The Portuguese Political Science Association Prize, established in 2008, distinguishes the best doctoral thesis in the field of Political Science across all its branches and subfields, including, among others, International Relations, Political Theory, Comparative Politics, and Public Administration and Public Policy.
The Prize is announced at the biennial Congress of the Portuguese Political Science Association.
Winners
1st Edition /Congress 2008
Prize awarded to:
Marcos Faria Ferreira
Doctoral thesis submitted to the Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas (ISCSP), entitled Cristãos e Pimenta, a Via Media na Teoria das Relações Internacionais de Adriano Moreira.
Marco Lisi
Doctoral thesis submitted to the Università degli Studi di Firenze, entitled L’arte di essere indispensabile: leader e organizzazione nel Partito Socialista Portoghese (1976–2006).
2nd Edition /Congress 2010
Prize awarded to Tiago Roma Fernandes
Doctoral thesis submitted to the European University Institute (EUI), entitled Patterns of Associational Life in Western Europe, 1800–2000. A Comparative and Historical Interpretation.
Honourable Mention awarded to Alexandra Magnólia Dias
Doctoral thesis submitted to the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), entitled An Inter-State War in the Post-Cold War Era: Eritrea-Ethiopia (1998–2000).
3rd Edition /Congress 2012
Prize awarded to:
Sónia Pires
Doctoral thesis submitted to the European University Institute (EUI), entitled Immigration Political Mobilisation in Portugal and Italy.
Licínia Simão
Doctoral thesis submitted to the University of Coimbra, entitled Forging a Wider European Security Community: Prospects for the Neighbourhood Policy in the South Caucasus.
4th Edition/Congress 2014
Prize awarded to:
Teresa Paula de Almeida Cravo
Doctoral thesis submitted to the University of Cambridge, entitled What’s in a Label? The Aid Community’s Representations of Success and Failure in Mozambique and Guinea-Bissau.
Ramon Blanco de Freitas
Doctoral thesis submitted to the University of Coimbra, entitled Peace as Government: The (Bio)Politics of State-Building.
Honourable Mention awarded to Filipa Alves Raimundo
Doctoral thesis submitted to the European University Institute (EUI), entitled Post-Transitional Justice. Spain, Poland and Portugal Compared.
5th Edition/Congress 2016
Prize awarded to Edalina Sanches
Doctoral thesis submitted to the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon, entitled Explaining Party System Institutionalization in Africa: From a Broad Comparison to a Focus on Mozambique and Zambia.
6th Edition/Congress 2018
Prize awarded to Jovana Ranito
Doctoral thesis submitted to the University of Coimbra, entitled Why Doesn’t It Work? US Regulatory Challenges in Outsourcing Private Use of Violence in Stability Operations.
7th Edition/March 2022
Prize awarded to Tiago Miguel Lopes Carvalho
Doctoral thesis submitted to the University of Cambridge, entitled Contesting Austerity: A Comparative Approach to the Cycles of Protest in Portugal and Spain under the Great Recession (2008–2015).
8th Edition/Congress 2023
Prize awarded to Vicente Valentim
Doctoral thesis submitted to the European University Institute (EUI), entitled Social Norms and Stigmatized Political Behavior.
Honourable Mentions awarded to:
António Valentim
Doctoral thesis submitted to Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, entitled Environmental Politics and Political Behaviour in Established Democracies.
Maria Leonor Albuquerque Durão Barroso
Doctoral thesis submitted to Universidade Católica Portuguesa – IEP, entitled Origem e Limites do Poder Político na Obra do Padre Francisco Suárez, SJ: Suárez como Defensor de um Governo Limitado: Uma Leitura à Luz da Polémica com Jaime I.
9th Edition/Congress 2025
Prize awarded to Catarina Leão
Doctoral thesis submitted to the University of Oxford, entitled Autocratic Legacies and Immunisation Against Extremism: A Rational Choice Approach.
Honourable Mention awarded to Mariana Carmo Duarte
Doctoral thesis submitted to the European University Institute (EUI), entitled Party Politicisation of the European Union and Public Opinion Formation: The Role of Individual Predispositions, Framing Effects, and Party Cues.