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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 £1,750 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 2025 award are now OPEN. Submit a nomination by Thursday 13 February 2025.
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 contribution 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.
Nominations open: Friday 8 November 2024
Deadline for nominations: Thursday 13 February 2025
To nominate, please use the Nomination Form which will display at the top of this page during the nomination period.
Nominations must include, as two separate PDF files:
Publishers will be contacted at the end of the nomination period by ECPR to provide hard copies of the nominated books for our jury.
Eligible nominations will be reviewed by a jury comprised of the Convenors of the ECPR Standing Group on International Relations (SGIR), Critical Peace and Conflict Studies, Human Rights and Transitional Justice, International Political Theory, and a member of the Executive Committee of ECPR as Chair.
The jury for the 2024 Hedley Bull prize comprised:
The jury for 2025 will be announced in due course.
The winner will be announced in summer 2025, online.
Princeton University Press, 2023
Cambridge University Press, 2022
University of North Carolina
Oxford University Press, 2021
Cambridge University Press, 2020
Oxford University Press, 2018
Cambridge University Press, 2016