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Political Theory Prize

Nomination Procedure

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Nominations open: 8 February 2024.
Deadline for nominations: 17 May 2024.

Nominations for the Political Theory Prize 2024 prize are open.

Submitting a nomination 

To nominate, please email two formal nomination letters to prizes@ecpr.eu. The letters must come from academics based in two different countries, who must be affiliated with ECPR Member institutions (Full or Associate).

Nominations must include, as two separate PDF files:

  • Formal nomination letters including book title and year of publication, and the rationale for nominating this book
  • Book as a PDF file

Nominations of early career scholars are encouraged.

Eligibility

  • The prize is open to political science scholars, regardless of institutional membership
  • This must be the candidate's first book in English in political theory.
  • Entries must be published in the two years before the year of award (i.e. in 2022 and 2023, for the 2024 prize application).
  • Each book can only be nominated for this prize once.

Exclusions

  • Self-nominations are not accepted.
  • Nominations from publishers and agencies are not accepted.
  • Members of the ECPR Executive Committee, ECPR Director, or Editors of any ECPR books, journals or blog are not eligible for this prize during their terms in office.
    • Members of the Executive Committee and the Director become eligible after three buffer years, and editors after one.
    • The requirement that a work have been published in the previous two years may be waived in this case.

Prize Jury

Eligible nominations are reviewed by a jury comprised of a member of the Executive Committee acting as Chair, a member from each founding Political Theory Standing Group, a convenor of the Methodology section and a senior editor from the journal Contemporary Political Theory (CPT). 

2024 Jury 

The full jury for the 2024 jury will be confirmed.

Questions? Email prizes@ecpr.eu