Ithiel de Sola Pool Award
Ithiel de Sola Pool Award
Nominations are closed.
The Pool Award honors a scholar whose research explores a broad range of fields including political theory, political behavior, political communication, science and technology policy, and international affairs.
The triennial award will again be presented at the APSA Annual Meeting in 2028 and carries a cash prize of $2,000. The recipient delivers the Pool Lecture at the Annual Meeting.
Nomination Information
- Eligibility: Self-nominations are accepted. Nominees do not have to be members of APSA, affiliated with an institution in the United States, or an American citizen in order to be considered for an award.
Award Committee
Listing of Awardees
| Year | Recipient |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Donald Kinder, University of Michigan |
| 2022 | Paul M. Sniderman, Stanford University |
| 2019 | Samuel Popkin, University of California, San Diego |
| 2016 | Robert Huckfeldt, University of California, Davis |
| 2013 | Arthur Lupia, University of Michigan |
| 2010 | Kristen Renwick Monroe, University of California, Irvine |
| 2007 | Lawrence Lessig, Stanford University Law School |
| 2004 | Manuel Castells, University of Southern California; Universitat Oberta de Catalunya |
| 2001 | Kathleen Hall Jamieson, University of Pennsylvania |
| 1998 | W. Lance Bennett, University of Washington |
| 1995 | Robert D. Putnam, Harvard University |
Lecture Transcripts
The award lecture is published in PS: Political Science & Politics. These articles may be used for personal, non-commercial, or limited classroom use. For permissions for all other uses of this article please contact Cambridge University Press at permissions@cup.org.
- 2019 Ithiel de Sola Pool Lecture: “Crackup: The Decline of Party Responsibility and the Rise of Political Strongmen”
Samuel L. Popkin
- 2017 Ithiel de Sola Pool Lecture: “Interdependence, Communication, and Aggregation: Transforming Voters into Electorates”
Robert Huckfeldt
- 2013 Ithiel de Sola Pool Lecture: “What Is the Value of Social Science? Challenges for Researchers and Governmnet Funders”
Arthur Lupia - 2010 Ithiel de Sola Pool Lecture: “Ethics in an Age of Terror and Genocide: Identity and Moral Choice”
Kristen Renwick Monroe - 2007 Ithiel de Sola Pool Lecture: “Pool 2.0: Pool and Where We Are with the Net”
Lawrence Lessig (Lecture text not available) - 2004 Ithiel de Sola Pool Lecture: “Global Governance and Global Politics”
Manuel Castells - 2001 Ithiel de Sola Pool Lecture: “The Demise of Fact in Political Behavior”
Kathleen Hall Jamieson (Lecture text not available) - 1998 Ithiel de Sola Pool Lecture: “The UnCivic Culture: Communication, Identity, and the Rise of Lifestyle Politics”
W. Lance Bennett - 1995 Ithiel de Sola Pool Lecture: “Tuning In, Tuning Out: The Strange Disappearance of Social Capital in America”
Robert D. Putnam
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