Best Book Prize
Best Book Prize
The Best Book Prize recognises an outstanding book that makes the most substantial and original contribution to knowledge in contemporary European Studies. Applications are currently open and will close on Monday 25 May 2026 at 23:59 BST.
The Best Book Prize is open to anyone. You do not need to be a UACES member to apply though only current members are eligible to receive the award. If you are not yet a member, you can join at www.uaces.org/membership.
Self‑application is warmly encouraged. Applications from colleagues and publisher submissions are equally welcome.
Eligibility
- The work must be a first edition book
- Edited volumes, journal articles, book chapters and textbooks are not eligible
- The book must have been published between 1 January and 31 December 2025
- Co‑authored books are eligible. All authors must be named in the application
- Publishers may submit one book only
Prize
- A commemorative glass award
- A certificate
- Three‑day attendance at the UACES 56th Annual Conference in Prague
- An opportunity to speak in the UACES Award Winner webinar series
- Promotion across UACES social media channels
How to Apply
If you meet the eligibility criteria and would like to apply for this award, either for yourself or on behalf of someone else, please complete the online application form.
The form will ask for basic information about the applicant and nominee (where applicable), along with details relevant to the award. You will also be asked to provide a supporting statement addressing the criteria for the award.
To help you structure your statement, you may wish to consider the following questions.
- What is the central argument or contribution of this work?
- What is the significance of this work for the field of European Studies? How does it advance knowledge or open new directions?
- Has this work had any broader impact on policy, practice, public debate or other disciplines? Please give specific examples where possible.
- Is there anything about this work's approach, focus or perspective that you feel the judging panel should be aware of?
Previous Winners
Year
Year
Author
Author
Book
Book
Year
2025
Author
Fiona Costello, Catherine Barnard and Sarah Fraser Butlin
Book
Low Paid EU Migrant Workers: the House, the Street, the Town
Year
2024
Author
Luke Dimitrios Spieker
Book
EU Values Before the Court of Justice
Year
2023
Author
Mary C. Murphy and Jonathan Evershed
Book
A Troubled Constitutional Future: Northern Ireland after Brexit
Year
2022
Author
Elena Baracani
Book
EU-Turkey Relations - A new Direction for EU Foreign Policy?
Year
2021
Author
Vestert Borger
Book
The Currency of Solidarity: Constitutional Transformation during the Euro Crisis
Year
2020
Author
Simon Bulmer & Willie Patterson
Book
Germany and the European Union: Europe’s Reluctant Hegemon
Year
2020
Author
Eleni Frantziou
Book
The Horizontal Effect of Fundamental Rights in the European Union
Year
2019
Author
Jan Zielonka
Book
Counter-Revolution: Liberal Europe in Retreat
Year
2018
Author
Thomas Winzen
Book
Constitutional Preferences and Parliamentary Reform - Explaining National Parliaments' Adaptation to European Integration
Year
2017
Author
Michaël Tatham
Book
With, Without, or Against the State? How European regions play the Brussels game
Year
2016
Author
Theresa Kuhn
Book
Experiencing European Integration: Transnational Lives and European Identity
Year
2015
Author
Kenneth Dyson
Book
States, Debt, and Power: Saints and Sinners in European History and Integration
Year
2014
Author
Claudia Schrag Sternberg
Book
The Struggle for EU Legitimacy: Public Contestation 1950-2005
Year
2013
Author
Christopher Bickerton
Book
European Integration: From Nation-States to Member States
Year
2012
Author
Mai’a K. Davis Cross
Book
Security Integration in Europe: How Knowledge-based Networks Are Transforming the European Union
Year
2011
Author
Kenneth Armstrong
Book
Governing Social Inclusion: Europeanization through Policy Coordination
Year
2010
Author
Robert Schütze
Book
From Dual to Cooperative Federalism: The Changing Structure of European Law
Year
2009
Author
Urfan Khaliq
Book
Ethical Dimensions of the Foreign Policy of the European Union: A Legal Appraisal
Year
2008
Author
Jo Shaw
Book
The Transformation of Citizenship in the European Union: Electoral Rights and the Restructuring of Political Space
Year
2007
Author
Andrew Jordan & Adriaan Schout
Book
The Coordination of the European Union: Exploring the Capacities of Networked Governance
Year
2007
Author
Lynn Dobson
Book
Supranational Citizenship (Europe in Change)
Year
2006
Author
Georg Menz
Book
Varieties of Capitalism and Europeanization: National Response Strategies to the Single European Market
Year
2005
Author
Stefan Auer
Book
Liberal Nationalism in Central Europe