axel Mörner, the patron of the Johan Skytte Chair Professorship in...
The 2020 Skytte Prize Award Ceremony and Banquet Postponed until 2021
2020-05-15 by Michal Smrek, illustration: Anna Ileby The board of the Johan Skytte Foundation has due to the ongoing pandemic taken a decision to not hold the prize-award ceremony, banquet and all...
Shaped by the history and culture of its nations, the world will remain a heterogeneous place: Read an English translation of the 2020 Prize announcement article
2020-04-09 by Li Bennich-Björkman, photo by Cornell University As per custom, the winner of the Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science is announced on the pages of the Swedish daily Svenska...
Press Release: Peter J. Katzenstein wins the 2020 Skytte Prize
2020-04-08 by Michal Smrek, illustration: Anna Ileby Peter J. Katzenstein, Cornell University, USA, has been named the 26th recipient of the Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science. He is awarded...
Picture Gallery: Margaret Levi is awarded the 25th Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science
2019-10-06 by Michal Smrek, all photos by Mikael Wallerstedt The 25th Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science has been formally conferred to Margaret Levi on September 28, 2019. The prize was...
Public lectures by Margaret Levi during her visit in Uppsala
2019-09-15 by Michal Smrek Margaret Levi, Sara Miller McCune Director of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS), Professor of Political Science, and Senior Fellow at the...
Skytte Manuscript Workshop’s Book “Cabinets, Ministers, and Gender” Now Published
2019-09-03 by Michal Smrek, photo of the three book authors by Michal Smrek. In the fall of 2016, the Skytte Foundation has had the pleasure to hold a Skytte Manuscript Workshop for authors Prof....
Fulfilling Social and Economic Rights: A Skytte Manuscript Workshop book has been awarded a prestigious award
2019-06-25 by Michal Smrek, photo collage by The New School We are delighted to announce that the book Fulfilling Social and Economic Rights (OUP) authored by Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, Terra Lawson-Remer...