2024
Radha Sarkar (Yale University), Sofia Elverdin (Yale University), Sebastian Lucek (Stanford University) and Amar Sarkar (Harvard University) for “Religious Communication, ‘Benevolent Sexism,’ and Political Attitudes: Experimental Evidence from Columbia”
2023
Feyaad Allie (Stanford University), “The Representation Trap: How and Why Muslims Struggle to Maintain Power in India.”
2022
Ahmed Ezzeldin Mohamed (Stanford University), “Religious Cycles of Government Responsiveness: Why Governments Distribute in Ramadan.”
2020
Elizabeth Dekeyser (MIT), “Islam, Exclusivity, and the State: Evidence from France.”
(Honorable Mentions) Yusuf Magiya (Columbia University) and M. Tahir Kilavuz (Marmara University), “Islamism, Policy Positions and Vote Choice: What Experimental Evidence Tells About Islamist Advantage in Turkey.”
2019
Consuelo Amat (Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society at Stanford University), “The Hydra Effect: When Repression Creates New Opposition against Authoritarianism.”
2017
Egor Lazarev (Columbia University), “Choosing Between Laws: Preferences for Alternative Legal Systems in Chechnya.”