The Stein Rokkan Prize for Comparative Social Science Research is an academic honour awarded by the International Social Science Council (ISSC), the University of Bergen and the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR), in memory of the political scientist and sociologist Stein Rokkan.
It is awarded to scholars making "very substantial and original contributions in comparative social science research". These contributions can be in the form of book-length, unpublished manuscripts, published books or collections of works published within the two years prior to the award ceremony. As of 2008, the award will be made annually and is worth €5,000.
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