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Political Networks Section Award Recipients

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The Political Ties Award
Best Book Award
Best Conference Paper Award
John Sprague Award
Best Poster Award
Career Achievement Award in Political Networks

The Political Ties Award

This award is given to the best article published on political networks.

2025	Noah L. Nathan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology “Do Grids Demobilize? How Street Networks, Social Networks, and Political Networks Intersect.” American Journal of Political Science Early View. 2024.
2025	Honorable Mention Mariana Giusti-Rodríguez, Naval Postgraduate School “From Social Networks to Political Parties: Indigenous Party-Building in Bolivia.” American Political Science Review 118(4): 1803-1823. 2024.
2024	Sandra González-Bailón, University of Pennsylvania; David Lazer, Northeastern University; Pablo Barbera, Meta; Meiqing Zhang, Meta; Hunt Allcott, Stanford University; Taylor Brown, Meta; Adriana Crespo-Tenorio, Meta; Deen Freelon, University of Pennsylvania; Matthew Gentzkow, Stanford University; Andrew M. Guess, Princeton University; Shanto Iyengar, Stanford University; Young Mie Kim, University of Wisconsin – Madison; Neil Malhotra, Stanford University; Devra Moehler, Meta; Brendan Nyhan, Dartmouth College; Jennifer Pan, Stanford University; Carlos Velasco Rivera, Meta; Jaime Settle, College of William & Mary; Emily Thorson, Syracuse University; Rebekah Tromble, George Washington University; Arju Wilkins, Meta; Magdalena Wojcieszak, University of California, Davis; Chad Kiewiet de Jonge, Meta; Annie Franco, Meta; Winter Mason, Meta; Natalie Jomini Stroud, University of Texas at Austin; Joshua A. Tucker, New York University “Asymmetric ideological segregation in exposure to political news on Facebook.” Science 381(6656): 392-398. 2023.
2024	Honorable Mention Brandon J. Kinne, University of California, Davis and Stephanie N. Kang, University of California, Davis “Free riding, network effects, and burden sharing in defense cooperation networks.” International Organization 77(2) (2023), 405-439.
2023	Cassy Dorff, Vanderbilt University “Network Competition and Civilian Targeting during Civil Conflict.” 2023 British Journal of Political Science, 53(2), 441-459.
2023	Max Gallop, University of Strathclyde “Network Competition and Civilian Targeting during Civil Conflict.” 2023 British Journal of Political Science, 53(2), 441-459.
2023	Shahyar Minhas, Michigan State University “Network Competition and Civilian Targeting during Civil Conflict.” 2023 British Journal of Political Science, 53(2), 441-459.
2022	Nicholas Eubank, Duke University “Viral Voting: Social Networks and Political Participation,” Quarterly Journal of Political Science: Vol. 16: No. 3, pp 265-284.
2022	Guy Grossman, University of Pennsylvania “Viral Voting: Social Networks and Political Participation,” Quarterly Journal of Political Science: Vol. 16: No. 3, pp 265-284.
2022	Melina R. Plates, New York University Abu Dhabi “Viral Voting: Social Networks and Political Participation,” Quarterly Journal of Political Science: Vol. 16: No. 3, pp 265-284.
2022	Jonathan Rodden, Stanford University “Viral Voting: Social Networks and Political Participation,” Quarterly Journal of Political Science: Vol. 16: No. 3, pp 265-284.
2021	Adam Michael Auerbach, American University “Cultivating Clients: Reputation, Responsiveness, and Ethnic Indifference in India’s Slums.” American Journal of Political Science, 64(3): 471-487. July 2020.
2021	Tariq Thachil, University of Pennsylvania “Cultivating Clients: Reputation, Responsiveness, and Ethnic Indifference in India’s Slums.” American Journal of Political Science, 64(3): 471-487. July 2020.
2020	Jennifer Larson, Vanderbilt University “Social Networks and Protest Participation: Evidence from 130 Million Twitter Users.” AJPS 2019.
2020	Jonathan Nagler, NYU “Social Networks and Protest Participation: Evidence from 130 Million Twitter Users.” AJPS 2019.
2020	Jonathan Ronen, Berlin Institute for Medical Systems Biology “Social Networks and Protest Participation: Evidence from 130 Million Twitter Users.” AJPS 2019.
2020	Joshua Tucker, NYU “Social Networks and Protest Participation: Evidence from 130 Million Twitter Users.” AJPS 2019.
2019	Marina Duque, Florida State University “Recognizing International Status: A Relational Approach.” International Studies Quarterly 62(3): 577-592.
2018	Donald DeBats, Flinders University “It’s Not Just What You Have, but Who You Know: Networks, Social Proximity to Elites, and Voting in State and Local Elections.” American Political Science Review.
2018	Matthew T. Pietryka, Florida State University “It’s Not Just What You Have, but Who You Know: Networks, Social Proximity to Elites, and Voting in State and Local Elections.” American Political Science Review.
2017	Gregory Koger, University of Miami “Financing Friends: How Lobbyists Create a Web of Relationships among Members of Congress.” Interest Groups & Advocacy 5 (3): 224–62.
2017	Jennifer Nicoll Victor, George Mason University “Financing Friends: How Lobbyists Create a Web of Relationships among Members of Congress.” Interest Groups & Advocacy 5 (3): 224–62.
2016	Skyler J. Cranmer, The Ohio State University “Kantian fractionalization predicts the conflict propensity of the international system,”Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (Vol. 112, No. 38).
2016	Elizabeth J. Menninga, University of Iowa “Kantian fractionalization predicts the conflict propensity of the international system,”Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (Vol. 112, No. 38).
2016	Peter J. Mucha, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill “Kantian fractionalization predicts the conflict propensity of the international system,”Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (Vol. 112, No. 38).
2015	Brendan Nyhan, Dartmouth University “Connecting the Candidates: Consultant Networks and the Diffusion of Campaign Strategy in American Congressional Elections.” American Journal of Political Science Volume 59, Issue 2, 292-308
2015	Jacob Montgomery, Washington University in St. Louis “Connecting the Candidates: Consultant Networks and the Diffusion of Campaign Strategy in American Congressional Elections.” American Journal of Political Science Volume 59, Issue 2, 292-308
2014	Sarah Parkinson, University of Chicago “Organizing Rebellion: Rethinking High-Risk Mobilization and Social Networks in War,” American Political Science Review, 107: 418-432

Best Book Award

Awarded on a biennial basis to the best book published on political networks in a two year period

2025	Soledad Artiz Prillaman, Stanford University The Patriarchal Political Order. Cambridge University Press, 2024.
2025	Honorable Mention Jennifer M. Larson, Vanderbilt University Designing Empirical Networks Research. Cambridge University Press, 2024.
2023	Taylor Carlson, Washington University in St. Louis What Goes Without Saying. Cambridge University Press 2022.
2023	Jaime E. Settle, College of William & Mary What Goes Without Saying. Cambridge University Press 2022.
2021	Andy Baker, University of Colorado, Boulder Persuasive Peers: Social Communication and Voting in Latin America. Princeton University Press 2020.
2021	Barry Ames, University of Pittsburgh Persuasive Peers: Social Communication and Voting in Latin America. Princeton University Press 2020
2021	Lucio Renno, University of Brasília Persuasive Peers: Social Communication and Voting in Latin America. Princeton University Press 2020.
2019	Michael Kenney, University of Pittsburgh The Islamic State in Britain Cambridge. University Press, 2018.
2017	Navid Hassanpour, Higher School of Economics, Moscow Leading from the Periphery and Network Collective Action. Cambridge University Press, 2017.
2017	Honorable Mention Mario Diani, Universityof Trento The Cement of Civil Society: Studying Networks in Localities. Cambridge University Press, 2015.
2017	Honorable Mention Philip Leifeld, University of Glasgow Policy Debates as Dynamic Networks. Campus Verlag and University of Chicago Press, 2016.
2015	Jennifer Hadden, University of Maryland, College Park Networks in Contention: The Divisive Politics of Climate Change. Cambridge University Press

Best Conference Paper Award

This award is given annually to the best paper on political networks presented by a faculty person delivered at a political science conference in the previous year.

2025	Weidong Zhang, University of Texas at El Paso “The Importance of Money and Connections: Explaining International Status from UNGA Draft Sponsorship Networks.”
2024	Jennifer M. Larson, Vanderbilt University Janet I. Lewis, George Washington University “Reducing Prejudice Towards Refugees in Uganda: Evidence that Social Networks Influence Attitude Change.” American Political Science Review, 2024.
2024	Honorable Mention Marina G. Duque, Newcastle University “The Making of International Status: Do Nuclear Weapons Confer Status?”
2023	Olga Chyzh, University of Toronto “How to Stop Contagion: Applying Network Science to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Covid-19 Vaccine Distribution Plans”
2022	Naoki Egami, Columbia University “Identification and Estimation of Causal Peer Effects Using Double Negative Controls for Unmeasured Network Confounding,” Conference paper.
2022	Eric J. Tchetgen Tchetgen, University of Pennsylvania “Identification and Estimation of Causal Peer Effects Using Double Negative Controls for Unmeasured Network Confounding,” Conference paper.
2021	Ted Hsuan Yun Chen, Aalto University and University of Helsinki “Polarization of Climate Politics Results from Partisan Sorting: Evidence from Finnish Twittersphere.”
2021	Ali Salloum, Aalto University “Polarization of Climate Politics Results from Partisan Sorting: Evidence from Finnish Twittersphere.”
2021	Antti Gronow, University of Helsinki “Polarization of Climate Politics Results from Partisan Sorting: Evidence from Finnish Twittersphere.”
2021	Tuomas Yl ̈a-Anttila, University of Helsinki “Polarization of Climate Politics Results from Partisan Sorting: Evidence from Finnish Twittersphere.”
2021	Mikko Kivelä, Aalto University “Polarization of Climate Politics Results from Partisan Sorting: Evidence from Finnish Twittersphere.”
2020	Romain Ferrali, NYU Abu Dhabi “It Takes a Village: Peer Effects and Externalities in Technology Adoption.” AJPS 2020.
2020	Guy Grossman, University of Pennsylvania “It Takes a Village: Peer Effects and Externalities in Technology Adoption.” AJPS 2020.
2020	Melina R. Platas, NYU Abu Dhabi “It Takes a Village: Peer Effects and Externalities in Technology Adoption.” AJPS 2020.
2020	Jonathan Rodden, Stanford University “It Takes a Village: Peer Effects and Externalities in Technology Adoption.” AJPS 2020.
2019	Taylor Carlson, University of California San Diego “Through the Grapevine: Informational Consequences of Interpersonal Political Communication.”
2018	Anand E. Sokhey, University of Colorado at Boulder “Social Dominance Orientations, Gender, and the Engagement Gap in American Politics.”
2018	Amanda Friesen, Indiana University, Purdue University Indianapolis “Social Dominance Orientations, Gender, and the Engagement Gap in American Politics.”
2018	Paul Djupe, Denison University “Social Dominance Orientations, Gender, and the Engagement Gap in American Politics.”
2017	Pablo Querubin, New York University “Village Social Network Structures and Electoral Competition.”
2017	Julien Labonne, University of Oxford “Village Social Network Structures and Electoral Competition.”
2017	Cesi Cruz, University of British Columbia “Village Social Network Structures and Electoral Competition.”
2016	Jennifer M. Larson, New York University “Ethnic Networks.” APSA Annual Meeting 2015
2016	Janet I. Lewis, U.S. Naval Academy “Ethnic Networks.” APSA Annual Meeting 2015
2015	Philip Leifeld, University of Konstanz “A Theoretical and Performance-Based Comparison of the Temporal Exponential Random Graph Model (TERGM) and the Stochastic Actor-Oriented Model (SAOM).” Presented at the 2014 Political Networks Conference
2015	Skyler J. Cranmer, The Ohio State University “A Theoretical and Performance-Based Comparison of the Temporal Exponential Random Graph Model (TERGM) and the Stochastic Actor-Oriented Model (SAOM).” Presented at the 2014 Political Networks Conference
2014	Casey Klofstad, University of Miami “Exposure to Political Discussion is Associated with Higher Rates of Political Participation Over Time.” Presented at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the APSA Political Networks Section, Bloomington, IN

John Sprague Award

This award is given annually to the best paper on political networks presented by a graduate student delivered at a political science conference in the previous year. There is a fund that supports this award and the award includes a cash award that comes from the fund.

2025	Charlie Carter, London School of Economics and Political Science “The Co-Evolution of Conflict Aid and Terrorism Rhetoric.”
2025	Honorable Mention Haoming Xiong, The Ohio State University “Network Embeddedness and Foreign Policy Alignment in Great Power Competition: Evidence from the US-China 5G Contest.”
2024	Caterina Chiopris, Harvard University “Spatial Networks and The Diffusion of Ideas.”
2023	Claudia Wiehler, ETH Zurich “Informal armed groups in the shadow of civil war: The Nigerian conflict network”
2022	Bomi K. Lee, University of Kentucky “Triangles, Major Powers, and Rivalry Duration,” Conference paper.
2021	Taegyoon Kim, Pennsylvania State University “Violent Political Rhetoric on Twitter.”
2020	Sarah Shugars, Northeastern University “The Structure of Reasoning: Inferring Conceptual Networks from Short Text”
2019	Taylor Carlson, University of California San Diego “Through the Grapevine: Informational Consequences of Interpersonal Political Communication.”
2018	Joshua McCrain, Emory University “Revolving Door Lobbyists and the Value of Congressional Staff Connections.” Journal of Politics.
2017	Sijia Yang, University of Pennsylvania “Candidates News Coverage and Electoral Success: A Semantic Networks Perspective.”
2017	Dror Walter, University of Pennsylvania “Candidates News Coverage and Electoral Success: A Semantic Networks Perspective.”
2016	Mia Costa, University of Massachusetts, Amherst “Sharing Constituencies: Polarization and Representation in the Extended Party Network.” Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting 2016
2015	Jungmoo Woo, University of Kentucky “The Oil Trade Network and Democratization.” Presented at the MPSA 2014 and ISA 2014
2014	Franziska Keller, New York University “Networks of Power: A Social Network Analysis of the Chinese Communist Party’s Central Committee, 1982-2006.” Presented at the 2014 Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting

Best Poster Award

This award is given annually at the Political Networks Conference and is awarded to the best posters on political networks.

2019	Sahar Abi–Hassan, Boston University “Large-Scale Estimation of Interest Group Ideal Points.”
2019	Janet M. Box-Steffensmeier, Ohio State University “Large-Scale Estimation of Interest Group Ideal Points.”
2019	Dino P. Christenson, Boston University “Large-Scale Estimation of Interest Group Ideal Points.”
2019	Aaron Russell Kaufman, Harvard University “Large-Scale Estimation of Interest Group Ideal Points.”
2019	Brian Libgober, Yale University “Large-Scale Estimation of Interest Group Ideal Points.”
2019	Bi Zhao, Purdue University “Better Together?: A Network Analysis of NGOs at UN Climate Change Governance.”
2018	Best Methodological Poster Award Benjamin Campbell, Ohio State University “Detecting Heterogeneity and Inferring Latent Roles in Longitudinal Networks using the Ego-TERGM.”
2018	Best Substantive Poster Award Andrew Fox, University of Oklahoma Strings of Traitors: Networks and the Contagion of Violence in Khmer Rouge Era Cambodia.”

Career Achievement Award in Political Networks

The Political Networks Section of the American Political Science Association calls for nominations for the inaugural presentation of The Career Achievement Award in Political Networks. This award is given to a scholar who has made major contributions that have had a long-term impact on the study of political networks.

2025	David Lazer, Northeastern University
2021	Scott McClurg, Southern Illinois University
2018	Mike Ward, Duke University
2018	Robert Huckfeldt, University of California, Davis