David M. Olson Award for the Best IPSA World Congress Paper on Parliaments by a Junior Scholar

The purpose of the David M. Olson Award is to honor a younger scholar engaged in parliamentary/legislative studies, the focus of David Olson’s research and teaching. The recipient will be rewarded for the best self-authored paper presented in one of the RC08 panels at the  upcoming IPSA World Congress.  Eligible are doctoral students and PostDocs who completed their Ph.D. dissertations within last 6 years. Authors of co-authored papers are only eligible if all authors satisfy this condition. Nominees must have uploaded their full papers on the IPSA website.

David M. Olson is Professor Emeritus at the Department of Political Science, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, where he used to work as the head of the Center for Legislative Studies. He has published widely on parliamentary democracy, the internal structure of parliaments, and parliaments in transition societies. David Olson served as co-chair of the Research Committee of Legislative Specialists from 2000 to 2006.

Criteria

  • The paper must be of excellent quality.
  • The paper must cover a highly relevant topic for parliamentary research.
  • The paper must make a substantial contribution to parliamentary research.
  • The paper should have an innovative approach.
  • The paper should have a strong methodological basis.

Guidelines for nomination
Nominations for the award can be made by one of the following ways:

  • by a board member of the IPSA Research Committee 08 (RC08);
  • by the convenor, chair, co-chair or discussant of any RC08 panel at the IPSA World Congress;
  • jointly by two or more IPSA members of at least two different nationalities;
  • by an incumbent IPSA Executive Committee (EC) member;
  • by an IPSA Research Committee other than RC08 (in case of co-sponsored panels).

Jury
A jury will decide on the best IPSA World Congress paper on parliamentary issues by a younger scholar. The jury will be composed of the current Chair of RC08 / Legislative Specialists and four additional board members.

Nominations must be addressed to the Chair of  RC08, ISPA, Dr. Irina Khmelko: Irina-Khmelko@utc.edu

Deadline for applications: 15 August