2024 Sussex International Theory Prize 

 The Centre for Advanced International Theory invites nominations for the 2024 Sussex International Theory Prize for the best piece of research in International Relations published in book form in 2023.   

  In 2011, the Centre for Advanced International Theory (CAIT) was established by the Department of International Relations within the School of Global Studies at the University of Sussex. The core mission of the Centre is to support and disseminate innovative fundamental research in international theory:  http://www.sussex.ac.uk/cait/ 

  To this end, the Sussex International Theory Prize is awarded annually for the best piece of innovative theoretical research in International Relations. Last year’s Prize was awarded to Musab Younis for On the Scale of the World: The Formation of Black Anticolonial Thought (University of California Press). 

  In the summer of 2024, the prize will be awarded for the best piece of research published in book form in 2023.  

Eligibility: 

 •  The work should be in International Relations, broadly conceived - including sub-fields. 

•  The work must have been published in 2023: judged by copyright date. 

•  Nominations should be for research monographs only: edited volumes, textbooks, articles and book chapters are not eligible. 

Submission/Nomination: 

  •  The award is made annually on the basis of nominations by individuals, publishers and peers. 

•  Nominations should take the form of a statement of less than 200 words on why the work could be considered the best piece of innovative theoretical research in International Relations from the previous year.  

•  Nominators (including publishers) are limited to one submission.  

•  It is the nominator’s responsibility to contact the publisher and request that seven [7] hard copies of the title (ebooks not accepted) be sent by the nomination deadline to: 

Amy Collyer 

c/o Centre for Advanced International Theory  

Research Office, Room C125 

Arts C Building, University of Sussex  

Falmer, East Sussex, BN1 9SJ 

UK  

•  Nominations can be made by email submission through by 30 April 2024 to cait@sussex.ac.uk.  Book copies must also arrive by this date. 

•  The recipient will be notified in June 2024. 

Prize: 

 •  The recipient will be invited to present their research in a Public Prize Lecture at the University of Sussex. 

•  The winner receives £150 worth of books from Cambridge University Press and a two-year print and online subscription to International Theory. 

Centre for Advanced International Theory

Department of International Relations

University of Sussex

Falmer

East Sussex

BN1 9SJ

E cait@sussex.ac.uk

www.sussex.ac.uk/cait

Follow us on Twitter @SussexCAIT

Back to news list