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Science, Technology & Environmental Politics (Section 15)

The purpose of this section is to stimulate fundamental inquiry on science, technology, and environmental issues as political phenomena.

Founded: 1986
Website: https://connect.apsanet.org/s15/
Newsletter: STEP Ahead
Social Media: @STEP_APSA

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Section Journal

Review of Policy Research

RPR

Publishes electronically 6 times per year.

Section Awards

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 15. Science, Technology & Environmental awards to-date »
 

Evan Ringquist Best Paper Award

The Best Paper Award is given for the best paper published in a relevant journal in the last two years. Relevant journals include political science, public administration, public policy, interdisciplinary environmental science, and science and technology studies journals. Nomination process: Send nominations to committee chair. Deadline for nominations: March 1, 2024

Award Committee

Name Affiliation Email
Minwoo Ahn Arizona State University mahn4@asu.edu
Amber Wichowsky Marquette University amber.wichowsky@marquette.edu
Wesley Wehde Texas Tech University  wwehde@ttu.edu

Don K. Price Award

The Don K. Price Award recognizes the best book on science, technology, and politics published in the last year. Nominated authors should send copies of their books to each committee member for consideration. Deadline for nominations: March 1, 2024

Award Committee

Name Affiliation Email
Dan Mallinson Penn State Harrisburg djm466@psu.edu
Alex Osei-Kojo University of Tennessee Knoxville aoseikoj@utk.edu
David Carter University of Utah david.carter@mpa.utah.edu

Lynton Keith Caldwell Award

The Lynton Keith Caldwell Prize is given for the best book on environmental politics and policy published in the past three years. Nominated authors should send copies of their books to each committee member for consideration. Deadline for nominations: March 1, 2024

Award Committee

Name Affiliation Email
Sarah Anderson UCSB Bren School of Environmental Science & Management sanderson@bren.ucsb.edu
Chris Armstrong University of Southampton C.Armstrong@soton.ac.uk
Luke Fowler Boise State University lukefowler@boisestate.edu

Virginia M. Walsh Dissertation Award

The Virginia Walsh Dissertation Award, named in honor of a young scholar who tragically passed away, is given for the best dissertations in the field of science, technology and environmental politics. Nominations should include full dissertation. Deadline for nominations: March 1, 2024

Award Committee

Name Affiliation Email
Elizabeth Shanahan Montana State University shanahan@montana.edu
Noah Zucker London School of Economics n.zucker@lse.ac.uk
Matto Mildenberger

University of California, Santa Barbara

 mildenberger@polsci.ucsb.edu

Paul A. Sabatier Best Conference Paper Award

The Paul A. Sabatier Best Conference Paper Award is given for the best paper on science, technology, and environmental politics presented at the previous year's APSA Annual Meeting. Nomination process: Send nominations to committee chair. Deadline for nominations: March 1, 2024

Award Committee

Name Affiliation Email
Hongtao Yi Florida State University h.yi@fsu.edu
Ishana Ratan University of California, Berkeley ishanaratan@berkeley.edu
Jesse Barnes University of Nevada, Reno jessebarnes@unr.edu

Elinor Ostrom Career Achievement Award

Award Description:    The Elinor Ostrom Career Achievement Award is given to an individual in recognition of their lifetime contribution to the study of science, technology, and environmental politics. Nominees must be at least 15 years from completing their PhD degree to be eligible. Nomination process: Send nominations to committee chair.  Deadline for nominations: March 1, 2024

Award Committee

Name Affiliation Email
Megan Mullin University of California, Los Angeles mullin@luskin.ucla.edu
Michele Bestill University of Copenhagen m.betsill@ifs.ku.dk
Chris Weible University of Colorado, Denver chris.weible@ucdenver.edu

Emerging Young Scholar Award

The Emerging Scholar Award is given in recognition of a researcher, within ten years of their PhD degree, who is making notable contributions to the field of science, technology, and environmental politics. Nomination process: Send nominations to committee chair. Deadline for nominations: March 1, 2024

Award Committee

Name Affiliation Email
Elizabeth Koebele University of Nevada, Reno ekoebele@unr.edu
Manny Teodoro University of Wisconsin mteodoro@wisc.edu
Tom Birkland North Carolina State University tabirkla@ncsu.edu

The STEP APSA Inclusion Travel Award

The STEP APSA Inclusion Travel Award will be granted to graduate students from under-represented groups in the discipline who are accepted to present a paper at the annual APSA meeting. They must be members of STEP (which is free for graduate students) and be presenting on a STEP or STEP co-sponsored panel. A maximum of 10 awards in the amount of $500 will be granted each year. Nomination process: Applications should be sent to the committee chair. Deadline for nominations: April 15, 2024

Award Committee

Name Affiliation Email
Rob DeLeo Bentley University rdeleo@bentley.edu
Deserai Crow University of Colorado, Denver deserai.crow@ucdenver.edu
Kristin Taylor Wayne State University kristin.taylor@wayne.edu
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