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New York University
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University of Georgia
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University of Rochester
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Princeton University
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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 25. Political Economy awards to-date »
McGillivray Best Paper Award
The McGillivray Best Paper Award is given for the best paper in Political Economy presented at the previous year’s APSA Annual Meeting.
Please submit nominations by April 20 to all members of the Award Committee listed below .
Deadline for nominations: April 20, 2019
Award Committee
Rikhil Bhavnani (Chair)
Department of Political Science
University of Wisconsin–Madison
110 North Hall, 1050
Bascom Mall
Madison, WI 53706
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Horacio Alejandro Larreguy Arbesú
1737 Cambridge Street, CGIS Knafel Building, Room 408
Cambridge MA 02138
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Melissa M. Lee
Department of Politics
Princeton University
3-S-4 Green Hall
Princeton, NJ 08544
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Michael Wallerstein Award
The Michael Wallerstein Award is given for the best published article in Political Economy in the previous calendar year.
Please submit nominations by April 20 to all members of the Award Committee listed below.
Deadline for nominations: April 20, 2019
Award Committee
In Song Kim
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Room E53-407
Cambridge, MA 02142
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Edward Malesky
140 Science Drive
221 Gross H, Box 90204
Durham, NC 27708
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Rebecca Weitz Shapiro (Chair)
Department of Political Science
Brown University
36 Prospect Street
Providence, RI 02912
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Mancur Olson Best Dissertation Award
The Best Dissertation Award, named for Mancur Olson, is given for the best dissertation in political economy completed in the previous two years.
Please submit nominations by April 20 to all members of the Award Committee listed below..
Deadline for nominations: April 20, 2019
Award Committee
Leonardo Arriola
Department of Political Science
University of California, Berkeley
210 Barrows Hall
Berkeley, CA 94720-1950
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Bonnie Meguid (Chair)
Dept of Political Science
306 Harkness Hall
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY 14627
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Pavithra Suryanarayan
Johns Hopkins University
School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)
1717 Massachusetts Ave. NW BOB - 740a
Washington D.C. 20036
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William H. Riker Book Award
The Best Book Award, named for William H. Riker, is given for the best book on political economy published during the past three calendar years.
Please submit nominations by April 20 to all members of the Award Committee listed below..
Deadline for nominations: April 20, 2019
Award Committee
Brian K. Min
Department of Political Science
University of Michigan
7634 Haven Hall
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
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Sonal Pandya
Department of Politics
University of Virginia
P.O. Box 400787
Charlottesville VA 22904-4787
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Milan Svolik (Chair)
Department of Political Science
Yale University
P.O. Box 208301
New Haven, CT 06520-8301