Organized Section Awards (Section 52)
Ostrom Award
Best Published Paper by Non-Tenure Scholar
Best APSA Paper
Best Article
The Journal of Theoretical Politics Ostrom Award
Best article published in the Journal of Theoretical Politics within the previous two calendar years.
| 2023 | Anthony Fowler, University of Chicago “An information-based explanation for partisan media sorting.” Journal of Theoretical Politics, 2022, 34(4). |
| 2023 | Kisoo Kim, University of Chicago “An information-based explanation for partisan media sorting.” Journal of Theoretical Politics, 2022, 34(4). |
| 2022 | Avidit Acharya, Stanford University “Security in the absence of a state: traditional authority, livestock trading, and maritime piracy in northern Somalia.” Journal of Theoretical Politics 32,no. 4 (2020): 497-537. |
| 2022 | Robin Harding, Oxford University “Security in the absence of a state: traditional authority, livestock trading, and maritime piracy in northern Somalia.” Journal of Theoretical Politics 32,no. 4 (2020): 497-537. |
| 2022 | J. Andrew Harris, New York University “Security in the absence of a state: traditional authority, livestock trading, and maritime piracy in northern Somalia.” Journal of Theoretical Politics 32,no. 4 (2020): 497-537. |
| 2022 | Charles R. Hankla, GSU “The politics of fiscal federalism: Building a stronger decentralization theorem.” Journal of Theoretical Politics 32, no. 4 (2020): 605-639. |
| 2022 | Jorge Martinez-Vazquez, GSU “The politics of fiscal federalism: Building a stronger decentralization theorem.” Journal of Theoretical Politics 32, no. 4 (2020): 605-639. |
| 2022 | Eunice Heredia-Ortiz, DAI “The politics of fiscal federalism: Building a stronger decentralization theorem.” Journal of Theoretical Politics 32, no. 4 (2020): 605-639. |
| 2022 | Raul dePonce, DAI “The politics of fiscal federalism: Building a stronger decentralization theorem.” Journal of Theoretical Politics 32, no. 4 (2020): 605-639. |
Best Article by a Non-Tenure Track Scholar
| 2023 | Germán Gieczewski, Princeton University “Dynamic Policy Sabotage.” American Journal of Political Science 2021, 66(3): 617-629. |
| 2023 | Christopher Li, Vanderbilt University “Dynamic Policy Sabotage.” American Journal of Political Science 2021, 66(3): 617-629. |
| 2022 | Schichao Ma, Yelp “Candidate Elimination in Competitive Autocracies.” Quarterly Journal of Political Science 15 (2020): 105–139. |
| 2023 | Peter Buisseret, Harvard University “Politics Transformed? Electoral Competition Under Ranked Choice Voting” |
| 2023 | Carlo Prato, Columbia University “Politics Transformed? Electoral Competition Under Ranked Choice Voting” |
| 2023 | Seth J. Hill, University of California, San Diego “A Theory of Intensity, Electoral Competition, and Costly Political Action.” Journal of Politics, 2022, 84 (1): pp 291-303. |
| 2022 | Wioletta Dziuda, University of Chicago “Political scandal: a theory.” American Journal of Political Science 65.1 (2021): 197-209. |
| 2022 | Will Howell, University of Chicago “Political scandal: a theory.” American Journal of Political Science 65.1 (2021): 197-209. |
| 2022 | Michael F. Joseph, University of California, San Diego “A Little Bit of Cheap Talk Is a Dangerous Thing: States Can Communicate Intentions Persuasively and Raise the Risk of War.” The Journal of Politics 83.1 (2021): 166-181 |