Congratulations PSA 2024-25 Academic Prize Winners!

We had the pleasure of awarding our prestigious PSA Academic Prizes at the PSA’s 75th anniversary annual conference in Birmingham.

We are thrilled to celebrate the outstanding accomplishments of our members through this esteemed awards programme, and would like to extend a huge thank you to all who participated, whether it was by entering, nominating or judging the prizes.

In recognition of our 2024-25 prize winners outstanding contributions, we are delighted to share their achievements. Join us in congratulating their well-deserved success!

The PSA is proud to highlight the exceptional work of our members and showcase the excellence and impact of our discipline.

Dissertation Prizes

Teaching Prizes

Professional Contribution & Research Prizes

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Group Prizes

W.J.M. MacKenzie Book Prize

APSA-PSA International Partnerships Award

The American Political Science Association (APSA) and the Political Studies Association (PSA) are also delighted to announce the 2025 winner of this award which celebrates outstanding and innovative cross-national scholarly partnerships. You can read more about this year’s APSA-PSA International Partnerships Award here.

Thank you to all who have helped us make awarding the #PSAPrizes such a special occasion, including a special thanks to our judges for their time and dedication.

Judges for PSA Academic Prizes 2024-25

Dr. Dion Curry (Swansea University)
Dr. Nick Or (City University of Hong Kong)
Dr. Michael Keary (Research Institute for Sustainability, Potsdam, Brandenburg)
Dr. Nick O’Donovan (Keele University)
Dr. Valentina Ausserladscheider (University of Vienna)
Dr. John Kenny (University of East Anglia)
Prof. Simon Usherwood (Open University)
Dr. Samuel Ritholtz (University of Oxford)
Prof. Indrajit Roy (University of York)
Dr. Adrian Millican (Durham University)
Dr. Gregory Stiles (University of Sheffield)
Dr. Gulshan Khan (University of Nottingham)
Dr. Ana Isabel Nunes (Nottingham Trent University)
Dr. James Weinberg (University of Sheffield)
Dr. Omar Khan (TASO (Transforming Access and Student Outcomes in Higher Education))
Prof. Rosie Campbell (King’s College London)
Prof. Arianna Giovannini (University of Urbino)
Prof. Jon Tonge (University of Liverpool)
Dr. Andy Mycock (University of Leeds)
Prof. Rose Gann (Nottingham Trent University)
Prof. John Craig (University of Hull)
Prof. Stefan Wolff (University of Birmingham)
Dr. Akshay Mangla (University of Oxford)
Dr. Giulia Sandri (Université Catholique de Lille)
Dr. Sameen A. Mohsin Ali (University of Birmingham)
Dr. David Jeffery (University of Liverpool)