Professor Brendan O'Leary has been awarded the Juan Linz Prize by the International Political Science Assocation. The purpose of the prize is to "Honour a prominent scholar engaged in Decentralization, Multinational and Multiethnic Integration and Federalism Comparative Research."
Visit the IPSA website for more details on the Linz prize (link). For more details on Professor O'Leary, please visit his profile page (link).