The Jeanne Knutson Award is given to a member of ISPP for long-standing service to the society.
How to Nominate:
All nominations must include the following: A short paragraph explaining why she/he deserves the award and a CV of the nominee. To complete a nomination, simply send these materials to the Committee Chair by the deadline.
The award recipient will be strongly encouraged to attend the Annual Meeting and Awards Reception.
2026 Award Committee:
Chair: Katarzyna Jaśko (Uniwersytet Jagielloński)
Committee: Tereza Capelos (University of Southampton), Thomas Kessler (Friedrich Schiller University, Jena)
THE NOMINATION PROCESS FOR 2026 IS NOW OPEN. The deadline for nominations is 15 January 2026.
Winners will be notified by early April 2026.
First awarded in 1987.
Current Winner
2025 Jeanne Knutson Award
Not awarded in 2025.
Past Winners
- 2024 Paul Nesbitt-Larking
- 2023 Melinda Jackson
- 2022 Not Awarded
- 2021 Not Awarded
- 2020 Catarina Kinnvall
- 2019 Felicia Pratto
- 2018 Bert Klandermans
- 2017 Kristen Monroe
- 2016 Leonie Huddy and Stanley Feldman
- 2015 Tereza Capelos
- 2014 Not Awarded
- 2013 Janusz Reykowski
- 2012 Doris Graber
- 2011 Bruce Dayton
- 2010 David Winter
- 2009 Helen Haste
- 2008 Aaron Belkin
- 2007 Don Sylvan
- 2006 Not Awarded
- 2005 Martha Crenshaw
- 2004 Jerrold Post
- 2003 Heather Gillespie
- 2002 Junior Scholars Committee
- 2001 Sam McFarland
- 2000 Alan Whittaker
- 1998 Noel Markham
- 1997 Stanley Renshon
- 1996 George Marcus
- 1995 Denis Snook
- 1994 Not Awarded
- 1993 Not Awarded
- 1992 Not Awarded
- 1991 Rosalind Lorwin
- 1990 Margaret Hermann
- 1989 Alfred Freedman
- 1988 Henry Alker
- 1987 James C. Davies
