The Harold and Margaret Sprout Award was established in 1972 and named in honor of two pioneers in the study of international environmental problems. The award is sponsored by the Environmental Studies Section (ESS), and is given annually to the best book in the field - one that makes a contribution to theory and interdisciplinarity, shows rigor and coherence in research and writing, and offers accessibility and practical relevance. Nominated books should address some aspect of one or more environmental, pollution or resource issues from a broadly international or transnational perspective, including works in (for example) global, interstate, transboundary, North-South, foreign policy, comparative or area studies. Environmental subjects of books can include (for example) environmental law, diplomacy, transnational activism, natural resource use, global change, sustainable development, biodiversity, transboundary pollution control, and the like.

Award Details

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

Submission/Nomination

• Nominated works must be published during the two years prior to the year they are nominated for. Books with a copyright date of the award year are welcome, provided they are released by the previous year’s end.
• Each publisher may nominate more than one book, and books nominated for the prior year can be re-nominated.
• When nominating an author, please submit a copy of the book to each member of the Committee listed below. The Committee members will begin reading the books as soon as they arrive.
• The nominations deadline is August 1st.

Prize

• A $500.00 (USD) cash prize and plaque is awarded to the recipient.

Award Committee

The Award Committee consists of five (5) members plus the section chair of Environmental Studies Section (ESS) of ISA, serving rolling two-year terms as an ex-officio member.

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.

Peter Newell CO-CHAIR | MAR 2011 - APR 2013 Department of International Relations School of Global Studies University of Sussex Brighton, BN1 9SN UK P.J.Newell@sussex.ac.uk	Thomas Princen CO-CHAIR | MAR 2011 - APR 2013 School of Natural Resources & Environment 440 Church Street, Dana Building, room 2506 The University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1041 USA tprincen@umich.edu
Kate O’Neill MEMBER | MAR 2011 - APR 2013 2530 Tamalpais Avenue El Cerrito, CA 94530 USA kmoneill@berkeley.edu	Heike Schroeder MEMBER | APRL 2012 - APR 2014 School of International Development Faculty of Social Sciences University of East Anglia Norwich NR4 7TJ UK h.schroeder@uea.ac.uk
Henrik Selin MEMBER | APRL 2012 - APR 2014 Department of International Relations Boston University 152 Bay State Road Room 403 Boston, MA 02215 USA selin@bu.edu