Organized Section Awards (Section 52)
Ostrom Award
Best Published Paper by Non-Tenure Scholar
Best APSA Paper
Best Article
The Journal of Theoretical Politics Ostrom Award
Best article published in the Journal of Theoretical Politics within the previous two calendar years.
| 2025 | Benjamin Broman, Purdue University “Indirect rule and mass threat: Two paths to direct rule.” Journal of Theoretical Politics 35(3): 232-256. 2023. |
| 2025 | Yohei Yamaguchi, Kansai University Ken Yahagi, Seikei University “Law enforcement and political misinformation.” Journal of Theoretical Politics 36(1): 3-36. 2024. |
| 2024 | Hannah Simpson, Texas A&M University “Access to Justice in Revenue-Seeking Legal Institutions.” Journal of Theoretical Politics, 2023, 35(2). |
| 2024 | Michael Gibilisco, California Institute of Technology “Mowing the Grass.” Journal of Theoretical Politics, 2023, 35(3). |
| 2023 | Anthony Fowler, University of Chicago “An information-based explanation for partisan media sorting.” Journal of Theoretical Politics, 2022, 34(4). |
| 2023 | Kisoo Kim, University of Chicago “An information-based explanation for partisan media sorting.” Journal of Theoretical Politics, 2022, 34(4). |
| 2022 | Avidit Acharya, Stanford University “Security in the absence of a state: traditional authority, livestock trading, and maritime piracy in northern Somalia.” Journal of Theoretical Politics 32,no. 4 (2020): 497-537. |
| 2022 | Robin Harding, Oxford University “Security in the absence of a state: traditional authority, livestock trading, and maritime piracy in northern Somalia.” Journal of Theoretical Politics 32,no. 4 (2020): 497-537. |
| 2022 | J. Andrew Harris, New York University “Security in the absence of a state: traditional authority, livestock trading, and maritime piracy in northern Somalia.” Journal of Theoretical Politics 32,no. 4 (2020): 497-537. |
| 2022 | Charles R. Hankla, GSU “The politics of fiscal federalism: Building a stronger decentralization theorem.” Journal of Theoretical Politics 32, no. 4 (2020): 605-639. |
| 2022 | Jorge Martinez-Vazquez, GSU “The politics of fiscal federalism: Building a stronger decentralization theorem.” Journal of Theoretical Politics 32, no. 4 (2020): 605-639. |
| 2022 | Eunice Heredia-Ortiz, DAI “The politics of fiscal federalism: Building a stronger decentralization theorem.” Journal of Theoretical Politics 32, no. 4 (2020): 605-639. |
| 2022 | Raul dePonce, DAI “The politics of fiscal federalism: Building a stronger decentralization theorem.” Journal of Theoretical Politics 32, no. 4 (2020): 605-639. |
Best Article by a Non-Tenure Track Scholar
| 2025 | Germán Gieczewski, Princeton University Korhan Koçak, New York University Abu Dhabi “Collective procrastination and protest cycles.” American Journal of Political Science, 1-14. 2024. |
| 2024 | Tara Slough, New York University “Phantom Counterfactuals.” American Journal of Political Science 2023, 67(1): 137-153. |
| 2023 | Germán Gieczewski, Princeton University “Dynamic Policy Sabotage.” American Journal of Political Science 2021, 66(3): 617-629. |
| 2023 | Christopher Li, Vanderbilt University “Dynamic Policy Sabotage.” American Journal of Political Science 2021, 66(3): 617-629. |
| 2022 | Schichao Ma, Yelp “Candidate Elimination in Competitive Autocracies.” Quarterly Journal of Political Science 15 (2020): 105–139. |
Best APSA Paper
| 2025 | Jack Paine, Emory University “The Threat-Enhancing Effect of Authoritarian Power Sharing.” Presented at the 2024 APSA Annual Meeting. |
| 2024 | Joseph Ruggiero, Stanford University “What Makes a World War? A Structural Analysis of Integration.” |
| 2023 | Peter Buisseret, Harvard University “Politics Transformed? Electoral Competition Under Ranked Choice Voting” |
| 2023 | Carlo Prato, Columbia University “Politics Transformed? Electoral Competition Under Ranked Choice Voting” |
Best Article
| 2025 | Steven Callander, Stanford University Dana Foarta, Stanford University Takuo Sugaya, Stanford University “The Dynamics of a Policy Outcome: Market Response and Bureaucratic Enforcement of a Policy Change.” American Journal of Political Science 68(4): 1252-1265. 2024. |
| 2024 | Edoardo Grillo, University of Padova Carlo Prato, Columbia University “Reference Points and Democratic Backsliding.” American Journal of Political Science, 2023, 67(1): 71-88. |
| 2023 | Seth J. Hill, University of California, San Diego “A Theory of Intensity, Electoral Competition, and Costly Political Action.” Journal of Politics, 2022, 84 (1): pp 291-303. |
| 2022 | Wioletta Dziuda, University of Chicago “Political scandal: a theory.” American Journal of Political Science 65.1 (2021): 197-209. |
| 2022 | Will Howell, University of Chicago “Political scandal: a theory.” American Journal of Political Science 65.1 (2021): 197-209. |
| 2022 | Michael F. Joseph, University of California, San Diego “A Little Bit of Cheap Talk Is a Dangerous Thing: States Can Communicate Intentions Persuasively and Raise the Risk of War.” The Journal of Politics 83.1 (2021): 166-181 |