Promoting sociology in Australia
Facilitating sociology teaching and research
Enhancing the professional development of TASA members
Promoting sociology in Australia
Facilitating sociology teaching and research
Enhancing the professional development of TASA members
The TASA Best Paper Award for the Journal of Sociology (JoS) is a biennial process that uses academic peer review to select papers of outstanding quality published in JoS. The prize is awarded to the paper judged by the panel to be the best published in the previous two years of the Journal of Sociology. Symposia or parts of symposia, replies or rejoinders, notes and book reviews (but not review essays) are excluded from consideration. Recent recipients of the award include:
2004 – 2006
Phillips, T. and Smith, P. ‘Emotional and Behavioral Responses to Everyday Incivility: Challenging the Fear/Avoidance Paradigm’, Journal of Sociology, 40, (378-399), 2004.
2008 – 2010
West, BD. ‘Collective Memory and Crisis: The 2002 Bali Bombings, National Archetypes and the Counter-Narrative of Cosmopolitan Nationalism’, Journal of Sociology, 44, (pp. 337-353), 2008.
The JoS BP Award is presented in even years (2012, 2014, 2016 etc).
Please click on the heading titles below to view the Voting Process and Past Recipients of the JoS Best Paper Award.
The voting process takes place during September – October every two years (even years). Eligible papers include those appearing in the eight issues of JoS (including special editions) published in any two year period (e.g. December 08 – November 10). Papers authored by members of the JoS EB and Guest Editors of Special Editions published within the two-year time frame of the specific voting year are not eligible to be considered for the Prize.
In the year that the Prize is to be awarded, a selection committee of 12 people is assembled. The Committee comprises all members of the JoS Editorial Board plus 2 self-nominated members from both the JoS Editorial Advisory Board and the JoS International Editorial Board.
Round 1: Each member of the panel reviews 3 papers and ranks them in order from 1 (top) to 3 (bottom).
Round 2: The EIC and two self-nominated members of the JoS EB review the papers ranked with a ‘1’ and choose 4 top papers from this batch.
Round 3: All 12 members of the selection committee review the 4 papers and place them in ranked order from 1 – 3, providing brief comments to support their decision.
From the voting in Round 3 a winner is picked and the decision of the selection committee communicated to the TASA Executive for ratification. The winner of the prize is notified and the result publicly announced at the annual TASA conference dinner.
