Established in 1997, the Robert W. and Jessie Cox Award honors the best graduate student paper of critical inquiry into international relations. The purpose of the prize is to encourage critical study of international political economy, world orders, and civilizations. Papers submitted should relate, broadly, to the main normative principles for which the Coxes stand, including:  diffusion of power; democratization; mutual respect for distinct civilizations, concern for the biosphere; and, greater  equality among societies, genders, and races. This award is underwritten by Keesing's World News Archives.

Award Details

For a listing of previous awardees, please see the Past Award Recipients page.

Submission/Nomination

• Graduate students are invited to submit their papers for the competition themselves. In addition, department chairs, program directors, deans, chairs of sessions at ISA annual or regional meetings, or from chairs of sessions at other meetings of international studies associations are invited and encouraged to nominate submissions.
• To be eligible for the award, submitted papers must:
  1. Be in English
  2. Submitted in Microsoft Word format
  3. Include a title page with name, institutional affiliation, email and the total word count
  4. Not exceed 10,000 words, including title, notes and references
  5. Not be considered for any other ISA award
  6. Not be published as of the submission deadline
  7. Be authored by graduate students who have not received their PhD as of the date of the paper presentation
  8. Relate, broadly, to the main normative principles for which the Coxes stand, including: diffusion of power; democratization; mutual respect for distinct civilizations, concern for the biosphere; and, greater equality among societies, genders, and races
  9. While paper submitters are encouraged to attend the 2013 ISA Convention, this is NOT a condition of eligibility
• Nominations, including copies of the paper, should be sent electronically to the Committee Chair by October 1st.

Prize

• A $500.00 (USD) cash prize and a plaque are awarded to the recipient at the annual ISA Convention.

Award Committee

Stephen Gill and James Mittelman, co-editors of the book Innovation and Transformation in International Studies, a volume honoring Robert W. and Jessie Cox and funding this Award, will name two (2) members of the Committee to award this prize. The ISA President will name three (3) members, including the Committee Chair. All members will serve three-year terms.

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.

David Wilkinson CHAIR | APR 2012 - FEB 2015 University of California, Los Angeles dow@ucla.edu
Nicola Phillips MEMBER | APR 2012 - FEB 2015 University of Manchester nicola.phillips@manchester.ac.uk	Aida Hozic MEMBER | APR 2012 - FEB 2015 University of Florida hozic@ufl.edu
Andreas Bieler MEMBER | APR 2012 - FEB 2015 University of Nottingham Andreas.Bieler@nottingham.ac.uk	Nicola Short MEMBER | APR 2012 - FEB 2015 York University ncshort@yorku.ca

* Members nominated by the founders.