CONFLICT, SOCIAL ACTION, AND CHANGE: GRADUATE STUDENT PAPER AWARD

Deadline: 1/31/26

The Conflict, Social Action, and Change Division (CSAC) is excited to announce its 2026 Graduate Student Paper Award. We invite graduate students to submit empirically grounded papers that make a theoretical and/or methodological contribution to the study of collective conflict, social action, and social change. Submissions may address (but are not limited to) the following themes: political conflict, repression, and violence; social movement mobilization and protest; peacebuilding and conflict transformation; criminal justice reform; resistance and norm contestation; and institutional change.

Guidelines for submission are as follows:

  • A paper must not yet be published or accepted for publication at the time of submission (it can, however, be under review).
  • Papers must be authored by a current graduate student (either solely or co-authored by more than one graduate student) and may not be co-authored by a faculty member or other non-student.
  • At least one of the authors must be a member of the SSSP to qualify for the award.
  • Papers should not exceed 50 double-spaced pages, inclusive of all notes, references, and tables.
  • The student may not submit the same paper to more than one division.

To be considered, submit:

  • a copy of the manuscript,
  • a cover letter specifying that the paper is to be considered for the CSAC Division Graduate Student Paper Competition,
  • a letter from your advisor that certifies your graduate-student status and offers some brief comments about your work.

Please upload your submission to both the Annual Meeting Call for Papers submission site AND send an electronic copy of all requested materials to the Division Chair, Sara Tehrani, at sara.tehrani@ucf.edu with the subject line: “CSAC 2026 Graduate Student Paper Award.”

The winner will receive a $150 cash award, a one-year student membership to SSSP, waiver of 2026 Conference registration fees, and an electronic certificate commemorating their superb achievement.

CONFLICT, SOCIAL ACTION, AND CHANGE: OUTSTANDING ARTICLE AWARD

Deadline: 1/31/26

The Conflict, Social Action, and Change Division (CSAC) is excited to announce our Outstanding Article Award for 2026. With this award, the division aims to recognize published and pre-published work that is exemplary in its contributions to scholars and activists, advancing rigorous critical scholarship and activist-informed understandings of the character and causes of oppression, conflict, social movements, and social change central to the division's mission. Articles on a broad range of topics are welcomed (e.g., poverty, criminal justice, social movements, mobilization and protest, political conflict, repression, violence and war, peacebuilding and conflict transformation, global inequality, labor, the environment, migration, human rights, race, gender, and sexuality based oppression and inequality, the body, intersectionality, teaching for change, resistance and norm contestation, and institutional change); however, nominated articles should demonstrate commitment to social justice and research of, by, and/or for those most affected by social inequalities in the global world.

Guidelines for submission of nominations are as follows:

  • Eligible articles must have been or will be published between January 1, 2020, and January 1, 2026.
  • Single- or multiple-authored articles are accepted.
  • At least one of the authors must be a member of the SSSP to qualify for the award.

Emailed nominations should be titled “CSAC 2026 Outstanding Paper Article Nomination” and include the following as attachments:

  • a copy of the article,
  • a cover letter specifying the article is to be considered for the CSAC 2026 Outstanding Article Award, describing the research, project, and/or work from which the publication originates, and a brief biographical statement and affiliation for all authors,
  • current Vita(s) of the nominated author(s).

Authors are encouraged to nominate their own work. Nominations are submitted to the Division Chair, Sara Tehrani, via email at: sara.tehrani@ucf.edu. Nominees and nominated articles will be reviewed, and awardee(s) will be determined by the Outstanding Article Award Committee. The awardee(s) will receive a plaque of recognition at the CSAC business meeting and be featured in the division newsletter.