Annual Meeting Awards

Mona Lena Krook Receives the 2025 Charles Merriam Award

The Charles E. Merriam Award is presented biennially by the American Political Science Association (APSA) in recognition of a person whose published work and career represent a significant contribution to the art of government through the application of social science […]

Annual Meeting Awards

Aseem Prakash Receives the 2025 John Gaus Award

The John Gaus Award is presented annually by the American Political Science Association (APSA) to honor a lifetime of exemplary scholarship in the joint tradition of political science and public administration.  Aseem Prakash will deliver the Gaus Lecture […]

APSA Publications

Call for Papers: PS Special Issue on American Trade Policy in the 21st Century | Deadline: August 15, 2025 

Call for Papers: American Trade Policy in the 21st CenturyPS: Political Science & Politics | Cambridge University Press Editor: Justin Esarey, Wake Forest University  PS: Political Science & Politics invites submissions for a forthcoming special […]

APSA News

Congratulations to the Political Science Scholars Elected to the 2025 Class of the Andrew Carnegie Fellowship Program 

APSA congratulates this year’s political science scholars elected to the 2025 Class of the Andrew Carnegie Fellowship program! The Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program provides philanthropic support for high-caliber scholarship in the humanities and social sciences that […]

American Political Science Review

Governments Ignore Many Serious Welfare Issues – But Bureaucrats with Technical Expertise Can Help Change This

In the APSA Public Scholarship Program, graduate students in political science produce summaries of new research in the American Political Science Review. This piece, written by Leah Costik, covers the new article by Carmen Jacqueline […]

Awards

Guillermo Toral Receives the 2021 Harold D. Lasswell Award

The Harold D. Lasswell Award is presented annually by the American Political Science Association (APSA) to honor the best doctoral dissertation in the field of public policy.  Guillermo Toral is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Vanderbilt University and […]

Democracy

Reckoning with the Roots and Aftermath of Insurrection  

Join the American Political Science Association for a virtual conversation on the insurrection, impeachment, and the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead for democracy in the United States. This event will bring together experts from […]