News & Updates
Video recording of the 2020/2021 Skytte prize award ceremony now available
The virtual prize award ceremony of the 2020- and 2021 Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science was held on October 1, 2021. A video recording of the ceremony is now available for viewing. View it...
Virtual prize award ceremony for the 2020- and 2021 Skytte prize laureates
2021-07-04 by Michal Smrek (last update: 2021-09-22), photo: Mikael Wallerstedt We are happy to announce that we will hold a virtual prize award ceremony to celebrate the 2020- and 2021 Skytte Prize...
The 27th Johan Skytte Prize goes to David D. Laitin
2021-04-15 by Michal Smrek, illustration: Anna Ileby David D. Laitin, Stanford University, is this year’s recipient of the Johan Skytte Prize, known by many as the ‘Nobel Prize in Political...
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...