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David D. Laitin

David D. Laitin, Stanford University, is this year’s recipient of the Johan Skytte Prize, known by many as the ‘Nobel prize of Political Science’. Professor Laitin is awarded the prize for having “originally and objectively explained how politics shapes cultural strategies in heterogeneous societies.”
Anna Ileby
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This year’s recipient of the Johan Skytte Prize is ​David D. Laitin, Stanford University. Illustration: Anna Ileby

David D. Laitin is awarded the Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science

David D. Laitin, Stanford University, is this year’s recipient of the Johan Skytte Prize, known by many as the ‘Nobel Prize in Political Science’. Professor Laitin is awarded the prize for his “original and objective explanation of how politics shapes cultural strategies in heterogeneous societies.”

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