2026 IPS Awards: Call for Nominations (Book, Graduate Paper, and Distinguished Scholar Awards)

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The IPS Section is now welcoming nominations for their 2026 Awards!

The IPS Section is now welcoming nominations for the Distinguished Scholar Award & Panel for the 2026 annual convention in Columbus.

 

The IPS Distinguished Scholar Award is given for a longstanding contribution to international political sociology. Ideal nominees will have made significant advances in developing and popularizing international political sociology and transcend areas of specialization within international studies. They will have used IPS outside academia, preferably in realms of activism and social engagement. They will also have superlative records of service and mentorship within the wider international studies community.

 

The Distinguished Scholar in International Political Sociology Award is judged according to four criteria: (i) Contribution and significance, (ii) Activism and social responsibility, (iii) Engagement and service, and (iv) Interdisciplinarity.

 

Nominees should be (or should be willing to become) members of the International Studies Association.

 

The winner will be honoured by a plaque presented at the IPS Section Distinguished Scholar Award Roundtable at ISA Columbus 2026.

 

Nominations must be accompanied by a CV as well as a supporting letter of no more than one page. All materials must be emailed to the section chair Philippe M. Frowd (pfr...@uottawa.ca) by June 2nd, 2025, with subject line “IPS Distinguished Scholar Nomination".

 

The IPS Section is now welcoming nominations for the 2026 IPS Graduate Paper Award.

 

If you were a graduate student by the time you presented at a panel sponsored or co-sponsored by the IPS Section at the ISA 2025 Annual Convention in Chicago, please consider applying. Self-nominations are encouraged.

 

Nominations may also be made by anyone in the profession. We encourage discussants and chairs on IPS (co-)sponsored panels to let us know about outstanding papers you encountered.

 

Nominations must be emailed to the award committee chair Philippe M. Frowd (pfr...@uottawa.ca) by July 31st, 2025, accompanied by the following supporting material:  

1. Contact information of the nominee
2. A copy of the relevant paper
    

The awardee will receive a certificate and cheque for $100, to be awarded at the 2026 ISA Annual Convention in Columbus. Nominated papers must be original (i.e. not published by the time of the presentation), single-authored, and recipients must be current members of ISA when the award is granted.

 

For further information on the IPS Graduate Paper Award, click here. Do not hesitate to email us if you have any questions.

The IPS Section is now welcoming nominations for the 2026 IPS Book Award.

 

We encourage our members to nominate books with an outstanding contribution to international political sociology, whether in the form of theoretical development, empirical analysis, or both, according to the following criteria:

 

• Recipients must be current members of ISA.
• Single- and multi-authored monographs published (e.g., with copyright dates) in the previous two calendar years are eligible for the award.
• Textbooks, edited collections and memoirs, as well as later editions and translations of previously published works, will not be considered.
• Books have to be published in an English-language edition to be considered.
• Works written by, or contributed to, Selection Committee members are ineligible for the award. Any member of the committee, excepting the Chair, may refuse to serve in order to make such a work eligible. The Chair will be responsible for selecting a suitable replacement.
   

To nominate a book, hard copies must be sent to all members of the committee (see committee members here). If you would like to nominate or self-nominate a book, please email the award panel chair Philippe M. Frowd (pfr...@uottawa.ca) to receive a list with committee members' postal information.

 

Books must be received by September 1st, 2025.

 

The awardee will be honored by a plaque and a cash prize of $300. The award will be presented at the IPS Section Reception at the 2026 ISA Annual Meeting in Columbus.

 

Further information on the IPS Book Award is available on the ISA website here. Don’t hesitate to email us if you have any further questions.

 

We look forward to your nominations!

 

The IPS Section Committee