Call for Nominations: 2026 Alice Amsden Best Book Award

Deadline: 1 February 2026

The Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE) invites nominations for the 2026 Alice Amsden Best Book Award, which recognizes an outstanding scholarly book that breaks new ground in the study of socio-economics.

Eligible books must have a first edition publication date of 2024 or 2025 and may not be edited volumes. The award carries a $2,000 prize and will be presented at the SASE 2026 Annual Conference in Bordeaux.

Eligibility and Submission

Only current SASE members may nominate a book for the prize. Authors are welcome to nominate their own work.
To become a member, visit Join SASE.

To submit a nomination, please send both:

1. An electronic copy of the book that can be shared with all committee members to sasebookaward@sase.org

2. A hard copy to each of the committee members listed below

All materials must be received by 1 February 2026. Each submission must include a brief nomination letter describing how the book contributes to SASE’s intellectual mission.

All books must be in English and meet the publication date criteria. Diversity and inclusion remain priorities for SASE.

For questions, contact SASE Executive Director Annelies Fryberger at saseexecutive@sase.org or Committee Chair Kim Pernell at kim.pernell@austin.utexas.edu.

2026 Committee Members

Kim Pernell (Chair)
University of Texas at Austin
Department of Sociology, 305 E. 23 St, A1700, RLP 3.306
Austin, TX 78712-1086, United States

Tamara Lee
Rutgers University School of Management and Labor Relations
94 Rockafeller Rd.
Piscataway, NJ 08854, United States

Matthias Thiemann
Sciences Po
2 rue Arthur Honegger
78100 Saint Germain en Laye, France
Tel: +0033615095726

Ya-Wen Lei
Harvard University
33 Kirkland St, Room 620
Cambridge, MA 02138, United States

Electronic copies: sasebookaward@sase.org

Learn More

Read about the Alice Amsden Best Book Award, past winners, and its history here.