Call RC23 Robert K. Merton Award

The Robert Merton Award for Distinguished Contribution to the Sociology of Science and Technology was established in 2016. In honour and memory of Robert Merton, the founder and first president of the Research Committee on Sociology of Science and Technology, the Committee has established The Robert Merton Award for Distinguished Contribution to the Sociology of Science and Technology.

Call for Nominations

Research Committee 23 (Sociology of Science and Technology) of the International Sociological Association is seeking nominations for the Robert Merton Award for Distinguished Contribution to the Sociology of Science and Technology to be awarded at the 2027 ISA World Congress in Gwangju, Korea.

Eligibility Criteria

The award will be granted to a living scholar who is internationally recognized for significant contributions to science and technology that have been made over a period of at least two decades. Thus, the award is intended to recognize and showcase the outstanding, long-term achievement of an individual scholar to the field rather than the excellence of an individual book or single idea. Currently serving members of the RC23 Board or the Award Committee are not eligible to receive the award

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Nominations

Nominations can be made by any member of ISA and/or of RC23 (excluding members of the Award Committee) and must be supported by at least two other members of RC23 and/or ISA.
Nominations must include the name of the nominee, a CV, the list of publications on which the nomination is based, and a cover letter that provides a rationale for the nomination.

Deadline

The deadline for nominations is 30th September 2026. Nominations should be sent to the Chair of the Awards Committee, Nadia Asheulova,
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