Best Book Award (2027)

The IPPA Best Book Award is awarded biennially and given to a single- or co-authored monograph that makes an original and significant theoretical, methodological and/or empirical contribution to the field of Public Policy and/or Public Administration. 

Factors to be considered in the selection of the award winner include: contribution to the development of the fields, excellence in writing and communication, scholarly innovation and rigor; and critical acclaim (in scholarly domain or public affairs).

The prize is open to works by both academic and non-academic authors. The nominated book must have been published by a university or commercial publisher in the preceding two years (the prize awarded in 2027 will be for a book published in 2025 or 2026, year of publication being the year as stated in the book).

The monograph may be single- or jointly- authored.  Edited books are not eligible.

The work should preferably be in English; however, a submission written in another language can be nominated as long as it is accompanied by an English summary of the work of 5,000-7,000 words.

Self-nomination by authors is allowed but  self-nominations must be accompanied by another supporting letter from an academic and/or policy researcher in a scholarly institution or research centre.