SLSA prizes, grants and seminars
Apart from our events programme, the SLSA also runs three annual awards: our book and article prizes; our small grants scheme; and our new seminar competition. All these initiatives are intended to promote socio-legal studies and showcase the high quality of academic scholarship of SLSA members. See below for summaries of all the schemes or follow the links for further details.
- seminar competition: follow this link for details
- Prizes: follow this link for details of nominations and how to enter
- Grants: follow this link for details of how to apply
- Seminars: this scheme is currently suspended. See below for information about past events.
Prizes
Hart Publishing sponsors three annual prizes:
- the Hart Socio-Legal Book Prize – £250
- the Socio-Legal Article Prize – £100
- and the Hart Prize for Early Career Academics – £250.
The complete rules and entry forms can be found by following this link.
The annual SLSA Prize for Contributions to the Socio-Legal Community is sponsored by a private benefactor. The winner is awarded £500 plus lifetime membership of the association. Calls for nominations are issued each year via the SLSA e-bulletin and newsletter.
The winners of all the prizes are traditionally announced at our annual dinner on the last night of our conference.
For a full list of winners, please see our prizewinners page.
Grants
The SLSA Grants Scheme continues to be one of our most successful initiatives. The SLSA provides £10,000 per year to fund the programme. For full details and an application form, please follow this link.
The closing date 31 October each year.
Seminar Competition
To complement our popular Small Grants Scheme, in 2006 the SLSA Executive Committee decided to allocate £5000 a year for a Seminar Competition. Unfortunately, due to current economic circumstances the scheme has been suspended for the time being.
For full details, please follow this link. Winners in 2007, 2009, 2010 and 2011 are listed below. In 2008, no awards were made.
Seminar Competition winners 2011
‘Economic and Social Rights in a Time of Austerity': call for registration
1 July 2011, Faculty of Law, University of Oxford
Lead applicants: Aoife Nolan, Law School, Durham University and Sandra Fredman, University of Oxford
Award: £3096
Podcasts of all sessions are available for download on the seminar website.
Seminar Competition winners 2010
‘Socio-Legal Perspectives on Contemporary Mobilities: Theoretical and Policy Implications’
17 & 18 November 2010, Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Cambridge
Lead applicant: Louise Ackers, Liverpool Law School
Award: £3500
'The Role of Databases in Transitional Justice Research'
26 October 2010
Lead applicants: Louise Mallinder and Catherine O'Rourke, Transitional Justice Unit, University of Ulster
Award: £400
Seminar Competition winners 2009
'Socializing Economic Relationships – New Perspectives and Methods for Analysing Transnational Risk Regulation'
15 & 16 April 2010, Centre for Socio-legal Studies, Oxford
Lead applicant: Dr Bettina Lange, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Oxford University,
Other applicant: Dr Dania Thomas, School of Law, Keele UniversityAward: £4000
Seminar Competition winners 2007
There were two winners in the first year.
‘Children’s Participation in Research Processes: Putting Theory into Practice’
10-12 September 2007, University of Liverpool
Lead applicant: Professor Christina Lyon and
Other applicant: Mike Jones (formerly of The Children’s Society)
Both applicants are from the Centre for the Study of the Child, the Family and the Law, Liverpool Law School, University of Liverpool
Award: £3590
'Positions on the Politics of Porn: A Debate on Government Plans to Criminalise the Possession of Extreme Pornography'
15 March 2007, University of Durham
Lead applicant: Clare McGlynn
Other applicants: Erika Rackley and Nicole Westmarland
All applicants are from the University of DurhamAward: £1097.50
Reports on both events are published on our seminar competition reports page.
In 2008, it was judged that none of the entrants was suitable for a seminar grant.