THE 2013 ECPR GENDER AND POLITICS PHD PRIZE



At the 2013 European Conference on Gender and Politics, the ECPR Gender and
Politics PhD Prize will be awarded for the first time. The ECPR Gender and
Politics PhD Prize is given by the ECPR Standing Group on Gender and
Politics to an outstanding PhD dissertation in the field of gender and
politics. The field of gender and politics is broadly conceived to include
any PhD dissertation adopting a gender and/or sexuality studies perspective
in political science, international relations, political philosophy, public
policy and public administration.



PRIZE AMOUNT: 500 Euros funded by the ECPR Standing Group on Gender and
Politics



SELECTION COMMITTEE: The selection committee is comprised of Isabelle
Engeli (University of Ottawa, Co-convener of the ECPR Standing Group),
Elizabeth Evans (University of Bristol), Joyce Outshoorn (University of
Leiden), and Brigitte Sauer (Representative of the ECPR, University of
Vienna).



DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: 2013 NOVEMBER 28TH. Submissions should be
addressed to Isabelle Engeli, co-convener of the ECPR Standing Group on
Gender and Politics via email ([log in to unmask]). Submissions
shall only be made formatted as PDF files.

PRIZE ANNOUNCEMENT AND AWARD: The winner of the prize will be announced one
month before the next European Conference on Politics and Gender in March
2013 (22-25), University Pompeu Fabra. The inaugural prize will be given at
an award ceremony during the conference. The winner will be invited to
deliver a talk presenting her/his PhD research. Expenses to attend the
ceremony will be covered for travel and accommodations (up to an maximum
amount of 600 euros, travel within Europe). The prize will be handed out
jointly by a representative of the ECPR and the Standing Group
co-conveners.



FREQUENCY OF AWARD: every 2 years. If it is deemed that no PhD dissertation
in Gender and Politics reaches an acceptable standard, the committee may
decline to award the prize in any given biennium.



RULES FOR THE SUBMISSION TO THE ECPR GENDER AND POLITICS PHD PRIZE:
The
PhD dissertation must have been examined and deemed to have passed in the
two years preceding the European Politics and Gender Conference. However,
the PhD needs not to have been officially conferred during this period. For
the 2013 prize, all PhD dissertations that have been examined and deemed to
have passed between 1st January 2010 and 31st September 2012 may be
nominated for the prize.
Candidates have to be nominated by their
respective ECPR full member institution. Self- nomination is not accepted.
Only full member institutions can nominate a candidate for the prize and
the PhD dissertation must have been submitted at that institution. Each
ECPR full member institution can nominate no more than one candidate for
the prize. The prize is by no means restricted only to women.
The
nomination must come via the ECPR Official Representative or the Head of
Department.
The topic of the PhD dissertation should adopt a gender
and/or sexuality studies perspective within the broadly conceived fields of
political science, international relations, political theory, political
philosophy, as well as public policy and public administration. The work
should draw substantially on relevant political science literature.



The nomination must include (as three separate PDF files):
(1) An
enclosed letter from the ECPR Official Representative of the member
institution or the Head of the Department at which the PhD dissertation was
examined. The letter shall emphasize the innovative and outstanding
contribution of the PhD dissertation to research on Gender and Politics, as
defined above. The letter from the ECPR Official Representative or Head of
the Department shall be directly addressed to the co-conveners of the ECPR
Standing Group on Gender and Politics.
(2) An expanded 15 to 20 page
abstract in English outlining the main arguments of the work. The abstract
should outline:

(i) The subject of the PhD dissertation and how it relates to current
research on Gender and Politics
(ii) Its main findings and
arguments
(iii) Its principal conclusions and contributions to the field
of Gender and Politics

(3) The table of contents of the PhD dissertation, also in English.



SHORT-LIST: The nomination materials will be used to select a short-list of
PHD dissertations (usually of not more than five candidates).
The authors
of the short-listed dissertations will be asked to provide an electronic
copy of their complete dissertations by January 5th.



PUBLICATION: The criterion for this prize is that, with suitable
amendments, the dissertation would make an outstanding book, addressing
central themes in the relevant subfield(s) of the discipline, and hence
would be suitable for inclusion in the ECPR's Monographs series, which is
published in English. Although it is hoped that the successful dissertation
will be published in the ECPR Press Monograph series, the Press is under no
obligation to offer a contract with the book series; and no candidate is
under any obligation to accept such a contract if offered. On the other
hand, the Editors of the Press hope to start discussions as soon as
possible with the winner, and indeed with some of the other shortlisted
candidates, on the possibility of publishing their dissertation as a book
in the Monograph series.






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Dr Elizabeth Evans
Lecturer in Politics
SPAIS
University of Bristol
http://www.bristol.ac.uk/spais/people/person/228065