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The PNP Division is pleased to announce our 2025 award winners. Congratulations to all and thank you to each committee member, chair, and sponsor.

Best Journal Article Award

“An Analysis of Micro-Scale Conflict in Collaborative Governance.” Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 34, no. 2 (April 2024): 316–30. https://doi.org/10.1093/jopart/muad025

Nicola Ulibarri, University of California, Irvine

Best Journal Article Award Honorable Mentions

“Equity in Government Contracting: Analyzing the Performance of Small Disadvantaged Businesses.” Public Administration Review 84, no. 3 (May 2024): 484–99. https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.13704

Benjamin Brunjes, University of Washington
Evelyn Rodriguez-Plesa, University of Central Florida

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“Burdens, Bribes, and Bureaucrats: The Political Economy of Petty Corruption and Administrative Burdens.” Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 34, no. 4 (October 2024): 481–97. https://doi.org/10.1093/jopart/muae010

Fernando Nieto Morales, El Colegio de México
Rik Peeters, CIDE, Mexico
Gabriela Lotta, São Paulo School of Business Administration

Best Book Award

Volunteer Management: A Strategic Approach. Routledge, 2024.

Jessica Sowa, University of Delaware
Jaclyn Piatak, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Best Book Award Honorable Mention

Authoritarian Absorption: The Transnational Remaking of Epidemic Politics in China. Oxford University Press, 2024.

Yan Long, University of California, Berkley

Best Dissertation Award

Public Employee Stereotypes: What are they? Do they matter?

Sheeling Neo, American University

Best Dissertation Award Honorable Mention

Evaluating Heavy-Handed and Collaborative Crime Control Policies in Jamaica: Impacts on Decision-making, Education, and Safety

Aubrey Stewart, Office of the Prime Minister, Jamaica

Best Conference Paper by a Public and Nonprofit Division Doctoral Student

"Revisiting Volunteering Research: A Systematic Literature Review"

Silvia Lässer, University of Bern

Charles H. Levine Award for Best Conference Paper in the Public and Nonprofit Division

"Money Silences 'Us': Financial Topics Erode Collective Identity in the German Parliament"

Robin Bachmann, Free University of Berlin

Best International/Comparative Conference Paper Award

"Selective Deinstitutionalization: Informal Institutional Adaptation in Maoist China"

Adam K. Frost, Copenhagen Business School 
Sandeep Pillai, Bocconi University

Best International/Comparative Conference Paper Award Runners Up

"From Self-Reflection to Reality: Unmasking the Dark Shadows of Stereotypical View on Volunteer Outcomes"

Muhammad Ali Hussain, NingboTech University
Qing Miao, Zhejiang University

and

"Beyond Cost Savings and Interchangeability: Towards a Value-Based Framework for the Contributions of Volunteers and Volunteering to Nonprofit Organizations"

Philine Van Overbeeke, University of Oxford
Lucas C.P.M. Meijs, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University
Corinna Frey-Heger, Erasmus University Rotterdam

Top Reviewer Award
Bazillia Donaji Gutierrez, Marymount University
Nirved Kumar, Indian Institute of Management (IIM)
Carolin Langhauser, University of Kaiserslautern-Landau (RPTU)
Lei Liu, University of Exeter
Martin Mehrwald, Vienna University of Economics and Business
Kristen Jill Robinson, Marymount University
Shaldeen Somers, Ghent University
Nunzia Zecchillo, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
Lukas Zumbrunn, University of St. Gallen

We look forward to celebrating with you in Copenhagen at AOM 2025!

The PNP Division is pleased to announce our 2024 award winners. Congratulations to all and thank you to each committee member, chair, and sponsor.

Keith Provan Award
Kimberley Roussin Isett, University of Delaware

Best Journal Article Award

“Administrative Errors and Race: Can Technology Mitigate Inequitable Administrative Outcomes?” Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 33, no. 3 (June 2023): 512–28. https://doi.org/10.1093/jopart/muac036.

Mallory Compton, Texas A&M University
Matthew Young, Leiden University
Justin Bullock, University of Washington
Robert Greer, Texas A&M University

Best Book Award

Governing Thirdness: State, Society, and Non-Binary Identities in Pakistan. Cambridge University Press, 2022.

Muhammad Azfar Nisar, Lahore University

Best Dissertation Award

The Different Consequences of In- and Outsourcing for Employees

Gustav Egede Hansen, Roskilde University

Best Conference Paper by a Public and Nonprofit Division Doctoral Student

"The Asian American Experience in the Federal Workforce: How Employees Navigate Racialization"

Emma Northcott, George Washington University
Sheela Pandey, Pennsylvania State University
Sanjay Pandey, George Washington University
Eiko Strader, George Washington University

Charles H. Levine Award for Best Conference Paper in the Public and Nonprofit Division

"Welcome, Innovation! A Meta-Synthesis of Artificial Intelligence Adoption in the Public Sector"

Simona Mormile, University of Salerno 
Roberta Romano, University of Salerno 
Gabriella Piscopo, University of Salerno 
Paola Adinolfi, University of Salerno 

Best International/Comparative Conference Paper Award

"A Place-Based Perspective of Cross-Sectoral Collaborations"

Lei Liu, University of Exeter Business School 
Angela Aristidou, University College London School of Management and Stanford Digital Economy Lab

Best International/Comparative Conference Paper Award Runners Up

"The Effect of Red Tape on Employability Competences of Teachers"

Jolien Muylaert, Ghent University
Adelien Decramer, Ghent University
Beatrice Van der Heijden, Radboud University Nijmegen 
Mieke Audenaert, Ghent University

and

"Efforts or Gaming: How Local Governments Respond to Performance Incentives and Bypassing Monitoring"

Xiao Tang, Tsinghua University
Zhe Deng, Tsinghua University
Mengke Guo, Tsinghua University

Top Reviewer Award
Ann Smith, Australian National University
Berta Terzieva, WU Vienna University
Emma Northcott, George Washington University
Gaëlle Cotterlaz-Rannard, University of Sussex
Julia Trautendorfer, Johannes Kepler University Linz
Katrin Bauer, TU Dortmund University
Magnus Emmendoerfer, University Federal de Viçosa
Maham Ali, The Ohio State University
Philine Van Overbeeke, Erasmus University
Shuyao Zhou, IE Business School

We look forward to celebrating with you in Chicago at AOM 2024!