Posted on 15 June 2011
Ilias Ntinas (Department of Politcal and Social Sciences) was awarded the first Linz Rokkan Prize for the best EUI thesis in the field of political sociology engaging with a theme in the broadly defined fields of the works of Juan Linz and Stein Rokkan.
The title of his thesis, defended in 2010, is: "The Impressionable Years: the Formative Role of Family, Vote and Political Events during Early Childhood".
Ilias received his award at the Annual Conferring Ceremony on 10 June 2011.
In 2009, Ilias was also awarded the John Sullivan Award for the best paper presented by a graduate student on an Elections, Public Opinion, and Voting Behaviour Panel at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the American Political Sciences Association.