Announcement for the 2012 Eric Wolf Prize

The Political Ecology Society (PESO) announces the 2012 Eric Wolf Prize for the best article-length paper.  We seek papers based in substantive field research that make an innovative contribution to Political Ecology.  To be eligible for the competition, scholars must be ABD (PhD student, all but dissertation complete) or have received their Ph.D. within the three years prior to publication of this announcement.  A cash prize of US$500 accompanies the award, which will be presented at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology. The paper will be published in the Journal of Political Ecology.

The preferred format for papers is electronic, but CDs and paper will also be accepted.  Please use the style guidelines provided on the Journal of Political Ecology webpage: http://jpe.library.arizona.edu/. Previous winners are also Identified there in the article listings.

 Electronic copies should be sent to Dr. María L. Cruz-Torres ([log in to unmask]) and paper and CD copies to María L. Cruz-Torres:The School of Transborder Studies, Arizona State University, Po Box 876303, Tempe, AZ 85287-6303, USA. The deadline for submission is September 1 2011.

Dr. Simon Batterbury, Associate Professor, (on research leave)

 Dept. of Resource Management and Geography,

University of Melbourne, 3010 VIC, Australia

http://www.simonbatterbury.net/

 Director, Office for Environmental Programs (on leave)

http://www.environment.unimelb.edu.au