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Details of the BBC Parliament broadcasts of the event are available here. A PDF copy of the Awards brochure may be downloaded here.

The 2011 Johan Skytte Prize is awarded to Ronald Inglehart, University of Michigan, and Pippa Norris, Harvard University for contributing innovative ideas about the relevance and roots of political culture in a global context. The Johan Skytte Prize is among the most prestigious prizes relating to the field of political science and carries an award of SEK 500,000.

The 2011 Johan Skytte Prize in political science is awarded to two researchers who individually but far and foremost in close cooperation have systematically investigated and highlighted the importance of human values and value change for political behavior and societal life. Ronald Inglehart, emeritus professor in sociology at the University of Michigan and Pippa Norris, professor in political science at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, share the prize for "contributing innovative ideas about the relevance and roots of political culture in a global context, transcending previous mainstream apporaches of resesarch".

"In three co-authored books and numerous articles they have, through sophisticated analyses and a globally-based material including a majority of the world´s population, shown that a crucial key to continuity and change in political participation, interest and why issues become prioritized is the values, beliefs and attitudes of the citizens themselves. In their joint work, the importance of religion in today´s contemporary world has been in focus, as well as gender equality and the role of global media and information technology in affecting values to converge or become more polarized. The process of value formation and change is intimately related to structural factors such as the shift from industrial to post-industrial production, and furthermore rests on feelings of existential security which are affected by a spread in the equality of well-being.

Characteristic of Norris and Inglehart´s research is that their analyses ties together their own as well as previosuly launced theories with a uniquely rich and subtle material, allowing for systematic empirical testing, development but also refutation. Their focus is consequently on the citizens, the people, and their indirect interplay with elites and political and societal institutions."

Ronald Inglehart and Pippa Norris will accept the prize at a ceremony in Uppsala on 24 September 2011.

Read more about the prize on the Johan Skytte Prize Committee website: http://skytteprize.statsvet.uu.se/

New contact details. From 1 Jan-31 Dec 2011

Pippa Norris Visiting Professor
Government and International Relations
School of Social and Political Sciences
FACULTY OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
Room 443, Merewether Building (HO4)
The University of Sydney | NSW | 2006 Australia
P 61 2 9351 2055|  F 61 2 9351 3624 M (US) +1 857 445 9105 |M (Australia) +61 2 045 165 2014 | Skype pippa.norris e pippa_norris@Harvard.edu 

May 6th 2010 British General Election Constituency Results. These are available for downloading in both Excel and SPSS/PASW formats, along with a synopsis of results. See under 'data'. A weblog also discusses the outcome and prospects for realignment.

'Public disaffection and electoral reform: Pressure from below? Paper for the ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops, Lisbon, 14-19 April 2009, revised version forthcoming in West European Politics.

1)     ‘Isolates or Socialites? The social ties of internet users.’ John Curtice and Pippa Norris. In British Social Attitudes Ed. Alison Park. London: Sage. Pp59-84.

1)   ‘Sellers or buyers in religious markets?’ (with Ronald Inglehart) In The New Religious Pluralism and Democracy. Ed. Thomas Banchoff New York: Oxford University Press.

1)   Support for the United Nations: Cosmopolitan versus Parochial orientations.’ Keynote address, World Values Survey meeting, Istanbul 2-5^th Nov 2006.

New address: Director, Democratic Governance Group, Bureau for Development Policy, UNDP, 304 East 45th St, Room 1018, NY, NY 10017 Pippa.Norris@UNDP.org (212) 906-5054

1. On the uphill challenge facing the Conservatives  FT 6 April 2005

2. On the issue of immigration  FT 14 April 2005

3. On prospects for ethnic minority candidates  FT 21 April 2005

4. On turnout FT 25 April 2005

5. On the campaign 5th May 2005

6. On the results FT 7th May 2005

'Stable democracy and good governance in divided societies:  Do power-sharing institutions work?' New paper for the International Studies Association annual meeting, Honolulu, March 3-5 2005.

'How damaging is the transatlantic rift? Bush’s leadership and America’s allies.' For Compass: A Journal of Leadership.

'Increasing Women’s Representation in Government: What strategies would work best for Afghanistan?' Report prepared for the Afghanistan Reconstruction Project.