The purpose of the section is to promote comparative discussion, research and debate about the changing sociology of politics, the state and social structures in modern Western Europe.

Founded: 1989
Journal: European Politics and Society Syllabus Bank
Newsletter: European Politics and Society Newsletter

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Section awards are presented during the APSA annual meeting awards ceremony. To learn more about any award listed, contact the award committee chair for the award.

All section 21. Award Criteria

All section 21. European Politics and Society awards to-date »

Ernst B. Haas Best Dissertation Award

The Ernst B. Haas Best Dissertation Award is given for the best dissertation on European politics and society completed in 2025.
Deadline for nominations: March 13, 2026

Award Committee

Name	Affiliation	Email
Amel Ahmad	University of Massachusetts, Amherst	aahmed@umass.edu
Hannah Alarian	University of Florida	halarian@florida.edu
Thomas Konig	University of Mannheim	tkoenig@staffmail.uni-mannheim.de

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Best Book Award

Best book published on European politics in 2025. Note: Edited volumes are not eligible. Deadline for nominations: March 13, 2026

Award Committee

Name	Affiliation	Email
Deborah Boucoyannis	George Washington University	dboucoyannis@email.gwu.edu
Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte	University of Southampton	s.turnbull-dugarte@soton.ac.uk
Sara Watson	Ohio State University	watson.584@osu.edu

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Best Paper Award

Best paper on European politics presented at APSA 2025. Deadline for nominations: March 13, 2026

Award Committee

Name	Affiliation	Email
Diane Bolet	University of Essex	diane.bolet@essex.ac.uk
Bjorn Hoyland	University of Oslo	bjorn.hoyland@stv.uio.no
Jan Vogler	Aarhus University	jan.vogler@ps.au.dk

Best Article Award

The Best Article Award is given for the best article dealing with European politics and society published in 2025. Note: “Year” is defined by DOI/Online first status, not print date. Deadline for nominations: March 13, 2026

Award Committee

Name	Affiliation	Email
Hanno Hilbig	University of California, Davis	hhilbig@ucdavis.edu
Mabel Berezin	Cornell University	mabel.berezin@cornell.edu
Zeynep Somer-Topcu	University of Texas at Austin	zsomer@utexas.edu

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Peter Mair Travel Award

Awards up to two travel funds annually to enable young scholars to attend the APSA meeting. Named in memory of Professor Peter Mair, one of the foremost scholars of European politics, the award is meant explicitly to enable young scholars of European politics without alternative funding to present a paper in one of the panels organized by the EPS section. First-time APSA attendants who are graduate students or junior professors from underfunded European universities (notably in the East and South) are prioritized, but senior scholars from such institutions as well as junior scholars from underfunded non-European universities (including the US) are also considered. Applicants are expected to also apply to all other travel funds they are eligible for, including their department/university, national science foundations, and the APSA Travel Fund. The awards are set at a maximum of $1,000 each, but partial/matching funding is possible too.
Deadline for nominations: 3 weeks after Annual Meeting acceptances go out

Award Committee

Name	Affiliation	Email
Sara Wallace Goodman	University of California, Irvine	swgood@uci.edu
Nils Ringe	University of Wisconsin-Madison	ringe@wisc.edu