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Daniel Ziblatt Wins APSA Honorable Mention Award

March 30, 2023
Faculty Associate Daniel Ziblatt, Eaton Professor of the Science of Government at Harvard University, received a Best Article Honorable Mention Award from the American Journal of Political Science. Ziblatt won the award with coresearcher Aditya Dasgupta, assistant professor of political science at the University of California, Merced, for their 2022 article, “Capital Meets Democracy: The Impact of Franchise Extension on Sovereign Bond Markets.” 

Victor Seow Wins John Whitney Hall Book Prize

March 16, 2023
Faculty Associate Victor Seow, assistant professor in the Department of the History of Science at Harvard University, received the 2023 John Whitney Hall Book Prize for his recent book, Carbon Technocracy: Energy Regimes in Modern East Asia (University of Chicago Press). Each year the prize is awarded at the Association for Asian Studies annual conference for an outstanding English language book published on Japan during the previous year.

Melani Cammett Appointed Honorary Professor to the Mitchell Institute

March 2, 2023
Center Director Melani Cammett, Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs at Harvard University, was appointed Honorary Professor to the Senator George J. Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice. The institute, housed at Queen’s University Belfast, awards this title to recognize and reward the contribution of individuals to teaching, research, and input through professional standing. 

Marino Auffant Wins John McCain Dissertation Award

February 6, 2023
Former Graduate Student Associate Marino Auffant, now a postdoc at Johns Hopkins University, won the 2023 John McCain Dissertation Award. The prize is awarded annually to up to two outstanding doctoral dissertations dealing with an aspect of transatlantic relations. Auffant was selected for his outstanding dissertation in the Department of History at Harvard University on the transformation of the world order during the 1970s due to the First Oil Shock.

Gbemisola Abiola Selected a Harvard Horizon Scholar

January 18, 2023
Graduate Student Associate Gbemisola Abiola is one of nine graduate students selected as a 2023 Harvard Horizons Scholar. As part of Harvard’s PhD community, each scholar receives in-depth mentoring on how to present their work effectively, which prepares them for a campus-wide symposium in Sanders Theatre every spring. 

Pippa Norris Wins Warren E. Miller Prize

December 13, 2022
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

Paul Chang Wins ASA Section Award for Outstanding Published Article

December 1, 2022
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.” 

Mary Brinton Conferred the Order of the Rising Sun

November 28, 2022
Faculty Associate Mary Brinton, Reischauer Institute Professor of Sociology at Harvard University, has been conferred the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon by the Government of Japan. She is honored for her contributions to the field of Japanese studies. The citation also commends Brinton’s observations and insightful arguments of Japanese society, including her research on labor markets and gender mainstreaming measures, which have had impact not only on Japanese scholars but also on policy makers and the broader public.

Jeffry Frieden Receives Career Achievement Award

November 8, 2022
Faculty Associate Jeffry Frieden, Stanfield Professor of International Peace at Harvard University, received the 2022 Career Achievement Award at the annual conference hosted by the International Political Economy Society (IPES). Every year IPES provides an annual forum for scholars of international political economy to present their best new work in progress to an informed and critical scholarly audience. 

Ellis Monk Receives NIH Director’s New Innovator Award

November 2, 2022
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.”