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The Karl Deutsch Award

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Established in 1981, the Karl Deutsch Award is presented annually to a scholar in IR under age 40, or within ten years of defending his or her dissertation, who is judged to have made, through a body of publications, the most significant contribution to the study of International Relations and Peace Research.

About the Award:

  • For the 2007 award, nominees must be born in 1967 or later, or have defended their dissertation in 1997 or later.
  • Each nomination must include a cover letter highlighting specific scientific merits (not merely generic praise) and an updated curriculum vitae of the nominee, including verifiable date of birth and date of the doctoral degree. Only candidates satisfying the merit and age requirements will be considered.
  • Self-nominations are welcome. Committee members may also nominate potential recipients.
  • Nominations should be submitted electronically to all three members of the award committee by August 1, the winner will be notified after October 1st.
    A $500.00 (USD) cash prize to the recipient is awarded from the ISA General Account
  • The three Member Committee is appointed by the ISA President with the concurrency of the Governing Council
  • Members serve two-year terms. Member terms officially begin with the ISA Governing Council meeting of the first yer listed and end with the closing of the ISA Governing Council meeting of the final year listed.
  • The Committee Chair is responsible for notifying the Recipient of the Award and encouraging the Recipient to attend the Annual Convention at which the Award is to be presented so as to receive the Award in person.

Award Committee Members:

Beth A. Simmons (Chair)
2007-2009
Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs
Director, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs
Government Department, Harvard University
1737 Cambridge Street
Cambridge MA 02138
phone 617 495-1913
e-mail: bsimmons@wcfia.harvard.edu

David A. Lake
2007-2009
Department of Political Science
University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Dr.
La Jolla, CA 92093
e-mail: dlake@ucsd.edu

Christopher F. Gelpi
2007-2009
Duke University
Box 90204
Durham, NC 27708
e-mail: gelpi@acpub.duke.edu 

Deutsch Award History:

1985      Bruce Bueno de Mesquita/Richard Ashley, Stanford University
1986      Michael Wallace, University of British Columbia
1987      Michael Don Ward, University of Washington
1988      Steve Chan, University of Colorado
1989      Zeev Maoz, Tel-Aviv University
1990      Joshua Goldstein, Brown University
1991      Jack Snyder, Columbia University
1992      Duncan Snidal, University of Chicago
1993      Alex Mintz, Texas A&M University
1994      James D. Morrow, University of Michigan
1995      T. Clifton Morgan, Rice University
1996      Robert Powell , UC Berkeley   
1997      Paul Huth, University of Maryland
1998      Paul Diehl, University of Illinois
1999      James Fearon, Stanford University
2000      Edward D. Mansfield, University of Pennsylvania
2001      Beth A. Simmons, Harvard University
2002      Dan Reiter, Emory University
2003      Kenneth A. Schultz, Stanford University
2004      Allan C. Stam, Dartmouth College
2005      Alastair Smith, New York University
2006      Christopher Gelpi, Duke University
2007      Kristian Skrede Gleditsch, University of Essex