PSA Launches Its Refreshed 2022/23 Academic Prizes

We are delighted to announce that our 2022/23 Academic Prizes are now open for nominations from PSA members.

You can read more about all the categories and how to make a nomination in our 2022/23 Academic Prizes Handbook here.

The PSA would like to thank the Prizes Working Group for conducting a review of our prizes and categories which has introduced some new prizes, as set out below. Please read this blog from PSA Chair Roger Awan-Scully giving some context to the Group’s deliberations.

We hope that our new prizes better reflect the individual and team efforts of scholars in the political studies arena and that the array of prizes on offer are more representative and inclusive of our profession.

In addition to our existing W.J.M. McKenzie Prize for outstanding book, dissertation, Specialist Group and Communicator of the Year prizes, we have reframed our other prizes as follows:

Research:

Richard Rose Early Career: For outstanding research contributions to advancing knowledge in political studies normally completed within ten years of the completion of PhD or equivalent.

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

Pippa Norris Team Prize: For a research team that have made an outstanding contribution to advancing knowledge in political studies (with a single piece of work, a broader body of work, or major contributions to the research infrastructure of political studies)

Teaching Prizes:

Bernard Crick Early Career Prize: for outstanding contributions to advancing teaching and learning in political studies, normally made within ten years of the completion of a PhD or equivalent

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

Jacqui Briggs Team Prize: For outstanding contributions in advancing teaching and learning in political studies by a team or group of scholars

Professional Contributions Prizes:

Joni Lovenduski Early Career Prize: For outstanding professional contributions to political studies, through service to professional associations, advancing public knowledge of politics and political literacy, or through other major contributions, normally made within ten years of the completion of a PhD or equivalent.

Isaiah Berlin Open Prize: For outstanding professional contributions to political studies, through service to professional associations, advancing public knowledge of politics and political literacy, or through other major contributions.

Nominations will be accepted from 14 November 2022 until 13 January 2023.

The Academic Prizes will be presented during the next PSA’s Annual International Conference in Liverpool and will also announced over social media and our website.

We look forward to hearing from you. Good luck!