IPSA confers several prestigious awards, presented at the IPSA World Congresses, that recognize outstanding contributions to political science and include a monetary prize. IPSA members are invited to submit nominations before 1 November 2024 for the Karl Deutsch Award. Nominations for this award can be submitted in one of the following ways:
a) by a national association of IPSA;
b) by an IPSA Research Committee (RC);
c) jointly by two or more IPSA members in good standing of at least two different nationalities;
d) by an incumbent IPSA Executive Committee (EC) member;
e) from outside IPSA, by established academic institutions active in political science.
The purpose of the Karl Deutsch Award is to honour a prominent scholar engaged in the cross-disciplinary research of which Karl Deutsch was a master, focusing on recognizing outstanding scholarship in the field of global politics. The recipient presents the Karl Deutsch Lecture at the IPSA World Congress of Political Science. The Karl Deutsch Lectures are published in the International Political Science Review. The award is made on the recommendation of the IPSA Committee on Organization, Procedures and Awards (COPA) and supported by the Karl Deutsch fund.
