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To recognise one of the most influential thinkers in international relations during the second half of the twentieth century, in 2017 ECPR instituted the Hedley Bull Prize in International Relations.
The €2,000 Prize is awarded annually, for a book which makes a substantial and original contribution to theory and/or empirical studies in any field of International Relations.
Nominations for the 2023 Hedley Bull Prize are now closed. Thank you to all those who submitted a nomination.
About Hedley Bull
This prize is named in honour of Hedley Bull (1932–1985), who left Australia to study politics at the University of Oxford, and thereafter spent time teaching and conducting research at the Australian National University, London School of Economics, and the University of Oxford, where he held the Montague Burton Chair in International Relations.
Hedley Bull's seminal contibution to the field of International Relations is widely acknowledged by scholars around the world. His book, The Anarchical Society (Columbia University Press, 1977), became a key text in the field of International Relations and is read by IR scholars and students around the world.
