Sprout Award nominations welcomed!

[Beth DeSombre]

Hi GEP-Ed-ers:

This message is just to remind you that nominations for the Harold and Margaret Sprout Award (for the best book in the field of international environmental studies, broadly defined) are open -- nominations are supposed to come in by August 1st (we're a little flexible on that, but not too much). Books published 2024-6 are eligible this year. Books nominated in a previous year can be re-nominated, providing they're published within the eligible dates.

If you want to nominate a book, have the press contact me (edes...@wellesley.edu) ASAP for the mailing addresses of all the committee members. 

Here's the formal description of the (broad) criteria:

Given annually to the best book in the field - one that makes a contribution to theory and interdisciplinarity, shows rigor and coherence in research and writing, and offers accessibility and practical relevance. Nominated books should address some aspect of one or more environmental, pollution or resource issues from a broadly international or transnational perspective, including works in (for example) global, interstate, transboundary, North-South, foreign policy, comparative or area studies. Environmental subjects of books can include (for example) environmental law, diplomacy, transnational activism, natural resource use, global change, sustainable development, biodiversity, transboundary pollution control, and the like.

Let me know if you have any questions -- 

Thanks!

Beth

Elizabeth R. DeSombre

Sprout Award Chair 2026