Deadline: 30 November 2010
In the context of Estoril Conferences a prize of 70,000 Euros is being awarded to the best book on globalisation. The Estoril Global Issues Distinguished Book Prize is the biggest award in the field of international studies. It is awarded every two years to books which offer outstanding analysis of global issues. The prize honours books which have contributed new and original ways of thinking and which set out clear and topical policy recommendations in this area. The international jury looks for books that offer rigorous and well defended conclusions and that are written in clear and accessible language aimed at wide audiences.
The Estoril Global Issues Distinguished Book Prize is not intended to endorse any particular theoretical analysis or policy agenda. Instead, it seeks to identify a major piece of work which contributes to changing the terms of reference of how we think about global challenges.
The jury of the Estoril Global Issues Book Prize is presided by Professor David Held, Co-Director of the Centre for the Study of Global Governance at the London School of Economics and Political Science and includes Professor Carlos Lopes, UN Assistant Secretary-General and Executive Director of UNITAR and UN Staff College, Amabassador Rubens Ricupero, Former Secretary-General of UNCTAD, Professor Michael Böss from Aarhus University and Professor Bruno Cardoso Reis, Secretary of the jury and Senior Researcher at the Institute for Strategic and International Studies (IEEI).
Rules for Eligibility
(Applicable for books published in 2009 and 2010)
1. The Estoril Conferences awards every two years the Estoril Global Issues Distinguished Book Prize for the best book on globalisation.
2. The prize consists of 70.000 Euros.
3. The prize is awarded by a jury of distinguished international scholars appointed by the organisers.
4. A shortlist of up to five nominee titles will be announced in February 2011.
5. The winning book will be announced in March 2011.
6. Eligible books must deal with significant global issues. Priority will be given to books that seek to provide both new analysis as well as new policy perspectives on global issues.
7. Books can be co-authored by a maximum of two authors, but no collective edited volumes will be admitted.
8. All books applying must be published between January 2009 and December 2010.
9. Deadline for submission is 30 November 2010. Six copies of each title must be delivered. When the books are not published in English, an equal number of printed and bounded copies of an English translation must also be provided.
10. Books published between 30 November 2010 and 31 December 2010 may be submitted in
galley form.
11. All titles must be submitted by the publisher or the author(s). It is their responsibility to ensure that the books, and copies of the respective English translation when applicable, arrive in a timely and cost-free manner to the post addresses indicated by the prize manager.
12. Each submission must be sent to prizemanager@conferenciasdoestoril.org, indicating the date of publication of the book, and a general overview of its contents, as well as a short CV of the author(s), all in English.
13. The winning title will produce and carry a sticker that indicates it being awarded the Estoril Global Issues Distinguished Book Prize.
14. Any future printing of the prize winning book must identify in the front cover the book and the author as recipients of the Estoril Global Issues Distinguished Book Prize.
15. Receipts will be sent for accepted submissions. The publisher and authors will be notified should their book be shortlisted or chosen for the prize.
16. Acceptance of the prize is conditional upon the author(s) of the winning book delivering one public lecture in a date to be agreed, preferably on the following edition of the Estoril Conferences.
For further information, please contact prizemanager@conferenciasdoestoril.org