Rieger Awards Nominations
Deadline for nominations April 7, 2023
Eligibility and Nominations
To be considered for a Rieger Award, graduate students must be nominated by a current IVSA member and have completed a masters thesis or doctoral dissertation during the preceding two years. Nominees also must have been graduate students when they completed the thesis, dissertation, paper or project for which they have been nominated. Nominees do not have to be IVSA members, but if they are, they can self-nominate.
Rieger Thesis/Dissertation Award
To nominate a graduate student whose outstanding masters thesis or doctoral dissertation was completed during the previous two years, submit the following (in English):
- Contact information for the nominee and the nominating IVSA member: name, position, academic department or program, institution, telephone and email address.
- A nomination letter (1000 words max) from the nominating IVSA member, recommending the student’s work in terms of the Awards Program review criteria (see below).
- Written confirmation from the nominee’s faculty advisor or dissertation chair verifying the date of the thesis or dissertation proposal defense.
- For Masters Students: A copy of the complete thesis and thesis abstract.
- For Doctoral Students: A copy of sample chapters (60 pages max) and a dissertation abstract.
- Doctoral student nominees may be asked to submit their full dissertation at a later date.
Rieger Paper/Project Award
To nominate a graduate student whose outstanding paper or project was completed during the previous two years, submit the following (in English):
- Contact information for the nominee and the nominating IVSA member: name, position, academic department or program, institution, telephone and email address.
- A nomination letter (1000 words max) from the nominating IVSA member, recommending the student’s work in terms of the Awards Program review criteria (see below).
- A digital copy of the nominated paper or project (e.g. PDF or online gallery/resource).
- NOTE: Paper or project completion must involve submission by the student to a course, presentation at a conference or workshop, publication, or incorporation in a public exhibit.
Review Criteria
Each nominee’s work will be evaluated by the IVSA Awards Review Committee to assess its thoughtfulness, significance and creativity in addressing issues of interest to members of the IVSA. The Review Committee will give special consideration to work that:
- enhances the theory and/or practice of visual sociology;
- enriches understanding of culture and social life;
- contributes new insights to social scientific research and practice; and/or
- models creative and effective applications of visual imagery to social research.
Nominations
Only current IVSA members may make nominations for our awards. If you are already a member please log into your account to access the online nomination forms (which will be viewable on this page).
If you are not yet a member of the IVSA, please consider becoming one.