The purpose of the Karl Deutsch Award is to honour a prominent scholar engaged in the cross-disciplinary research of which Karl Deutsch was a master, focusing on recognizing outstanding scholarship in the field of global politics. The recipient presents the Karl Deutsch Lecture at the IPSA World Congress of Political Science. The Karl Deutsch Lectures are published in the International Political Science Review. The award is made on the recommendation of the IPSA Committee on Organization, Procedures and Awards (COPA) and supported by the Karl Deutsch fund.
Condition:
The award recipient is to attend the upcoming IPSA World Congress and present a lecture to receive the monetary prize. Remote participation will be possible only when the event is fully virtual for the Congress in question. If the award recipient participates virtually, the travel funding will not be provided. If the award recipient participates in a fully virtual Congress, the travel funding will not be provided.
Nomination Procedures:
Nominations for the prize can be made by one of the following ways:
a) by a national association of IPSA;
b) by an IPSA Research Committee (RC);
c) jointly by two or more IPSA members in good standing of at least two different nationalities;
d) by an incumbent IPSA Executive Committee (EC) member;
e) from outside IPSA, by established academic institutions active in political science.