Academic Prizes | The Political Studies Association (PSA)

Nominations are now open for the PSA's 2024/25 Academic Prizes

For over 30 years, the PSA has been celebrating the very best of our discipline through our Academic Prizes, with the award categories recognising outstanding dissertations, professional contributions, teaching, and scholars across the profession.

Nominations are open from 4 November 2024 – 24 January 2025 (5pm GMT).
Judging will take place between 3 February – 17 March 2025.
Nominations for the Mackenzie Book Prize have now closed

The Academic Prizes will be presented during the PSA’s Annual International Conference in Birmingham which will be held from 14-16 April 2025 and announced over social media and our website.

The following Prizes prizes categories for the 2024/25 Academic Prizes are:

DISSERTATION PRIZES

Awarded to an individual for outstanding professional achievement:

Walter Bagehot Prize

For government and public administration

Sir Ernest Barker Prize

For political theory

Lord Bryce Prize

For comparative politics

McDougall Trust Prize

For elections, electoral systems and representation

Shirin M. Rai Prize

For international relations

Elizabeth Wiskemann Prize

For the study of (in)equality and social justice

PROFESSIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS PRIZES

Awarded to an individual for outstanding professional achievement:

Joni Lovenduski Prize

Early Career Prize: For outstanding professional contributions to political studies, normally made within ten years of the completion of a PhD or equivalent.

Sir Isaiah Berlin Prize

Open Prize: For outstanding professional contributions to political studies

RESEARCH PRIZES

Awarded to an individual for outstanding professional achievement:

Richard Rose Prize

For outstanding research contributions by an early career scholar to advancing knowledge in political studies normally completed within ten years of the completion of PhD or equivalent.

Carole Pateman Prize

Open Prize: For outstanding research contributions to advancing knowledge in political studies

Pippa Norris Prize

For a research team that have made an outstanding contribution to advancing knowledge in political studies

TEACHING PRIZES

Awarded to an individual or group who have gone above and beyond in the pursuit of pedagogy:

Sir Bernard Crick Prize

For outstanding contributions to advancing teaching and learning in political studies by an early career academic, normally made within ten years of the completion of a PhD or equivalent

Vicky Randall Prize

Open Prize: for outstanding contributions to advancing teaching and learning in political studies.

Jacqui Briggs Prize

For outstanding contributions in advancing teaching and learning in political studies by a team or group of scholars

GROUP PRIZES

Awarded to groups:

Specialist Group of the Year

Awarded to a PSA Specialist Group which has raised awareness of the study of politics and increased impact of the discipline

Politics Society of the Year Prize

Awarded to a university Politics Society that has made a distinctive contribution to the study and understanding of politics

You can read more about the PSA Prize categories in the 2024/25 Academic Prizes Handbook.