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The Sociological Review prize for outstanding scholarship
Award of The Sociological Review Prize
The Sociological Review Prize for 2011 is presently being considered.
The panel consists of:
Graham Allan (Chair)
Tia de Nora
Joanna Latimer
The Sociological Review Prize for 2010 was awarded to Professor Ruth Levitas for her paper entitled ‘Back to the future: Wells, sociology, utopia and method’ (Sociological Review, 58, 4, 530-47, November 2010). This article explores the involvement of H.G. Wells in the early institutional development of sociology in Britain. It makes the case that Wells was substantially right to argue that if sociology embraced the more ‘utopian’ method of the Imaginary Reconstitution of Society, it would inform a greater range of social alternatives for confronting ecological and economic crises.
We thought the article was quite outstanding, indeed brilliant. It is beautifully written, with verve and great clarity. It presents a highly original and important argument for a different kind of sociology. This is effectively combined with a very pertinent historical analysis indicating what might have been, and still could be, an alternative route for British sociology. By bringing together a range of scholarly texts in a fresh and challenging way, Ruth Levitas has made an important intervention in debates about the future direction of sociology.
Dennis Smith
Chair, Panel of Judges
The Panel of Judges consists of:
Professor David Jary
Professor Dennis Smith (chair)
Professor Pnina Werber
All shortlisted papers can be seen on http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1467-954X/homepage/the_sociological_review_prize_for_outstanding_scholarship.htm
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The Sociological Review is pleased to announce the establishment of an annual prize to be given to the author/s of the article judged to be the most outstanding published in the journal during the past 12 months. The article may address any issue of sociological interest and may be theoretical, substantive or methodological in focus. It will also reflect The Sociological Review’s longstanding commitment to scholarship that advances our understanding of social life. The prize is £300 worth of Wiley/Blackwell books plus a book token for £250. All nominees for the prize will receive publicity from The Sociological Review and shortlisted papers will be made available for free electronic download for a period of one year after the award in order to encourage dissemination and citation.
Criteria
The papers will have been published in the previous year’s volume.
All papers are eligible although book reviews and review essays are not.
Papers can be sole or multi-authored.
The winning paper will be that considered by the judging panel to have made the most outstanding contribution to our understanding of social life.
Panel of Judges
There will be three members of the panel
They will be appointed by board members from the current editorial board
They will not include the managing editors or the chair of the board
Members of the panel must demonstrate that they have no conflict of interest
Nominations
The managing editors and the chair of the board will nominate papers
