The Formal Theory Section of APSA will give four awards at the 2025 Annual Meeting. There is a selection committee for each award whose members will choose the best paper that meets the award criteria listed below.
The section is accepting nominations, including self-nominations, before 11:59 pm Pacific time on March 1, 2025.
Please submit your nominations here.
Journal of Theoretical Politics Ostrom Award
This award is given to the author(s) of the best article published in the Journal of Theoretical Politics within the previous two calendar years (2023, 2024). To be eligible for this award, an article must have appeared in an issue of JTP during one of these two years. OnlineFirst articles are not eligible for nomination, but they may be later nominated for the year in which they appear in an issue of JTP.
Committee (2024-2025): Michael Ting (chair); Leslie Johns; David Siegel
Award for Best Article
This award is given to the author(s) of the best paper published in 2024. To be eligible for this award, an article must have been published during 2024. An article may only be nominated once and it may be nominated for either the year in which it is first published on a journal’s website (e.g., as an “OnlineFirst” or “FirstView” article) or the year in which it appears in a print issue (but not both).
Committee (2024-2025): Sean Gailmard (chair); Scott Gehlbach; Carlo Prato
Award for Best Article by a Non-Tenured Scholar
This award is given to the author(s) of the best paper published in 2024 by a non-tenured scholar. To be eligible for this award, an article must have been published during 2024 and the recipient must not have tenure on the date the article is first published on a journal’s website. An article may only be nominated once and it may be nominated for either the year in which it is first published on a journal’s website (e.g., as an “OnlineFirst” or “FirstView” article) or the year in which it appears in a print issue (but not both).
Committee (2024-2025): John Patty (chair); Sandford Gordon; Ryan Hübert
Award for Best APSA Paper
This award is given to the author(s) of the best paper presented at APSA in 2024. To be eligible for this award, a paper must have been presented during the 2024 APSA Annual Meeting.
Committee: Monika Nalepa (chair); James Fearon; Tara Slough