The International Political Sociology Section (IPS) of the International Studies Association will institute a yearly award for “best graduate student paper” in the field of international political sociology. The award will be presented at the section’s business meeting at the International Studies Association Annual Convention. The winner will receive a prize of US$150 and a certificate.
Eligibility
The award recognizes a graduate student paper that stands out by its excellence, rigour and originality. The winner of the award will be selected for its contribution to international political sociology, whether in the form of theoretical development, empirical analysis, or both.
Eligible paper can be either single or multi-authored by graduate students only and must have been presented at the ISA annual convention preceding the year of the delivery of the award.
Nomination Process
Nominations, with an electronic copy of the paper send to the Chair of the Selection Committee, normally come from faculty supervisors and mentors as well as panel chairs and discussants at the ISA annual convention preceding the year of the delivery of the award. Nominations should be accompanied by a paragraph long justification including the student's name, academic institution, complete contact information, including telephone and e-mail address.
The papers must be received by email by 15 July of the year preceding the convention, and the email should identify the submission with the subject line "IPS Student Paper Award Submission."
The Selection Committee
The External Selection Committee member will serve for two years. The Chair of the Committee and the two members of the Executive Committee part of the Selection Committee will serve for one year.
Papers written by, or contributed to, Selection Committee members are ineligible for the award.
The Chair is responsible for coordinating the deliberations of the committee, keeping records of the deliberations, and awarding the prize at the International Studies Association Meeting.
The Selection Committee should feel free to recommend that no award should be made in a given year. If at all possible, the Selection Committee should choose the winning submission and notable papers by consensus. If the Selection committee is unable to reach a consensus, a majority vote will determine the winning submission and notable papers.
The Chair of the Selection Committee must forward to the Executive Committee a recommendation for the Graduate Student Prize Winner, as well as up to two notable papers, including a 100 words citation for each paper, at least a month before the ISA annual meeting when the prize winner will be announced. These results will be published on the International Political Sociology Section website.
The 2012 IPS Graduate Student Paper Award Selection Committee
Chair
Pinar Bilgin Department of International Relations Bilkent University Ankara, 06800 Turkey pbilgin@bilkent.edu.trSelection Committee members:
- Vicki Squire, The Open University
- Karen Smith, University of Cape Town
- Nick Vaughan-Williams, University of Warwick
