About the Best Paper Award for Early Career Scholars
The Japanese Political Science Association confers the Best Paper Award for Early Career Scholars (Article 1 of the Regulations for the Japanese Political Science Association’s Best Paper Award for Early Career Scholars) to encourage and honor the research of early career scholars and to further invigorate research activities through the Association. The awards committee selects the best paper from among those published in the Annals of the Japanese Political Science Association between the preceding and current Annual Meeting of the JPSA.
Latest Award-winning Works
2025
Takuto Kobayashi
“Why Does Political Incompetence Matter? A Relational Egalitarian Assessment and Solution”
(2024 Volume 75 Issue 2)
Itaru Yanagi
“Acceptance of Consolidation of Public Facilities: A Vignette Experiment on Social Fairness”
(2024 Volume 75 Issue 2)
Selection Committee:
Masahiro Noguchi (Chair)