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2023-05-25 by Li Bennich-Björkman, illustration: Anna Illeby Sweden has aspired to become a member of NATO since May 2022. Until then, remaining neutral had served Sweden’s interests best. What...

2023-05-25 by Michal Grahn, illustration: Anna Illeby  The Johan Skytte Foundation is delighted to announce that Alexander Wendt and Martha Finnemore have been jointly awarded the Johan Skytte Prize...

Just before Christmas, European political science lost one of its greatest champions. Jean Blondel (1929–2022), the 2004 Johan Skytte Prize winner, was Professor Emeritus at the European University...

On January 21, the Johan Skytte Foundation board has taken a unanimous decision to remodel the format of the Skytte Prize conferment ceremony. The ceremony will...

We are proud to announce that the Johan Skytte Foundation and the American Political Science Association (APSA) have recently signed a memorandum of understanding concerning the publication of...

On October 1, 2022 it is exactly 400 years since Johan Skytte, then vice-chancellor of Uppsala University, signed off a donation through which he founded the Johan Skytte Chair in Eloquence and...

2022-09-27 by Michal Grahn Robert E. Goodin, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Social and Political theory at the Australian National University and the recipient of the 2022 Johan Skytte...

2022-04-27 by Li Bennich-Björkman, illustration: Anna Illeby What runs and runs but never comes to the door? So went a Swedish riddle I heard as a child. The answer was “The clock.” But it could...

2022-04-25 by Michal Smrek, illustration: Anna Illeby Robert E. Goodin is the recipient of the 2022 Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science. Goodin is awarded...