Nominations are now closed* for PSA's 2024/25 Academic Prizes

 

*EXCEPTION: Carole Pateman prize for outstanding research contributions to advancing knowledge in political studies

 

*EXCEPTION: Joni Lovenduski prize for outstanding professional contributions to political studies (normally made within ten years of the completion of a PhD or equivalent)

 

*Submissions for these two prizes closes 5pm Thursday 30 January

 

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.

 

 

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
Closed
Sir Ernest Barker Prize
For political theory
Closed
Lord Bryce Prize
For comparative politics
Closed
McDougall Trust Prize
For elections, electoral systems and representation
Closed
Shirin M. Rai Prize
For international relations
Closed
Elizabeth Wiskemann Prize
For the study of (in)equality and social justice
Closed

 

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.
Submit here
Sir Isaiah Berlin Prize
Open Prize: For outstanding professional contributions to political studies
Closed

 

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.
Closed
Carole Pateman Prize
Open Prize: For outstanding research contributions to advancing knowledge in political studies
Submit here
Pippa Norris Prize
For a research team that have made an outstanding contribution to advancing knowledge in political studies
Closed

 

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
Closed
Vicky Randall Prize
Open Prize: for outstanding contributions to advancing teaching and learning in political studies.
Closed
Jacqui Briggs Prize
For outstanding contributions in advancing teaching and learning in political studies by a team or group of scholars
Closed

 

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
Closed
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
Closed

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