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We're excited to announce that Settling for Less: Why States Colonize and Why They Stop (Princeton University Press, 2023) by Lachlan McNamee has been awarded our 2024 Hedley Bull Prize in International Relations.
This annual prize celebrates a book which makes a substantial and original contribution to theory and/or empirical studies in international relations. It is named in honour of Hedley Bull, one of the most influential figures in the field during the second half of the twentieth century.
The winning book focuses on the reasons and factors that drive the settlement policies of many states, resulting in the displacement and suffering of indigenous peoples.
The selection of case studies, from Australia to Indonesia, from China to Israel, is particularly powerful in demonstrating the book's main assumptions and offering further avenues for future research and analysis.
2024 Hedley Bull Prize Jury
Watch our short video celebrating Lachlan's achievement and sharing his work with Daniela Irrera, Chair of the Jury. Read the full laudation here.
Lachlan McNamee is a political scientist from Melbourne, Australia based at Monash University. He received his PhD from Stanford University in 2019 and has also held appointments at UCLA and the European University Institute.
His research focuses on the logic of settler colonialism, empire, and political violence around the world. It has appeared in outlets including the American Journal of Sociology, International Organization, and World Politics.
Settling for Less: Why States Colonize and Why They Stop (Princeton University Press, 2023) is Lachlan's debut book. He is currently working on a new book on the logic of decolonisation.
I am thrilled to be awarded the Hedley Bull Prize in International Relations, particularly as a first-time author engaged in somewhat heterodox work.
I am also honoured to have my name attached to Hedley Bull – the grand Australian IR theorist of the 20th century – and can only hope that 'Settling for Less' proves as fractionally durable as his oeuvre.
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Keywords: International Relations