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Postgraduate Conference Paper Prize

The Postgraduate Conference Paper Prize is awarded annually to the best conference paper by postgraduate students.

Postgraduate Conference Paper Prize 2021

Closing Date for Applications is Saturday 31 July 2021.
Papers must include a title page with author details, 200-word abstract, and a maximum word length of 6,000 words (excluding footnotes and references).
All submissions should be emailed to the Conference Secretary, Ms Kelli-Lee Drake at apsa2021@mq.edu.au.

Nomination Guidelines

The prize is awarded to the best paper submitted for refereeing prior to the conference by postgraduate students.
Each stream coordinator will be invited to nominate the best postgraduate paper from within their stream, informed by referee comments where possible.
The nominee must be a current financial member of APSA in the year of nomination.

Judging Process

The decision will be made by a judging panel chaired by a member of the conference organising committee. The panel will read and rank the nominated papers, applying the following criteria:

Degree of originality
use of appropriate sources
coherence of argument
sophistication of analysis

Members of judging panels should adhere to the Guidance on Identifying and Managing Conflicts of Interest. If the Chair of a judging panel has a significant conflict of interest, they must relinquish their position as Chair to one of the other panellists.
APSA reserves the right not to award the prize in any given year.

Award Details

The winner will be invited to attend the Association’s annual conference dinner and receive the prize of $1000 and a certificate.
This Prize is funded by the APSA.

Past winners

2020

James Hayne

Media Coverage of Opinion Polling: Does the Media Favour Historically Accurate Pollsters?

2019

Jordan McSwiney

Social Networks and Digital Organisation: Far Right Parties at the 2019 Australian Federal Election.

2018

Prudence Brown

We Can’t Live on a Piece of Paper – pragmatism and innovation in parks policy in the Northern Territory.

2017

Jiye Kim

Disputed Waters, Contested Norms: China’s bargaining capability in the South China Sea disputes.

2016

Trang Dand

From ‘high watermark’ to low ebb? How Aboriginal rights debates in Australia have informed land reform policies in the Northern Territory.

2015

Sean Barry

Gillard’s clean energy future package – paradigm change minus valence equals failure.

2014

Tu Phuong Nguyen

Rethinking state-labour relations in Vietnam: New institutional dynamics in resolving labour disputes.

Contact Us

All enquiries regarding the APSA Annual Conference 2021 should be emailed to the Conference Secretariat, Ms Kelli-Lee Drake at:

Email apsa2021@mq.edu.au

Main campus

Balaclava Road
Macquarie University NSW 2109

City campus

Angel Place
Level 24, 123 Pitt Street
Sydney NSW 2000

Event Contact

apsa2021@mq.edu.au

Acknowledgement of Country

Macquarie University is located on the land of the Wallumattagal clan of the Dharug people. We pay respects to the Elders and knowledge holders who have, and continue to share their wisdom and knowledges, nurturing and sustaining our environments, cultures and education.