2025 Winner: Andrew Trexler, Duke University, USA | “The unequal challenge of learning from under-informative news”

2025 Winner: Isabelle Nic Craith, University College Dublin, Ireland | “Supraordinate identity integration in childhood: Intergroup implications of ethno-national and supraordinate identification in three divided societies”

2025 Winner: Ameni Mehrez, Harvard Kennedy School, USA | A Theory of Value-Based Cleavages Across Religions: Values, Ideology, and Behavior

Honorable Mentions: Natán Skigin, University of Notre Dame, USA | Challenging Stigma from Below: How Human Rights Movements Contest Repressive States and Shape Democratic Citizenship and Hohyun Yoon, University of Pennsylvania, USA | Emotion and Coercive Credibility in International Crises

The Alexander L. George Book Award is given for the best book published in the field of political psychology during the previous calendar year. You can read more about this award HERE. 

2025 Winner(s): James N. Druckman, University of Rochester, USA; Samara Klar, University of Arizona, USA; Yanna Krupnikov, University of Michigan, USA; Matthew Levendusky, University of Pennsylvania, USA; and John Barry Ryan, University of Michigan, USA | Partisan Hostility and American Democracy: Explaining Political Divisions and When They Matter

The David O. Sears Book Award is given for the best book published in the field of the political psychology of mass politics, including political behavior, political values, political identities, and political movements, during the previous calendar year. You can read more about this award HERE. 

2025 Winner(s):  Oded Adomi Leshem, Hebrew University, Israel | Hope Amidst Conflict and Mollie Cohen, Purdue University, USA | None of the Above: Protest Voting in Latin American Democracies

The Jeanne Knutson Award is given to a member of ISPP for long-standing service to the society. You can read more about this award HERE. 

(Not Awarded in 2025

This award, set up in the honor of Nevitt Sanford, is to be given yearly to someone deemed by the committee to be 1) engaged in the practical application of political psychological principles, or 2) creating knowledge that is accessible and used by practitioners to make a positive difference in the way politics is carried out. You can read more about this award HERE. 

2025 Winner: Eran Halperin, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

The Lasswell Award is given for "distinguished scientific contribution in the field of political psychology." It is named for Harold Lasswell, one of the first to apply psychology to the analysis of politics. You can read more about this award HERE.

2025 Winner: James Druckman, University of Rochester, USA

The Jim Sidanius Award is given for early career achievement in the field of Political Psychology. It is named for Jim Sidanius who was an early member and consistent contributor and promoter of ISPP. You can read more about this award HERE.

2025 Winner: Jon Roozenbeek, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom and Emily Kubin, University of Kaiserslautern-Landau (RPTU), Germany

For an individual who demonstrated an exceptional commitment to and a history of success in the mentorship of undergraduate students, graduate students and postdoctoral scholars. It is named for John L. Sullivan who was central in establishing the political psychology program at the University of Minnesota as a joint venture of both the psychology and political science departments. You can read more about this award HERE.

2025 Winner: Levente Littvay, HUN-REN Centre for Social Sciences, Hungary and Jeff Mondak, University of Illinois, USA

The Noel Markwell Media Award is presented to someone in the media whose work best reflects the purposes and the spirit of ISPP. You can read more about this award HERE.

2025 Winner: Code Switch (Podcast), National Public Radio, USA