Int'l Society of Political Psychology Best Dissertation Award

Website: http://ispp.org/archives/BestDissertationAward.html
Application deadline: the deadline of January 15, 2008 has passed. Please consult the Website for the most current information.

The International Society of Political Psychology (ISPP) is pleased to announce the establishment of a Best Dissertation Award, to be given for the first time at the 2008 Annual Meeting in Paris!

All Ph.D. dissertations within the field of political psychology are eligible for consideration,
regardless of home discipline. Dissertations should represent an independent piece of research that is the sole work of the author and gains the highest degree at the author’s university. Nominations are due by January 15, 2008, for dissertations completed and successfully defended between January 1, 2007 and December 31, 2007. Eligible dissertations must be nominated by the thesis advisor, or a thesis committee member. Nominees must be current ISPP members.

Nominations should be submitted electronically and must include a one-page abstract (300 word), a 10-page (3000 word) summary of the dissertation, and a letter of recommendation from the thesis advisor or committee member, all in English. Nominations should be submitted to the award committee co-chairs: Felicia Pratto and Christopher Federico.

The award committee will request a copy of the full dissertation for those selected to participate in the second round evaluation. If the dissertation is written in a language other than English, the full dissertation may be submitted in the original language for the second round evaluation, and at least one qualified reader fluent in that language will be included as a committee member for the second round evaluation. Full dissertations requested for second round evaluation should be submitted electronically, formatted for 8.5 x 11 inch paper, single-spaced, 12 point font. As this is a new award, we also ask your assistance in forwarding this announcement to Directors of Graduate Studies at your institution, and other appropriate parties.

Contact information:
Felicia Pratto, felicia.pratto@uconn.edu
Christopher Federico, federico@umn.edu