Fredik Sixtensson, a post doctoral fellow at CSSC, received the prize for his dissertation "Dēmokratia: The Prehistory of a Word in Relation to the Greek Typology of Constitutions (2021)".

The Vitterhetsakademien Prizes for Outstanding Scholarly Work are awarded annually to four early-career researchers. Two prize-winners are nominated by each of Vitterhetsakademien’s two classes.

Read the full press release from The Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities in Swedish here.