AS Dissertation Award 2023

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Dr. Bujar Aruqaj (Free University of Berlin) received the Academy of Sociology’s award for the best sociological dissertation of 2022/23. Dr. Aruqaj was honored for his monograph on “Social Cohesion in European Societies: Conceptualizing and Assessing Togetherness.” The jury, consisting of Josef Brüderl, Marita Jacob, Malte Reichelt, and Pia Schober, highlighted his innovative approach to measuring and conducting a comparative analysis of social cohesion in Europe. The book was published by Routledge in 2023. The dissertation prize, which was presented to Dr. Aruqaj at the Academy’s congress in Bern, is endowed with 1,500 euros.

Dissertations completed in 2023 and 2024 may be submitted for consideration at the next Academy Congress in 2025.