Faculty Associate Julie Battilana, Joseph C. Wilson Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, is the recipient—along with coauthor Tiziana Casciaro—of the 2022 George R. Terry Book Award for their book, Power, for All: How It Really Works and Why It’s Everyone’s Business (Simon & Schuster, 2021). The award is given annually by the Academy of Management to “the book judged to have made the most outstanding contribution to the global advancement of management knowledge during the last two years.”

Faculty Associate Pippa Norris, Paul F. McGuire Lecturer in Comparative Politics at Harvard Kennedy School, has won the 2022 Warren E. Miller Prize from the American Political Science Association (APSA) Section on Elections, Public Opinion, and Voting Behavior. The award is presented every two or three years for an outstanding career of intellectual accomplishment and service to the profession in the elections, public opinion, and voting behavior field. APSA lauded her three decades of service to Harvard Kennedy School and her broad intellectual interests, which she has investigated in... Read more about Pippa Norris Wins Warren E. Miller Prize

Faculty Associate Paul Chang, associate professor of sociology at Harvard University, is a corecipient of the 2022 Outstanding Published Article Award from the Peace, War, and Social Conflict Section of the American Sociological Association for his article with Kangsan Lee, titled “The Structure of Protest Cycles: Inspiration and Bridging in South Korea’s Democracy Movement.” 

Faculty Associate Ellis Monk, associate professor of sociology at Harvard University, is one of the recipients of the 2022 New Innovator Awards. Part of the High-Risk, High-Reward Research Program, the award supports exceptionally creative early career investigators who propose innovative, high-impact projects in the biomedical, behavioral, or social sciences within the National Institute of Health mission. Monk received the award for his project, “The Optics of Health: Race Skin Tone Minority Health and Health Disparities in the US.” 

Faculty Associate Emma Rothschild, Jeremy and Jane Knowles Professor of History at Harvard University, is the recipient of the 2022 Leo Gershoy Award for her recent book, An Infinite History: The Story of a Family in France over Three Centuries (Princeton University Press, 2021). The prize, distributed by the American Historical Association, is awarded annually to the author of the most outstanding work published in English on any aspect of the fields of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century western European history. 

Former Graduate Student Associate Yeling Tan, now an assistant professor of political science at the University of Oregon, is the recipient of the 2022 Peter Katzenstein Book Prize for her book, Disaggregating China, Inc.: State Strategies in the Liberal Economic Order (Cornell University Press, 2021). The Katzenstein Prize, in honor of Peter J. Katzenstein, the Walter S. Carpenter, Jr. Professor of International Studies at Cornell University, recognizes an outstanding first book in international relations, comparative politics, or political economy.   

Faculty Associate Daniel Carpenter, Allie S. Freed Professor of Government at Harvard University, is the recipient of two book awards for his recent book, Democracy by Petition: Popular Politics in Transformation 1790–1870 (Harvard University Press, 2021). He won the 2022 J. David Greenstone Book Prize, given by the Politics and History Section of the American Political Science Association, which recognizes the best book in history and politics in the past two calendar years. He also won the 2022 James P. Hanlan Book Award, given by the New England Historical Association, which... Read more about Daniel Carpenter Wins Two 2022 Book Prizes

Faculty Associate Panagiotis Roilos, George Seferis Professor of Modern Greek Studies and professor of comparative literature at Harvard University, was recently elected president of the European Cultural Center of Delphi, a major cultural center in Europe, which functions under the auspices of—and in collaboration with—the European Council and the Greek Ministry of Culture. The mission of the Center is "to support exchanges of international cultural interest and to promote the common cultural values that unite the peoples of Europe through the advancement of scholarship on European culture... Read more about Panagiotis Roilos Appointed as President of the European Cultural Center of Delphi

Former GSA and Postdoctoral Fellow Amy Catalinac, now assistant professor of politics at New York University, is the corecipient of the 2021 Leon Weaver Award for her paper “Geographically-Targeted Spending in Mixed-Member Majoritarian Electoral Systems.” The award is given to the best paper presented at the previous American Political Science Association (APSA) on a conference panel sponsored by the Representation and Electoral Systems Section. The paper was subsequently published in World Politics, a quarterly journal of international relations. 

Faculty Associate Emma Rothschild, Jeremy and Jane Knowles Professor of History at Harvard University, is the recipient of the 2022 PROSE Award in European History for her book, An Infinite History: The Story of a Family in France over Three Centuries (Princeton University Press, 2021). Every year the Association of American Publishers Awards for Professional and Scholarly Excellence (PROSE Awards) recognize the best in professional and scholarly publishing by celebrating the authors, editors, and publishers whose works have made significant advancements in their respective fields of study.

Faculty Associate and Former Director Michèle Lamont, Robert I. Goldman Professor of European Studies and professor of sociology and of African and African American studies at Harvard University, received an honorary degree from the University of Antwerp. Every few years, the University of Antwerp faculty recommends an internationally renowned scientist for an honorary doctorate. Lamont was recognized for her expertise in sociological issues on culture and social inequality.

Former Faculty Associate Philippe Aghion, professor at the College de France and at the London School of Economics, is a finalist for the 2022 Hayek Book Prize for his book, The Power of Creative Destruction: Economic Upheaval and the Wealth of Nations (Harvard University Press, 2021). The award, given by the Manhattan Institute, honors the book that best reflects Friedrich Hayek’s vision of economic and individual liberty, and encourages other scholars to follow his example. The winner of the Hayek Prize is chosen from among the nominations by a selection committee of distinguished economists, journalists, and scholars. 

Former Faculty Associate Laura Diaz Anadon, Professor of Climate Change Policy at the University of Cambridge, is the recipient of a JM Keynes Senior Fellowship in Financial Economics. The JM Keynes Fellowship Fund, established by the University of Cambridge, supports fellows from a wide range of expertise, whose research falls within the areas of finance, financial institutions, and financial markets—and how those areas interact with microeconomic behavior and macroeconomic performance.

Former Postdoctoral Fellow Christy Thornton, now as assistant professor of sociology at Johns Hopkins University, is the recipient of the 2022 Luciano Tomassini Latin American International Relations Book Award for her book, Revolution in Development: Mexico and the Governance of the Global Economy (University of California Press, 2021). The award, in honor of the thinker, political scientist, and analyst Luciano Tomassini, is presented by the Latin American Studies Association to an author of an outstanding book on Latin American foreign policies and international relations. 

Faculty Associate Tarek Masoud, the Sultan Qaboos bin Said of Oman Professor of International Relations and professor of public policy at Harvard Kennedy School, was appointed coeditor of the Journal of Democracy by the National Endowment for Democracy (NED). The Journal of Democracy is a leading publication on the theory and practice of democracy around the world, and since its establishment in 1990, has shaped the thinking on major challenges that confront democracies. Masoud has an extensive background in leadership and academic scholarship, and backs the NED’s mission of... Read more about Tarek Masoud Named Coeditor of Journal of Democracy