APPAM Award for Best
Dissertation in Public Policy and Management in Asia, 2007-2008:
Call for Nominations
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Background: The APPAM Policy Council approved creation of this award on
November 2, 2005. Funding for the award currently comes from the National University
of Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, "established in 2004 with
the mission of educating and training the next generation of Asian policy-makers
and leaders." For more information on the Lee Kuan Yew School, please click here.
Purpose of Award: The Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management
(APPAM) seeks to to reward and encourage quality research on practical public
problems in Asia by emergent scholars.
Nature of Award: Winners receive a cash award in the amount of $1,500
in addition to a plaque, recognition at the annual APPAM Fall Research Conference,
and publication of an abstract in the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management.
A grant of up to US$2,500 will be provided to cover the cost of travel to the
conference to receive the award. The award will be offered on an annual basis
but will not be made if suitable submissions are not received.
Eligibility: Any dissertation whose substantive concern is public policy
or management and deals with some real-life public problem in one or more countries
in Asia, and accepted for the granting of a degree in the preceding academic
year, will be eligible for the award. Dissertations from any discipline are acceptable
as long as they are written in English and deal substantively with public policy
or management issues in Asia. Nominations must be made by an institutional member
of APPAM. There are no limitations with respect to theoretical perspective, methodology
or sub-discipline. All that will be required is that a substantial proportion
of the dissertation deals with a public policy or management issue in one or
more countries in Asia. For the purpose of the award the geographical limits
of Asia follow the United Nations definition of Asia (which excludes Australia
and New Zealand). The prize is open to women and men applicants of all nationality,
ethnicity, and place of residence.
Nominating Procedure: Nominations must come from programs that are institutional
members of APPAM. Please send a letter of nomination (with the nominee's current
address, email address, and phone number) carefully detailing the unique contributions
this dissertation makes to the field and three (3) copies of the dissertation
to the APPAM office.
Deadline for Nominations: All nominating materials must be received by
11 July 2008.
Prior Recipients:
2006-2007:
Hyun Koo Cho, University of Maryland-College Park, School of Public Policy
Title: The American Banker as International Investor: Have the New Banking Powers in the U.S. Increased Volatility of Lending into Emerging Economies?
2005-2006:
Shaoming Cheng, George Mason University, School of Public Policy
Title: Heterogeneous Preferences in the Location Choices of Japanese Investors in China: A Mixed Logit Approach.
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