Stein Rokkan Prize for Comparative Social Science Research
The Stein Rokkan Prize for Comparative Social Science Research is an academic honour awarded by the International Science Council, the University of Bergen and the European Consortium for Political Research, in memory of the political scientist and sociologist Stein Rokkan. It is awarded to scholars making "a very substantial and original contribution in comparative social science research". These contributions can be in the form of book-length, unpublished manuscripts, published books, or collections of works published no more than two years prior to the award year. The prize is awarded annually and is worth $5000.
According to a reputation survey conducted in 2013 and 2014, the Stein Rokkan Prize is the second most prestigious international academic award in political science, after the Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science. A reputation survey conducted in 2018 found the Stein Rokkan Prize to be the most prestigious interdisciplinary award in the social sciences.
Prizewinners
Sources: The European Consortium for Political Research, the European University Institute and the International Social Science Council| Year | Prizewinner | Country | Work | |
| 1981 | Manfred Schmidt | Wohlfahrtsstaatliche Politik unter bürgerlichen und sozialdemokratischen Regierungen: Ein internationaler Vergleich | ||
| 1983 | Jens Alber | Vom Armenhaus zum Wohlfahrtsstaat: Analysen zur Entwicklung der Sozialversicherung in Westeuropa, "Einige Grundlagen und Begleiterscheinungen der Entwicklung der Sozialausgaben in Westeuropa, 1949-1977" | ||
| 1986 | Louis M. Imbeau | Donor Aid: The Determinants of Development Allocations to Third World Countries | ||
| 1988 | Charles Ragin | The Comparative Method: Moving beyond Qualitative and Quantitative Strategies | ||
| 1990 | Stefano Bartolini | Identity, Competition and Electoral Availability: The Stabilisation of European Electorates 1885-1985 | ||
| 1990 | Peter Mair | Identity, Competition and Electoral Availability: The Stabilisation of European Electorates 1885-1985 | ||
| 1992 | Kaare Strøm | Minority Government and Majority Rule | ||
| 1996 | Kees van Kersbergen | Social Capitalism: A Study of Christian Democracy and the Welfare State | ||
| 1998 | Robert Rohrschneider | Learning Democracy: Democratic and Economic Values in Unified Germany | ||
| 2000 | Eva Anduiza-Perea | Individual and Systemic Determinants of Electoral Abstention in Western Europe | ||
| 2002 | Patrick Le Galès | European Cities: Social Conflicts and Governance | ||
| 2004 | Daniele Caramani | The Nationalization of Politics: The Formation of National Electorates and Party Systems in Western Europe | ||
| 2006 | Milada Anna Vachudova | Europe Undivided: Democracy, Leverage, and Integration after Communism | ||
| 2008 | Cas Mudde | Populist Radical Right Parties in Europe | ||
| 2009 | Robert E. Goodin | Discretionary Time: A New Measure of Freedom | ||
| 2009 | James Mahmud Rice | Discretionary Time: A New Measure of Freedom | ||
| 2009 | Antti Parpo | Discretionary Time: A New Measure of Freedom | ||
| 2009 | Lina Eriksson | Discretionary Time: A New Measure of Freedom | ||
| 2010 | Beth A. Simmons | Mobilizing for Human Rights: International Law in Domestic Politics | ||
| 2011 | James W. McGuire | Wealth, Health, and Democracy in East Asia and Latin America | ||
| 2012 | Pepper D. Culpepper | Quiet Politics and Business Power: Corporate Control in Europe and Japan | ||
| 2013 | Dorothee Bohle | Capitalist Diversity on Europe's Periphery | ||
| 2013 | Béla Greskovits | Capitalist Diversity on Europe's Periphery | ||
| 2014 | Christian Welzel | Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation | ||
| 2015 | Marius Busemeyer | Skills and Inequality: Partisan Politics and the Political Economy of Education Reforms in Western Welfare States | ||
| 2016 | Stanislav Markus | Property, Predation, and Protection: Piranha Capitalism in Russia and Ukraine | ||
| 2017 | Abel Escribà-Folch | Foreign Pressure and the Politics of Autocratic Survival | ||
| 2017 | Joseph Wright | Foreign Pressure and the Politics of Autocratic Survival | ||
| 2018 | Rafaela M. Dancygier | Dilemmas of Inclusion: Muslims in European Politics | ||
| 2019 | Andreas Wimmer | Nation Building: Why Some Countries Come Together while Others Fall Apart | ||
| 2020 | Jeffrey M. Chwieroth | The Wealth Effect: How the Great Expectations of the Middle Class Have Changed the Politics of Banking Crises | ||
| 2020 | Andrew Walter | The Wealth Effect: How the Great Expectations of the Middle Class Have Changed the Politics of Banking Crises |