The International Network for Peace Psychology (INPP) makes a number of awards available every two years to recognise outstanding research and practice in peace psychology.
Congratulations to the recipients of the 2023 awards Distinguished Contributions to Practice to Award 2023: Associate Professor Emebet Mulugeta, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
Lifetime Achievement Award 2023: Professor Dan Christie, Ohio State University, USA.
The INPP awards are as follows: Early Career Award This award is given in recognition of outstanding research in peace psychology for scholars at the beginning of their academic career. Nominees must be up to 7 years post-PhD/Doctorate to be eligible for this award. Self-nominations are welcome. Deadline: Nominations are currently closed for this award.
Mid-Career Award This award is given recognition of outstanding research in peace psychology by a mid-career researcher. Nominees should typically be within 7- 20 years post-PhD/Doctorate to be eligible for this award. Self-nominations are welcome. Deadline: Nominations are currently closed for this award.
Lifetime Achievement in Peace Psychology This award is given recognition of substantial contributions to research, theory, or methods in the field of peace psychology over the course of one’s career. Self-nominations are welcome. Deadline: Nominations are currently closed for this award.
Distinguished Contributions to Practice in Peace Psychology This award is given in recognition of practitioner contributions to peace psychology. Nominees can be of any career stage and do not need to have a PhD/Doctorate to be eligible for this award. Self-nominations are welcome. Deadline: Nominations are currently closed for this award.
Eligibility
There are no requirements for either nominees or nominators to be members of INPP or have attended a previous INPP symposium. Self-nominations are welcome for all awards.
How to Apply
Using the required form, nominators are asked to upload the following by the advertised deadline:
A letter of nomination of up to 500 words that describes the nominee’s contributions to peace psychology
A short nominee CV (up to 2 A4 pages, 12pt font, and 2cm margins)
For the Early Career, Mid-Career, and Lifetime Achievement awards, the nomination letter should include details of important theoretical, empirical, and/or methodological contributions made to peace psychology.
For the Distinguished Contributions to Practice award, applied or practical contributions to the development or maintenance of peace should be described. The connection between these applied contributions and peace psychology should also be explained.
Review Process
Nominations will be reviewed by the Awards and Nominations sub-committee of the INPP Steering Committee. Nominees will be judged on their contributions, dependent on career stage, to peace psychology research or practice as relevant to the award using both the nomination statement and the nominee’s CV.
Winner Recognition
Award winners will receive an award certificate and will be invited to give either a virtual or in-person talk at our Biennial Symposium.