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Science, Technology & Environmental Politics (Section 15)

The purpose of this section is to stimulate fundamental inquiry on science, technology, and environmental issues as political phenomena.

Founded: 1986
Website: https://connect.apsanet.org/s15/
Newsletter: STEP Ahead
Social Media: @STEP_APSA

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Section Journal

Review of Policy Research

RPR

Publishes electronically 6 times per year.

Section Awards

Section awards are presented during the APSA annual meeting awards ceremony. To learn more about any award listed, contact the award committee chair for the award.

All section 15. Science, Technology & Environmental awards to-date »
 

Evan Ringquist Best Paper Award

The Best Paper Award is given for the best paper published in a relevant journal in the last two years. Relevant journals include political science, public administration, public policy, interdisciplinary environmental science, and science and technology studies journals. Nomination process: Send nominations to committee chair. Deadline for nominations: March 1, 2023

Award Committee

Name Affiliation Email
Manny Teodoro (Chair) University of Wisconsin - Madison mteodoro@wisc.edu
Tomás Oliver Florida Atlantic University oliviert@fau.edu
Clare Brock Texas Women's University cbrock1@twu.edu

Don K. Price Award

The Don K. Price Award recognizes the best book on science, technology, and politics published in the last year.Nominated authors should send copies of their books to each committee member for consideration. Deadline for nominations: March 1, 2023

Award Committee

Name Affiliation Email
David Konisky (chair) Indiana University dkonisky@indiana.edu
David Switzer University of Missouri switzerd@missouri.edu
Jonas Nahm Johns Hopkins University  jnahm@jhu.edu

Lynton Keith Caldwell Award

The Lynton Keith Caldwell Prize is given for the best book on environmental politics and policy published in the past three years. Nominated authors should send copies of their books to each committee member for consideration. Deadline for nominations: March 1, 2023

Award Committee

Name Affiliation Email
Aaron Deslatte Indiana University adeslatt@iu.edu
Annemieke van den Dool Duke Kunshan University annemieke.van.den.dool@duke.edu
Janina Grabs ESADE janina.grabs@esade.edu

Virginia M. Walsh Dissertation Award

The Virginia Walsh Dissertation Award, named in honor of a young scholar who tragically passed away, is given for the best dissertations in the field of science, technology and environmental politics. Nominations should include full dissertation. Deadline for nominations: March 1, 2023

Award Committee

Name Affiliation Email
Betsy Albright Duke University elizabeth.albright@duke.edu
Andrew Pattison Colgate University apattison@colgate.edu
Michael Lerner 

London School of Economics

 m.h.lerner@lse.ac.uk

Paul A. Sabatier Best Conference Paper Award

The Paul A. Sabatier Best Conference Paper Award is given for the best paper on science, technology, and environmental politics presented at the previous year's APSA Annual Meeting. Nomination process: Send nominations to committee chair. Deadline for nominations: March 1, 2023

Award Committee

Name Affiliation Email
Jonathan Lewallen University of Tampa jlewallen@ut.edu
Kristin Taylor (Chair) Wayne State University kristin.taylor@wayne.edu
Alice Xu Yale University alice.xu@yale.edu

Elinor Ostrom Career Achievement Award

Award Description:    The Elinor Ostrom Career Achievement Award is given to an individual in recognition of their lifetime contribution to the study of science, technology, and environmental politics. Nominees must be at least 15 years from completing their PhD degree to be eligible. Nomination process: Send nominations to committee chair.  Deadline for nominations: March 1, 2023

Award Committee

Name Affiliation Email
Edella Schlager (Chair) University of Arizona schlager@arizona.edu
Dorothy Daley University of Kansas daley@ku.edu
Debra Javeline Univerity of Notre Dame javeline@nd.edu

Emerging Young Scholar Award

The Emerging Scholar Award is given in recognition of a researcher, within ten years of their PhD degree, who is making notable contributions to the field of science, technology, and environmental politics.Nomination process: Send nominations to committee chair. Deadline for nominations: March 1, 2023

Award Committee

Name Affiliation Email
Deserai Crow (Chair) University of Colorado, Denver deserai.crow@ucdenver.edu
Tom Koontz Univeristy of Washington, Tacoma koontz31@uw.edu
Hongtao Yi Ohio State University  yi.201@osu.edu

The STEP APSA Inclusion Travel Award

The STEP APSA Inclusion Travel Award will be granted to graduate students from under-represented groups in the discipline who are accepted to present a paper at the annual APSA meeting. They must be members of STEP (which is free for graduate students) and be presenting on a STEP or STEP co-sponsored panel. A maximum of 10 awards in the amount of $500 will be granted each year. Nomination process: Applications should be sent to the committee chair. Deadline for nominations: April 15, 2023

Award Committee

Name Affiliation Email
Erica Simmons (chair) University of Wisconsin - Madison     essimmons@wisc.edu
Saba Siddiki      
 		 Syracuse University ssiddiki@syr.edu
Matt Nowlin
 		 College of Charleston   nowlinmc@cofc.edu
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