APOLOGIES FOR CROSS-POSTING
To mark its
tenth anniversary in 2015, Evidence & Policy launched a new
annual prize (1) in memory
of Professor Carol Weiss, the journal’s first North American Editor and a
pioneer in the field.
The inaugural prize has been
awarded to William Allen (Centre on Migration, Policy and Society, University
of Oxford) for his paper ‘Factors that
impact how civil society organisations perceive evidence. The
panel felt it provided a novel contribution to the field and made impressive
use of different literatures, social science theory and methods. They
were also impressed with the way the author handled the inter-disciplinarity of
the field, particularly as a relative newcomer.
The
panel also wished to acknowledge Amanda Cooper as the runner up: her paper was
extremely well written and made a timely contribution to the literature on
knowledge brokering.
William Allen will be speaking at a
free seminar hosted by Evidence &
Policy and the Department of
Social Policy and Intervention at the University of Oxford on 30th November 2016
from 4pm until 6pm. It will be chaired
by Annette Boaz and followed by a wine reception provided by Policy Press. Tickets are free but registration is necessary.
To register visit:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/evidence-policy-carol-weiss-prize-seminar-tickets-27679523199
William Allen’s paper is
free to download in Evidence & Policy
until 31st December 2016.
Notes
1. The Carol Weiss prize offers an opportunity to recognise and
reward the successes of outstanding early career contributors to the journal and comprises books from the publisher Policy Press to the
value of £100. The winning paper is made
freely available for a period of three months and promoted widely by Policy
Press. For the inaugural prize, the panel were looking for an original and
promising contribution to the journal and the field by an early career
researcher demonstrating rigorous social science methods and theory and were
extremely impressed with all the entries received.
2.
Evidence & Policy is published by Policy Press. A free online trial
is available for libraries.
