Professor Johannes Lindvall joins as member of the Skytte Prize Committee

The Johan Skytte Foundation is pleased to announce that Professor Johannes Lindvall, August Röhss Professor of Political Science at the University of Gothenburg, is a new member of the Skytte Prize Committee for the Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science.

Lindvall, whose research focus on comparative politics, political economy, and political history, has written extensively about the relationship between political institutions and the economy. He is the author of Mass Unemployment and the State (Oxford University Press, 2010) and Reform Capacity (Oxford University Press, 2017) and most recently An Introduction to Comparative Politics (Oxford University Press, 2025). Reflecting on his appointment, he stated:

“Political science is concerned with the architecture of society: how we build institutions that enable us to live together in peace and justice. I look forward to contributing to the prize committee's efforts to identify worthy recipients of the Skytte Prize.”

The Skytte Prize Committee, composed of six prominent political scientists, is responsible for recommending laureates who have made “the most significant contributions to political science” each year. The winner is then decided by the board of the Johan Skytte foundation. Johan Skytte Professor in Eloquence and Political Science, and Chair of the Prize Committee, Li Bennich-Björkman expresses her delight over the new addition: “the Prize committee consists of researchers with high competence in various research fields within the study of politics. We welcome Johannes Lindvall, and look forward to work with him in the coming years”.   

Professor Lindvall succeeds Professor Jan Teorell, Lars Johan Hierta Professor of Political Science at Stockholm University, who has served on the committee since 2018.