ESA Best Article Award & Young Scholar Award
The European Sociological Association organized the first editions of the ESA Best Article Awards and ESA Young Scholar Award in 2021. These award honours the Best Article published in each one of the ESA journals, European Societies and European Journal of Cultural and Political Sociology, in the two preceding years (2019-2020) and also the best paper from a PhD dissertation.
The winners were awarded at the closing session of the 15th ESA Barcelona Conference 2021.
Winners:
Winner of the ESA Best Article Award 2021 – European Societies (ES)
Ditte Andersen | Stuck! Welfare state dependency as lived experience
Winner of the ESA Best Article Award 2021 – European Journal of Cultural & Political Sociology (EJCPS)
Mona Mannevuo | Anxious politicians: Productivity imperatives in the Finnish Parliament
Winner of the ESA Young Scholar Award 2021
Felipe Gonzalez Santos | Rocking the Boat of Eviction: Personal availability and Empowerment in Social Movement Organizations
Runner-ups:
Runner-up of the ESA Best Article Award 2021 – European Societies (ES)
Marcello Natili | The right(s) and minimum income in hard times: Southern and Eastern Europe compared
Runner-up of the ESA Best Article Award 2021 – European Journal of Cultural & Political Sociology (EJCPS)
Dorit Geva | Non au gender: Moral epistemics and French conservative strategies of distinction
Runner-up of the ESA Young Scholar Award 2021
Sara Merlini | Misrecognising gender: beyond binary accomplishments
ESA Best Article Award Selection Committee:
• Maria Carmela Agodi • Paul Blokker • Paola Borgna • Lígia Ferro • Sebastian Koos • Michalis Lianos • Tiziana Nazio • Ludger Pries • Marta Soler Gallart • Irina Tartakovskaya • Ionela Vlase
ESA Best Young Award Selection Committee:
Milica Antic Gaber • Paul Blokker • Dilek Cindoglu • Lígia Ferro • Yuliya Kosyakova • Gerben Moerman • Apostolos Papadopoulos
ESA thanks to all the candidates, the members of the selection committees and congratulates the winners!