The Intelligence Studies Section of ISA is pleased to announce the opening of the annual competition for the Intelligence Studies Section / Lynne Rienner Publishers Best Student Paper Award, which is generously supported by Lynne Rienner Publishers. The award is made annually by ISS in recognition of excellence for the best undergraduate or graduate student paper on a subject dealing with intelligence presented at the ISA Annual Convention.

Details

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Recipient Criteria

Recipients must be a current member of ISA.
Self-nominations are permitted, as are nominations from faculty mentors, panel chairmen and discussants, and conference attendees.
Nominations should include the student's name, identification of student's academic institution, contact information (email address and phone number), title of the paper being submitted, panel name or number in which the paper was presented
For co-authored papers, the student nominee must be the principal investigator and author to be eligible for consideration.
Papers on any intelligence topic presented by an undergraduate or graduate student at the ISA conference are eligible. Nominations are limited to papers presented at the previous ISA conference.

Prize

One award will be made in the amount of $500.00, and presented with a certificate at the ISS business meeting at the ISA Annual conference.

Selection Process

The Selection Committee will draw nominated papers from the on-line conference archive.

Nomination/Application Instructions

Submission deadline is July 1, 2021.
Nominations should include: (a) the student's name; (b) identification of student's academic institution; (c) contact information (email address and phone number); (d) title of the paper being submitted; and (e) panel name or number in which the paper was presented. A paper must be provided by email attachment if it has not been uploaded in the Convention archive.
Nominations may be made to the selection committee chair, Daniela Richterova, by 1 July 2021.

Recipients

Congratulations to the 2020 recipient of the ISS/Lynne Rienner Publishers Best Student Paper Award, Benjamin Oudet, for “Bridging the gap between intelligence and the Administration: the normalization of French intelligence through the case of counterproliferation”! See the previous recipients below.

Past Recipients

Year	Recipient	Title
2020	Benjamin Oudet	Bridging the gap between intelligence and the Administration: the normalization of French intelligence through the case of counterproliferation
2019	Pauline Blistene	Real and Reel Secrecy: Spy Fictions and the ‘Mask of Transparency’ in France and the United States
2018	Cullen Nutt	Seek and Ye Shall Find: The Dynamic Effects of Previous Failure on Detecting Nuclear Programs
2017	Daniela Richterova	Testing the Terror Network Theory: Prague's Unwilling Support of Carlos the Jackal
2016	Julia Macdonald	Leadership Beliefs and State Threat Assessments: Saddam Hussein and the Iraq War 2003
2015	Deirdre Quinn Martin	Explaining Intelligence Trajectories: The Japanese Case
2014	Stephane Lefebvre Florina Cristiana Matei	Reconciling Democracy and the Protection of State Secrets: South Africa's Recent Experience Media's Role in Intelligence Democratization
2013	Aaron F. Brantly	Defining the Role of Intelligence in Cyber
2012	Jenna Jordan	Strategic Responses to the Leadership Decapitation of Terrorist Group
2011	Rhian McCoy	Covert Peace: Theory and Practice of Secret Conflict Resolution

Committee Members

Daniela Richterova | Chair
April 2021 - March 2022
Brunel University London (UKH)

TBD | Member
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Award Chairs, please review dates to ensure deadlines are met.

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