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Prizes

IPHS

Book Prizes
Student Conference Paper Prize
Planning Perspectives Prize

Book Prizes

Call for nominations - IPHS book prizes

At IPHS conferences two prizes will be awarded:

The two most innovative books in planning history written in English and based on original new
research.

Books must have been published in the previous two calendar years. Books may be written individually or joint-authored. Anthologies and edited works are also welcome, but reprints and 'readers' are ineligible. The prize for each award is $ 250.

Nominations are invited from scholars and publishers. Nominations will comprise a 400 word statement, a short CV of the author(s), and 5 copies of the nominated book. (These materials will not be returned). Nomination materials should be sent (if possible earlier) to:

Pd. Dr. Dirk Schubert,
HCU c/o TU Hamburg-Harburg,
Schwarzenbergstrasse 95 IV D,
20173 Hamburg,
Germany.

Further information about the prize can be obtained from Dirk Schubert (Tel. +49-40-42878-3661, FAX +49-42878-2472, E-mail: dirk.schubert@hcu-hamburg.de).

Student Conference Paper Prize

The IPHS awards a prize for the best written paper by a postgraduate student on a planning history topic presented at its biannual international conference. This is a monetary prize of £100, and the opportunity for the student to have the paper published in Planning History, the refereed journal of the IPHS. The prize was first awarded at the Barcelona conference in July 2004.

Guidelines for submissions:

  • Entrants must register for and the conference.
  • The entrant must be currently researching at postgraduate level, whether for a Masters thesis by coursework or research, or for a doctorate.
  • No joint submissions with supervisors.
Student papers are assessed by a committee. Deadlines for submissions to be announced.

Planning Perspectives Paper Prize

Since 2006 a prize has been awarded for the best article on planning history published in the journal Planning Perspectives.

The prize - a two year subscription to the journal and £150 worth of Routledge books - is generously funded by Taylor and Francis, publishers of Planning Perspectives. For more information about Taylor and Francis and Planning Perspectives visit: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/02665433.html