Eligibility: ISAC will consider doctoral dissertations on any aspect of security studies with a submission date in calendar year 2017.
Criteria: The committee welcomes nominations for theses on any aspect, and that deploy any approach (historical, quantitative, theoretical, policy analysis, etc.), in the field of security studies. Theses will be judged according to four criteria:
- originality in substance and approach
- significance for scholarly and/or policy debates
- rigour in approach and analysis
- power of expressionProcess: Nominations comprise an electronic copy of the thesis, a summary statement of no more than 1,000 words from the student, and a brief supporting statement of no more than 500 words from the supervisor, all submitted to the chair TBD. Please email the thesis along with the summary statement and supporting letter to jrovner@smu.edu.
Prize and notification: $500 will be awarded from an APSA account along with an award certificate. The committee chair will notify the recipient of the award, who will be encouraged to attend the 2018 annual convention in Washington, DC in order to receive the award in person.
The Committee reserves the right not to make the award in any given year.
Committee Members:
TBD
Any questions: please contact the committee chair, Joshua Rovner, at jrovner@smu.edu.