Professor of Government, Rod Rhodes, has been given the 2015 Lifetime Achievement Award by the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR).
Professor Rhodes, who is also Emeritus Professor of Politics at the University of Newcastle, impressed the awards jury with his, “exceptional record in the many areas of the profession: from teaching and publishing to advising and disseminating.”
The panel went on to say,
“The impact of [his] work on the discipline of political science is easily ‘measured’ both by the by now conventional bibliographic indicators and, more impressionistically but equally clearly, by the impact on the work of many of us.”
On hearing he had received the award, Professor Rhodes commented,
“An unexpected and pleasant surprise. It is particularly pleasing to receive recognition from my professional community, not only in the UK, but in the rest of Europe.”
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