Best Dissertation Award

The Best Dissertation Award

Dr. Danyao Li, Assistant Professor, University of Southern California, Sol Price School of Public Policy, is the recipient of the 2023 Best Dissertation award for “Bureaucratic Representation, Individual Decision Making and Organizational Performance in Law Enforcement.”

Honorable Mention

Dr. Renzo de la Riva Agüero, Assistant Professor at University of Connecticut, School of Public Policy, warrants an honorable mention for “Too Complex to Deliver? Administrative Capacity, Governance, and Waste Management in Peru”.


The 2023 Committee members are:

Thanks to the committee members for their service.


Past Recipients:

2022 – Marija Aleksovska, Assistant Professor, Utrecht University

2021 – Shelena Keulemans, Assistant Professor, Public Administration, Radboud University

2020 – Miyeon Song, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of South Carolina

2019 – Andrea Headley, Assistant Professor, John Glenn College of Public Affairs, The Ohio State University

2018 – Huafang Li, Assistant Professor, Grand Valley State University