Best PhD Thesis Prize
Best PhD Thesis Prize
The Best PhD Thesis prize is awarded annually and recognise outstanding and original contributions in the area of contemporary European Studies.
Eligibility and Prize:
The PhD thesis must:
- have been written in English;
- have been passed in the 2023 calendar year (i.e. up to 31 December 2023);
- be authored by an Early-Career or PhD Researcher member of UACES (you can join when you nominate).
To nominate yourself for the prize please:
- email an electronic copy of the thesis (PDF) to admin@uaces.org;
- Complete the online nomination form.
The prize is 100 GBP and the winning scholar will be invited to attend our Annual Conference as our guest and to collect the prize.
The deadline for the 2024 prize is 1 December 2023.
If your PhD is being examined between the deadline and 31 December you can still be considered for the 2023 prize. If your thesis is due to be examined in this window and you wish to nominate yourself, you must complete the nomination form and contact admin@uaces.org prior to the deadline, stating that you wish to be considered for an extension.
We look forward to receiving your nominations.
Previous Winners
Year
Year
Author
Author
Thesis Title
Thesis Title
Institution
Institution
Year
2023
Author
Yaning Zhang
Thesis Title
A Supranational Guardian with Two Faces: An analytical typology of the European Commision's toleration of noncompliance with EU law
Institution
Fudan University
Year
2022
Author
Marij Swinkels
Thesis Title
The role of EU leaders and ideas in managing the Eurozone crisis: navigating uncharted territory
Institution
Utrecht University
Year
2021
Author
Charlotte Godziewski
Thesis Title
Health in All Policies’ at EU Level: A Critical Analysis
Institution
University of Sheffield
Year
2020
Author
Niels Gheyle
Thesis Title
Trade policy with the lights on: The origins, dynamics, and consequences of the politicization of TTIP
Institution
Universiteit Gent
Year
2019
Author
Anna Wambach
Thesis Title
The European Union in British news discourse from 2014 to 2015: A Dialectical-Relational Critical Discourse Analysis
Institution
Year
2018
Author
Koen Slootmaeckers
Thesis Title
From ‘Strategic Accession’ to ‘Tactical Europeanisation’? The Promotion of and Resistance to LGBT Equality in Serbia’s European Integration Process
Institution
Queen Mary University of London
Year
2017
Author
Lisanne Groen
Thesis Title
The Importance of Fitting Activities to Context: The EU in Multilateral Climate and Biodiversity Negotiations
Institution
Free University of Brussels
Year
2016
Author
Paul Tobin
Thesis Title
Explaining Climate Policy Variation in Developed States
Institution
University of York
Year
2015
Author
Rikke Wagner
Thesis Title
Exit as Voice: Transnational Citizenship Practices in Response to Denmark’s Family Unification Policy
Institution
London School of Economics and Politics Science
Year
2014
Author
Sonja Kittelsen
Thesis Title
The EU and the Securitization of Pandemic Influenza
Institution
Aberystwyth University
Year
2013
Author
Ania Zbyszewska
Thesis Title
Gendering the European Working-Time Regimes - The Universe of Political Discourse, Working-Time Regulation, and Gender Equality in the Wider European Union and in Poland
Institution
University of Victoria
Year
2012
Author
Alison Johnston
Thesis Title
European Monetary Union and Institutional Change: The Perverse Effects of Supranational Macroeconomic Regimes on Wage Inflation
Institution
London School of Economics & Political Science
Year
2011
Author
Eike Klüver
Thesis Title
Lobbying in the European Union: Interest Group Influence on Policy Formulation
Institution
University of Mannheim
Year
2010
Author
Ronan McCrea
Thesis Title
Religion and the Public Order of the European Union
Institution
London School of Economics & Political Science
Year
2009
Author
Frank Häge
Thesis Title
Decision-Making in the Council of the European Union: The Role of Committees
Institution
Universiteit Leiden
Year
2008
Author
Mihalis Kritikos
Thesis Title
Institutions and Science in the Authorization of GMO Releases in the EU (1990-2007): The False Promise of Proceduralism
Institution
London School of Economics & Political Science
Year
2007
Author
Thomas Larue
Thesis Title
Agents in Brussels: Delegations and Democracy in the European Union
Institution
Umeå Universitet
Year
2006
Author
Sara Hobolt
Thesis Title
Europe in Question: The Role of Political Information in Referendums on European Integration
Institution
University of Cambridge
Year
2006
Author
Maria Strömvik
Thesis Title
To Act as a Union: Explaining the development of the EU's collective foreign policy
Institution
Lunds Universitet
Year
2005
Author
Dermot Hodson
Thesis Title
Economic Governance and the Dual Outcome in Euro Area Fiscal Policy 1999-2002
Institution
London School of Economics & Political Science