IUSSP-Mattei Dogan Foundation Award for Comparative Research in Demography

Overview

The International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP) and the Mattei Dogan Foundation share a common objective: to promote interdisciplinary and comparative international work in the social sciences. In 2004, the Mattei Dogan Foundation and the IUSSP came to an agreement to offer an Award for Comparative Research in Demography.

The award honours a scientist of high international renown for the contribution of his or her work to the development of studies of population that draw on perspectives of different disciplines and for the importance that this work has accorded to international comparisons. The award is given to a scholar in mid-career to honour work already completed but also to encourage active researchers to continue their research. The Award carries a $3,500 USD prize and is granted every four years at the IUSSP International Population Conference, where the Awardee is invited to give a lecture on a subject of his or her choice.

The 2017 award was presented to Anne Gauthier during the 28th International Population Conference in Cape Town, South Africa.  Previous awardees were Gunnar Andersson (2013), Wolfgang Lutz (2009), and Vladimir Shkolnikov (2005) (see below).

Conditions of Eligibility

All IUSSP members who are nominated following the procedure listed below are eligible except for current IUSSP Council members. No age limit exists but nominees should ideally be in mid-career.

Nomination Procedure

Candidates must be nominated by IUSSP members; no self-nominations will be accepted. Documentation includes the following: 

• A nomination letter signed by at least six (6) IUSSP members of at least three (3) different nationalities. 
• Two (2) letters of recommendation by prominent population scientists who did not sign the nomination letter. 
• A curriculum vitae that includes a complete list of the nominee’s publications. 

Nomination documents should be sent in one email to the IUSSP Secretariat by 15 September 2021 and should be addressed to Mary Ellen Zuppan, IUSSP Executive Director ([email protected]).

Selection Procedure

Nominations will be reviewed by the Selection Committee appointed by the IUSSP Council. The winner of the award will be announced October 2021.

The award will be presented during the IUSSP 29th International Population Conference in Hyderabad, India and virtually. The Awardee will be invited to give a Keynote address during the conference.