Call for Nominations: 2024 Stein Rokkan Prize

The annual Prize celebrates the legacy of Stein Rokkan, a true pioneer in comparative social science research, acknowledging a submission deemed a substantial and original contribution in the field.

The annual Stein Rokkan Prize for Comparative Social Science Research is presented by the International Science Council, the University of Bergen and the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR).

Funding Information

• Thanks to the generosity of the University of Bergen, it carries a prize fund of €5,000.

Eligibility Criteria

• The Stein Rokkan Prize is open to candidates from all social science disciplines, who need not be affiliated with a Member institution of either the ISC or ECPR.
• The work should be a substantial and original contribution to comparative social science research.
• The work must be a published monograph. Unpublished manuscripts, edited collections, and collected works are not eligible.
• The book must have been published within the two calendrical years preceding the award. For the Stein Rokkan Prize 2024, books must have been published in 2022 or 2023. No book should be nominated in more than one year.
• The work should preferably be in English; however, a submission written in another language can be nominated as long as it is accompanied by an English summary of the work.

Ineligible

• Self-nominations are not accepted.
• Nominations from publishers and agencies are not accepted.
• Members of the ECPR Executive Committee, ISC Governing Board and Secretariat, and Editors of any ECPR books, journals or blog are not eligible for this prize during their term and for a certain buffer period afterwards.
• Members of the ECPR Executive Committee and ISC Governing Board have a buffer period of three years; the ISC Secretariat and ECPR Editors have a buffer period of one year.
• The requirement that a work have been published in the previous two years may be waived in this case, so that the work is eligible in the year following the buffer period.

For more information, visit International Science Council.