The 5th International European Social Survey (ESS) Conference was held at ICS - University of Lisbon and ISCTE - University Institute of Lisbon, Portugal, from 8-10 July 2024.
Jowell-Kaase Early Career Researcher Prize 2024
The European Social Survey (ESS) selected Jule Adriaans (Bielefeld University) as the recipient of the Jowell-Kaase Early Career Researcher Prize 2024.
The prize - named after Professor Sir Roger Jowell and Professor Max Kaase, the founders of the ESS - recognises excellence in the field of comparative social research by a promising new researcher from any scientific discipline.
The latest Jowell-Kaase Prize - established in 2016 - will be formally presented during the 5th International ESS Conference in Lisbon, Portugal, on 8-10 July 2024.
The 2024 winner of our Early Career Researcher prize received €1,000 and delivered a keynote speech at the conference.
In the keynote speech on Tuesday 9 July, Adriaans discussed social inequality with a specific focus on public perceptions and evaluations of economic inequality.
Read more: 2024 Jowell-Kaase Prize recipient revealed
Criteria for the Prize
The Jowell-Kaase Prize is given to an early career researcher from any field of social science whose extraordinary early achievements have already made a significant impact on the field.
Their research must have addressed one of the substantive topics covered by the ESS from a comparative perspective, either cross-nationally and/or across different ESS rounds.
The nominees must have made use of the ESS data in their research and published their research in international peer-reviewed journals or in books published by reputable academic publishers.
It is expected that their research has contributed to our understanding of European societies and provided a clear presentation of interesting and timely research questions informed by relevant and high-quality empirical analysis.
Prize Committee
The recipient was selected by a prize committee formed of Scientific Advisory Board and ESS Conference Organising Committee members.
The committee was particularly impressed with Adriaans’ research published in peer-reviewed journals that included extensive analysis of ESS data.
The prize committee was formed of:
- Professor Caroline Rapp, Scientific Advisory Board, University of Copenhagen
- Professor Karsten Hank, Scientific Advisory Board, University of Cologne
- Professor Hester van Herk, Scientific Advisory Board, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
- Dr. Joost Kappelhof, Conference Organising Committee, SCP - The Netherlands Institute for Social Research
- Dr. Michal Kotnarowski, Conference Organising Committee, Polish Academy of Sciences
- Dr. Alice Ramos, Conference Organising Committee, ICS - University of Lisbon
- Dr. Tom Smith, Conference Organising Committee and Scientific Advisory Board, NORC at the University of Chicago
- Dr. Diana Zavala-Rojas, Conference Organising Committee, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Conference timetable
- 23 August 2023: Call for sessions opens
- 2 October 2023: Call for sessions closes
- Late October 2023: Sessions selected and convenors notified
- 12 December 2023: Call for papers opens
- 31 January 2024: Call for papers closes
- March 2024: Papers selected and notified | Draft programme released
- April 2024: Registration opens (early bird rate)
- 31 May 2024: Early bird registration closes
- 1 July 2024: Registration closes
- 8-10 July 2024: Conference
