ECPR Lifetime Achievement Award 2026 honours Stefano Bartolini#
Prof. Stefano Bartolini MAE, Emeritus Professor of Comparative Politics at the European University Institute, Florence, was awarded the ECPR 2026 Lifetime Achievement Award
for his exceptional scholarly career, marked by achievements that stand out for their originality and analytical power. Prof. Bartolini was elected as member of the Governance, Institutions and Policies Section of Academia Europaea in 2022.
About Stefano Bartolini#
Prof. Bartolini is Emeritus Professor of Comparative Politics at the European University Institute, Florence. He was previously a professor at the Universities of Florence, Trieste, Geneva, the EUI and Bologna, and part-time professor at the Institut d’Études Politiques, (Paris) and at Instituto Juan March (Madrid).
He has served as Joint Director of the Italian National PhD Programme in Political Science, (1985 - 1988); Head of the Political and Social Sciences Department (1996 - 2001) and Director of the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies at the European University Institute (2006 - 2013). He was Chairman of the Italian National Committee for the Evaluation of ‘Social and Political Sciences’ research, Rome, MIUR (2004 - 2005), and a Member of the International Committee for the Evaluation of Norwegian Political Sciences, Research Council, Norway (2016 - 2017).
Prof. Bartolini was awarded the Stein Rokkan UNESCO Prize (1990), the Gregory Luebbert APSA Prize (2001), the APSA European Politics Division Prize (2002), and the European Union Studies Association Honourable Mention (2007). His research interests focus on European comparative politics, political parties, electoral history, European integration, and political theory.
About European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR)#
Established in 1970, the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) is a UK-registered charitable organisation headquartered in Colchester. It is Europe’s leading association dedicated to advancing political science.
ECPR connects and supports over 300 institutional members in nearly 50 countries, forming a global community of scholars that ranges from students to Emeritus Professors.
