AS Dissertation Award

At its biennial AS Congress, the Academy of Sociology awards the prize for the best dissertation in analytical-empirical sociology. The prize money currently amounts to 1,500 EUR.

Researchers whose dissertation (in German or English) was successfully defended in either of the two years prior to the award ceremony are eligible to submit an application. Reviewers and advisors of outstanding analytical-empirical theses are encouraged to inform their doctoral students of this opportunity to submit an application. AS membership is not required to apply.

The call for submissions for the AS Dissertation Award 2027 will be announced here shortly.

Past Award Recipients:

AS Dissertation Award 2025
Dr. Kasimir Dederichs (Nuffield College, University of Oxford): „Who (Else) Is Involved? How Voluntary Associations Connect and Separate Us“

AS Dissertation Award 2023
Dr. Bujar Aruqaj (FU Berlin): „Social Cohesion in European Societies. Conceptualising and Assessing Togetherness“

AS Dissertation Award 2021
Dr. Katrin Paula (University of Mannheim): „Micro-Dynamics of Mobilization. Evidence from the German Democratic Republic“

AS Dissertation Award 2019
Dr. Hanno Kruse (University of Mannheim): „Close Neighbors, Separate Lives. An Investigation of Residential Barriers and Bridges to the Social Integration of Young Immigrants in Germany“