Bo Abraham Mendel Rothstein (born 12 June 1954) is a Swedish political scientist.

Rothstein received the prize for having "in the public debate argued for the importance of independent university teaching and research".

In 2009, he received a five-year grant from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, the largest private research fund in Sweden.

His current research interests are comparative quality of government institutions, social capital, and political corruption.

[4] The dean voiced her disappointment with Rothstein's departure, stating that Blavatnik's only donation was to Trump's inaugural committee.

[7] Rothstein returned to Sweden, where he currently holds the August Röhss Chair in Political Science at University of Gothenburg.