Annual Awards for the Best Comparative Paper at Partner Associations Conferences

Best Comparative Paper Awards Committee Members - 2021-2022 Cycle

It is with gratitude of the entire scholarly community, that we thank the following Award Committee Members:

APPAM

Award Committee Members

1.  Beryl Radin, Georgetown University, USA, former president of APPAM
2.  Marleen Brans, KU Leuven, Belgium
3.  Kenneth Couch, University of Connecticut, USA

APSA

Award Committee Members

1.  Xufeng Zhu, Tshingua University, Tsinghua Universiyt, China,
2.  Jacint Jordana Casajuana, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain

NISPAcee

Awards Committee Members

1.  Prof. Iris Geva-May, Founding Editor-in-Chief (JCPA)
2.  Prof. Tiina Randma-Liiv, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia
3.  Prof. B. Guy Peters, University of Pittsburgh, USA
4.  Mr. Juraj Nemec, Masaryk University, Czech Republic

Midwest Political Science Association

Awards Committee Members

1.  Charles Blake, James Madison University, USA (Chair)
2.  Klaus Schubert, University of Muenster, Germany

IPSA

Awards Committee Members

RC30 (Comparative Public Policy)

1.  Michael Howlett (Chair), Simon Fraser University, Canada
2.  Darryl Jarvis, The Hong Kong Institute of Education, China
3.  Giliberto Capano, University of Bologna, Italy

RC05 (Comparative Studies of Local Govt. & Politics, IPSA)

1.  Fred Lazin, New York University, USA
2.  Norbert Kersting, University of Muenster, Germany

EGPA

Award Committee Members

1.  Fritz Sager, University of Bern, Switzerland
2.  Marleen Brans, KU Leuven, Belgium
3.  Sonja Blum, University of Hagen
4.  Valerie Pattyn, Leiden University

NASPAA

Award Committee Members

1. Susan Appe, University at Albany, SUNY
2. Sebastián Líppez De Castro, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
3. Sean McCandless, University of Illinois at Springfield
4. Iris Geva-May, Founding Editor-in-Chief and President, Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis & Society for International Comparative Policy Analysis
5. Beth M. Rauhaus, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi

Joint International Adjudication Committee of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management and the Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis (JCPA), includes: Professors Antonia Maioni (McGill University, Montreal, Chair), Beryl Radin (Georgetown University, Washington DC), Marleen Brans (KULeuven University) and Guillome Fontaine (The Latin Faculty for Social Sciences, FLASCO, Quito, Ecuador).

2023 : No Winner

2022 Award Winner
Immigration, Government Type, and Social Welfare Spending by Hang Qi, University of Missouri

2021 Award Winner
Life-Cycle Dynamics and Developmental Processes in Collaborative Partnerships: Examples from four watersheds in the U.S. by Mark T. Imperial, University of North Carolina, Wilmington

2020 Award Winner
The Political Development of Public Policy - Political Controversy, Partisanship, and Health Care for the Poor: A Comparative Analysis of U.S. Policies, 1965-1989 by Emily Parker, Cornell University.

2019 Award Winners
Empowering Women in South Asia’s informal settlements: The Challenges of Environmental Degradation, by Amit Patel, University of Massachusetts Boston; Hina Lotia, LEAD Pakistan; Ammar A. Malik, Urban Institute; Marcia D. Mundt, University of Massachusetts Boston; Hyunjung Lee, University of Massachusetts Boston; Muhammad Arshed Rafiq, LEAD Pakistan

Are We Digging in the Wrong Place? Age, Period, and Cohort Explanations for Changing Crime Rates, by William Spelman, University of Texas at Austin

No award was given in 2017 and 2018. 

2016 Award Winner
Toward a Comparative Analysis of Labour Administration Systems, by Jason Heyes, Work, Organisation & Employment Relations Research Centre, Sheffield University Management School, United Kingdom

2015 Award Winners
Independent Professional Bureaucracies and Street-Level Corruption: Evidence from Latin America, by Laura Langbein, American University and Pablo Sanabria, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Cali, Colombia

2014 Award Winners
Global Expansion of Renewable Energy Generation: An Analysis of Policy Instruments, by Sanya Carley, Jennifer Brass, Elizabeth Baldwin, and Lauren M. MacLean, Indiana University

Award winners also found on APPAM's site.

Past Awards:
2013- Pamela Clouser McCann, Charles R. Shipan, and Craig Volden
"Smoke Signals: State Policy Responses to National Government Discussions”

Past Awards:

Awarded at the 2019 APSA Conference
(Research presented in 2018)
Winners: Agustina Paglayan, USCD
Title: “Democracy and Educational Expansion: Evidence from 200 years”

Awarded at the 2018 APSA Conference
(Research presented in 2017)
Winners: Amelia Peterson, Harvard University
Title: “Incentivizing Higher Skills – But Whose? The Politics of Credential Reform in Liberal Market Economies”

Awarded at the 2017 APSA Conference
(Research presented in 2015)
Winners: Melani Cammett, Harvard University, USA and Aytug Sasmaz, Brown University, USA
Title: “Political Context, Organizational Mission and the Quality of Social Services: Insights from the Health Sector in Lebanon”

2016-Vladimir Gimpelson (National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia) and Daniel Treisman (University of California, Los Angeles United States): "Misperceiving Inequality"

2015 - Zachary Elkins, (University of Texas at Austin), United States:
"Micro-level Foundations of Diffusion Theory: Experimental Evidence"

2014- Edmund J. Malesky, (Duke University), United States; Cuong Viet Nguyen, (National Economics University), Vietnam and Anh Tran, (Indiana University), United States:
"The Impact of Recentralization on Public Services: A Difference-in-Differences Analysis of the Abolition of Elected Councils in Vietnam"

2014 - Ben W. Ansell, (University of Oxford), United Kingdom; J. Lawrence Broz, (University of California), United States:
"Global Capital Markets, Housing Prices, and Partisan Fiscal Policies"

2013 - Matthias Orlowski, (Humboldt-University Berlin), Germany:
"The Dynamics of Electoral Incentives. Electoral Systems and Agricultural Support in OECD countries"

2012 – Claire Annesley, (University of Manchester), United Kingdom and Isabelle Engeli, (University of Ottawa), Canada

2011 – Shaun Bevan, (Pennsylvania State University), United States and Will Jennings, (University of Manchester), United Kingdom:
"Opinion-Responsiveness of Governing Agendas in the US and the UK: Institutional Filtering of Issue Priorities of the Public"

2013 – Louise Hervier, (Sciences Po, Paris), France:
"Taxing the Financing of Social Protection as a Means for Ousting Unions"

2011 – Aurelien Evrard, (Sciences Po, Paris), France:
"Political Parties and Policy Change: Explaining the Impact of French and German Greens on Energy Policy"

2009 – Carole Clavier, (Montreal University), Canada:
"Convergence from Below: A Sociology of the Reception of Transfer in Public Health Policies in Europe"

The Joint International Adjudication Committee of the AFSP and the Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis (JCPA), including Professors Monika Steffen (University of Grenoble, Chair), Céline Belot (University of Grenoble), Charlotte Halpern (University of Grenoble), Philippe Zittoun (University of Lyon), and Christine Rothmayr Allison (University of Montreal), has selected the paper entitled:"La citoyenneté sociale des jeunes adultes en Europe"
“Social Citizenship of Young Adults in Europe”Author: Tom Chevalier, (Science Po, Paris, France)

Past Awards:
2013 – Louise Hervier, (Sciences Po, Paris), France:
"Taxing the Financing of Social Protection as a Means for Ousting Unions"

2011 – Aurelien Evrard, (Sciences Po, Paris), France:
"Political Parties and Policy Change: Explaining the Impact of French and German Greens on Energy Policy"

2009 – Carole Clavier, (Montreal University), Canada:
"Convergence from Below: A Sociology of the Reception of Transfer in Public Health Policies in Europe"

The Joint International Adjudication Committee of the Network of Institutes and Schools of Public Affairs in Central and Eastern Europe (NISPAcee) and the Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis (JCPA), including Professors B. Guy Peters (University of Pittsburgh, Chair), and Juraj Nemec (Masaryk University), has selected the paper entitled:“Fiscal Crisis and Expenditure Cuts:The Influence of Public Management Practices onCutback Strategies in Europe”

Authors: Ringa Raudla (Tallinn University of Technology), James W. Douglas (University of North Carolina at Charlotte),Tiina Randma-Liiv (Tallinn University of Technology) and Riin Savi (Tallinn University of Technology

Past Awards:

2022 - Raphaėl Zumofen (Lausanne), Vincent Mabillard (Libre de Bruxelles), Martial Pasquier (Lausanne)
"Social media use in Central and Eastern European cities: Defining government-citizen relationships through phases"

2021 - Katarina Staroňová (Comenius, Slovakia) and Marek Rybář (Masaryk Univ. Brno, Czech Republic)
“Still Hiding in the Shadows? Political Advisers in Central and Eastern Europe”

2019 - Ringa Raudla (Tallinn), James W. Douglas, (North Carolina at Charlotte), Jason H. Windett, (North Carolina at Charlotte​)
"Financial bureaucracies of Europe: Finance Officers’ Attitudes Regarding their Responsibilities and Roles"

2018 - Ringa Raudla, Egert Juuse, Aleksandrs Cepilovs, Ragnar Nurkse (Tallinn)
"Policy Learning from Crisis in Financial Regulation and Supervision: Overcoming Coordination Challenges"

2018 - Paweł Swianiewicz and Anna Kurniewicz (Warsaw) and Desislava Kalcheva, (University of National and World Economy, Sofia)
"The Political Business Cycle in Policies of Tariffs for Local Public Services: A Comparison of Poland and Bulgaria"

2017 - Morten Meyerhoff Nielsen (Tallinn)
"Citizen use of government eServices: Comparing use, governance and cooperation models in Estonia and Georgia"

2017 - Michal Plaček, Milan Půček, František Ochrana, Center for Social and Economic Strategies, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
"The Comparison of Bulgaria and the Czech Republic in the Identification of Corruption Risk"

2016 - Ringa Raudla, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia, James W. Douglas, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA/Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia, Tiina Randma-Liiv, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia, Riin Savi, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia
"Fiscal Crisis and Expenditure Cuts: The Influence of Public Management Practices on Cutback Strategies in Europe"

2015 - Tatjana Jovanovic (University of Ljubljana), Aleksander Aristovnik (University of Ljubljana) and Tereza Rogic Lugaric (University of Zagreb):
“The Construction of Regulations in Slovenia and Croatia – Material and Procedural Aspects Between Public and Private Interests”

2014 - Riin Savi, (Tallinn University of Technology), Estonia and Aleksandrs Cepilov, (Tallinn University of Technology), Estonia:
"The Role of Agencies and Street-Level Bureaucrats in Cutback Management: Comparing the Cases of Estonia and Latvia"

2014 - Walter Kickert, (Erasmus University), Netherlands; Tiina Randma-Liiv, (Tallinn University of Technology), Estonia and Riin Savi, (Tallinn University of Technology), Estonia:
"Politics of Fiscal Consolidation in Europe: A Comparative Analysis"

2013 - Vitalis Nakrošis, Vilnius University, Lithuania, Žilvinas Martinaitis, Vilnius University, Lithuania, Calin Hintea, Babes-Bolyai University, Romania, Dan Balica Babes-Bolyai University, Romania, Adrian Hudrea, Babes-Bolyai University, Romania
"Ex post control and steering of government agencies in Lithuania and Romania"

2012 - Karin Hilmer Pedersen, Department of Political Science and Government, Aarhus University, Denmark, Lars Johannsen, Department of Political Science and Government, Aarhus University, Denmark
"Pluralism in Public Administration and Shared Values: The Baltic countries"

2011- Veronica Junjan, Department of Social Risks and Safety Studies, University of Twente, Diana-Camelia Iancu, Faculty of Public Administration, National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Romania
"Post EU accession reforms in Central and Eastern European countries: Who will (continue to) bother?"

In 2014, the Joint International Adjudication Committee of the RC30 Comparative Public Policy section of the International Political Science Association and the Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis (JCPA), including Professors Michael Howlett (Simon Fraser University, Chair), Darryl Jarvis (The Hong Kong Institute of Education), and Giliberto Capano (University of Bologna), has selected the paper entitled:“Successes or Failures of ‘Developmental’ Policies, Rent and Conditionality: Comparing Russia and Sub-Saharan Africa” by

Caroline Dufy, Sciences Po Bordeaux-Peoples’ Friendship University, Centre Emile Durkheim, Sciences-Po Bordeaux, France and Alice Nicole Sindzingre, National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS, France); EconomiX-University Paris- West; Visiting Lecturer, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, Department of Economics, United Kingdom

The Joint International Adjudication Committee of Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA) and the Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis (JCPA), including Professors Charles Blake (James Madison University, Chair), Christoffer Green-Pedersen (Aarhus University), and Klaus Schubert (University of Muenster) has selected the paper entitled:

"Mass Administrative Reorganization, Media Attention, and the Paradox of Information" by
Anthony M. Bertelli, (New York University, United States) and J. Andrew Sinclair, (New York University, United States)

Past Awards:

2015 – Eileen McDonagh, (Northeastern University), United States:
"Ripples from the First Wave: The Monarchical Origins of the Welfare State"

2014 - Edmund J. Malesky, (Duke University), United States; Cuong Viet Nguyen, (National Economics University), Vietnam and Anh Tran, (Indiana University), United States:
"The Impact of Recentralization on Public Services: A Difference-in-Differences Analysis of the Abolition of Elected Councils in Vietnam"

2013 – Carla M. Flink, (Texas A&M University), United States:
"Strength of Fiscal Bureaucracy and Budget Changes"

Joint International Adjudication Committee Members of the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration and the Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis (JCPA), includes: Susan Appe, Chair (Albany), Sebastián Líppez De Castro (Pontificia Universidad Javeriana), Sean McCandless (Illinois at Springfield), Iris Geva-May, Founding Editor-in-Chief and President (JCPA), Beth M. Rauhaus (Texas A&M).

2022 Award Winner

Best NASPAA-JCPA/ICPA Workshop Comparative Analysis Paper: David Campbell of Binghamton University for his paper “Teaching Introduction to NGOs through a Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention Lens.”

"The course provides students with a global perspective on community-based non-governmental organizations, introduces them to NGOs as important actors in the prevention of mass atrocity and deepens their understanding of the management challenges these organizations face through comparative analysis. The paper is powerful, as the topic itself has real-world applications, gets to the essence of what public administration should be about, and centers on comparison. While many MPA programs cover nonprofits and NGOs, having an emphasis on the prevention of identity-based violence and mass atrocity is rarely included in MPA curriculum. The benefit of discussing these topics in MPA courses would be for our students to think about human rights and their roles in the prevention of atrocity in different ways, which – as Nadia Rubaii in the last several years of her career advocated for – is a needed focus as we progress in the field’s education."

Past Awards:

2021 Winner: Deborah Bailey

“Racial Equity as Public Service: Teaching About Systemic Racism and Government Attempts to Facilitate Racial Equity through a Comparative Policy Lens”

Committee: Nadia Rubaii (Binghamton University, SUNY), Susan Appe (University at Albany, SUNY) and Sean McCandless (University of Illinois, Springfield)

Awarded at the 2023 EGPA Conference - PSG XIII: Public Policy and PSG XXI: Policy Design and Evaluation
Winner: Christina Steinbacher (Ludwig-Maximilians, Geschwister-Scholl-Institute of Political Science)
Title: “The Voice of Implementation: Exploring the Link between Implementation Feedback and Environmental Effectiveness”

Awarded at the 2021 EGPA Conference - PSG XIII: Public Policy and PSG XXI: Policy Design and Evaluation

Winner: Steffen Eckhard (Konstanz), Vytautas Jankauskas (Konstanz), Elena Leuschner (Gothenburg), and Rita Sevastjanova (Konstanz)
Title: “Evaluations of International Organizations: A ‘Gold Standard’ of Institutional Assessment?”

Awarded at the 2018 EGPA Conference - PSG XIII: Public Policy and PSG XXI: Policy Design and Evaluation
Winner: Daphne Athanasouli (Derby)

Title: “E-Government and corruption”

During 2023, a partnership agreement was signed between the Latin American Association of Political Science (ALACIP) and its Research Group on Comparative Public Policy (GIPPC-ALACIP). This agreement seeks to jointly promote the activities of ICPA-Forum and JCPA within the Ibero-American space. It will also enable colleagues from Latin America to submit their papers for the 'Award for the Best Comparative Paper' in the call for the XII Latin American Congress of Political Science, which will take place in Lisbon between July 17 and 20.

The RC in Comparative Public Policy will present three panels at the ALACIP Lisbon 2024 Congress:

Panel 1: Theories, methods, and comparative studies of public policies in Latin America. This panel will address topics such as the methodology for public policy analysis, comparison in the study of public policies in Latin America, alternative theoretical proposals for the study of public policies, and the rationality of agents and public policies in Latin America.

Panel 2: Actors, institutions, and ideas in the comparative analysis of public policies in Latin America. This panel will focus on the role of the judicial actor in the public policy process, future temporalities coalitions as a path for theoretical hybridization, public communication as a coordinating discourse of judicial organizational culture, the characterization of political entrepreneurs, and leadership in public policies in Latin America.

Panel 3: Public policy issues in Latin America. This panel examines broad themes like the legacies of dictatorship, indigenous empowerment, and EU collaboration, alongside specific policy areas such as labor rights, cultural policy, and agricultural initiatives in Mexico and Brazil. The panel offers a holistic understanding of the region's policy landscape and its complex challenges.

For more information about this event go to:

https://www.congresoalacip2024.org/

To contact RC Comparative Public Policy of ALACIP:

• Nelson Cardozo, Universidad Argentina de la Empresa/ Universidad de Buenos Aires: ncardozo@uade.edu.ar
• Adela Romero-Tarín, Universidad de Alicante: adela.romero@ua.es

Adjudication Committee Members for 2024 TBA

Adjudication Committee Members for 2024 TBA