Early Career Research Award (2025)

The IPPA Early Career Research Award is awarded biennially to a scholar who, within seven years of completing the PhD, has a record of single-authored publications that represents a major 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 may include: contribution to the development of the field; excellence in writing and communication; scholarly innovation and rigor; and critical acclaim and citation (either in scholarly domain or in pubic affairs).

Self-nomination 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.

IMPORTANT DATES

Call for nominations: has been extended until February 20, 2025.

Results: March 20, 2025

Jury Members

Evangelia Petridou

NTNU Social Research and Mid Sweden University

Christopher Weible

University of Colorado Denver

Nikolaos Zahariadis

Rhodes College

JURY EXPLANATION

Mattia Casula is a particularly promising early career researcher in the field of public policy, both in term of the volume— and most importantly the quality— of this academic output, but also in terms of his contribution to the academic community and the profession. Dr. Casula exhibits an impressive volume and breadth and of publications, both single authored and in collaboration with different author teams. His scholarship demonstrates independence and his ability to drive his own research agenda centering on two broad trajectories: policy implementation as a distinct object of scientific inquiry and a field of practice, and policy process research at the EU and Member state levels. Dr. Casula is also active in the academic community, as evidenced by his engagement as a co-editor of special issues and his involvement in arranging panels at the ICPP conferences.