The ESR Prize for the Best Article of the Year
The ESR Best Article of the Year Prize is awarded annually to a paper that demonstrates rigorous empirical–theoretical sociological research. We are thrilled to announce the authors of the 2024 winning paper are Said Hassan, Camilla Hvidtfeldt, Lars Højsgaard Andersen, and Rebecca Overgaard Udsen. Read their winning article, and the two runners up, below.
2024 Winner
Do refugee children impair the academic performance of native children in the school? Informative null results from Danish Register Data
Said Hassan, Camilla Hvidtfeldt, Lars Højsgaard Andersen, and Rebecca Overgaard Udsen
European Sociological Review, Volume 39, Issue 3, June 2023, Pages 352–365, https://doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcac059
2024 Runners-up
Where DESO Disappears: Spatial Inequality and Social Stratification at Labour Market Entry
Katy Morris
European Sociological Review, Volume 39, Issue 1, February 2023, Pages 85–103, https://doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcac027
How women’s employment instability affects birth transitions: the moderating role of family policies in 27 European countries
Chen-Hao Hsu
European Sociological Review, Volume 39, Issue 6, December 2023, Pages 935–956, https://doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcad037
2023 Winner
Natural Disasters and Preferences for Redistribution: The Impact of Collective and Abrupt Disruptions
Irene Pañeda-Fernández
European Sociological Review, Volume 38, Issue 4, August 2022, Pages 575–589, https://doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcab059
2023 Runners-up
Grading Practices and the Social Gradient in GPA: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Sweden
Anders Hjorth-Trolle, Erik Rosenqvist, and Anders Hed
European Sociological Review, Volume 38, Issue 3, June 2022, Pages 455–471, https://doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcab053
Transitional Inequality Offset: Educational Expansion and Inequality of Educational Opportunity in European Countries between 2000 and 2018
Tomáš Katrňák and Barbora Hubatková
European Sociological Review, Volume 38, Issue 6, December 2022, Pages 882–903, https://doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcac003
More about the prize
The ESR Best Article of the Year Prize is open to all papers published in the journal during a given year. Papers are nominated by a jury that includes ESR's lead editor and a delegate of the ECSR board, who assess papers according the following criteria:
- Substantively interesting and relevant research problem
- Good explanation of the contribution to the field
- Rigorous use—and possibly development—of social scientific theory
- Rigorous use of advanced research methods
The prize winners receive a cash prize of €500, and the articles are free to read online for a limited time.
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