JS22: Prizes

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We award a range of prestigious prizes celebrating excellence across the discipline, and it's still nominations season! Find out how to tell us about the scholars and works that have impressed you.

Spotlight on: Rudolf Wildenmann Prize

Calling all Workshop Directors! Has an early career scholar in your Workshop really impressed you with their Paper and their participation? After this Joint Sessions draws to a close, we'll send around nomination information for the 2022 Prize and will look forward to hearing from you.

In the meantime, find out about our 2021 Rudolf Wildenmann winner, Paul Meiners, and all the ways the Joint Sessions helped him in his work.

Open now

Political Theory

Celebrating outstanding first contributions in English to the discipline of political theory.

Open to nominations

Jean Blondel

Celebrating each year's best PhD thesis in any field of politics, which is broadly defined.

Open to nominations

Coming soon

Rising Star

Celebrating early career scholars who are making a huge impact in the discipline.

Opens 25 May

Joni Lovenduski

Celebrating the best PhD thesis over the previous two years in Gender and Politics.

Opens 9 June