The Editors of European Political Science (EPS) are delighted to announce that the 2023 Jacqui Briggs EPS Prize for the best article published in the last year’s journal volume has been awarded to Karin Dyrstad and Jonathon W. Moses for ‘Big data meets open political science: an empirical assessment of transparency standards 2008–2019’, published in Volume 22, Issue 2.
The Prize Committee, which comprised Kerstin Hamann as Chair (University of Central Florida), Daniel Stockemer (University of Ottawa), and the 2022 Prize Winner Jay Krehbiel (West Virginia University), praised the originality of the impressive dataset of 1555 articles to explore the use of ‘big data’ and increasing demands for research transparency in political science.
The Prize Committee highlighted that Karin and Jonathon’s article perfectly embodies the spirit of the Jacqui Briggs EPS Prize as recognition for enhancing our understanding of innovative trends in political science. They added that the paper’s own expansive methodological approach provides a potential template for future studies similarly tasked with taking stock of the state of the discipline and sets an example in data transparency.
About our winners
Karin Dyrstad and Jonathon W. Moses are both professors at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in the Faculty of Social and Education Sciences.
Karin’s work combines insights from the political behaviour and peace and conflict traditions to study individuals in conflict-affected societies and fragile states, improving scholarly understanding of individual level causes and consequences of political violence and support for different peacebuilding strategies. In addition to her piece in EPS, Karin’s research has also appeared in the Journal of Conflict Resolution, International Peacekeeping and the Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties.
Jonathon’s research interests focus broadly on the impact of global economic integration on political sovereignty at various levels, with his most recent work concerning natural resource management. With Anne Margrethe Brigham, Jonathon is co-author of The Natural Dividend: Just Management of Our Common Resources (Agenda Press, 2023). His recent works also include Workaway: The Human Costs of Europe’s Common Labour Market (Bristol University Press, 2021) and Eurobondage: The Political Costs of Monetary Union in Europe (ECPR Press, 2017).
In their own words:
‘This paper started out as a little side project that grew out of proportions. Developing the research design was a lot of fun but quite tricky as we could not really build on pre-existing designs. I never imagined that we would win a prize! Being awarded the Jacqui Briggs EPS Prize is a great honour and inspiration.’—Karin Dyrstad.
‘I knew and worked alongside Jacqui Briggs when she was an EPS editor and I have always been a great admirer of her passion for the discipline and all the hard worked she dedicated to advancing political science in Europe. Although Karin and I are colleagues, it is not often that we get an opportunity to work together: this project was a fun and fruitful exception! For both reasons, it is a wonderful honour to have worked with Karin in an effort that was awarded a prize in Jacqui’s memory.’—Jonathon W. Moses.
On behalf of the 2023 Prize Committee and Palgrave Macmillan, we congratulate Karin Dyrstad and Jonathon W. Moses on receiving the 2023 Jacqui Briggs EPS Prize.
