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Mark
Abrams Prize
 The
SRA Executive is pleased to announce the 2005 competition winner
for this prize, first awarded in 1986, to celebrate the 80th
birthday of Dr Mark Abrams, the eminent British social scientist
who died in 1994.
For more information about the life and work of Mark Abrams please read his obituary (.pdf 8k).The prize is traditionally awarded for the piece of work which, in the opinion of the judges, best links survey research, social policy and social theory and, as such carries on the work of Dr Abrams. An example of his work can be seen in this copy of a paper which was read at a conference sponsored by the Study Group on Computers in Survey Analysis in London on 1st April, 1974 on the topic of Social Surveys, Social Theory and Social Policy (.pdf 31k)  Entries
and nominations are open to social scientists of any age and
nationality working in the UK. Entries, which should be original
work, should be in English and not more than 6,000 words in
length [plus any tables or graphs]. It is possible to submit
recently
published or forthcoming work. In the case of the former this
should not have been published earlier than 2005. No particular theme is set, but preference will be given to theoretically informed empirical work concerned with the United Kingdom. Secondary analysis of survey data would be especially welcome. The panel of judges will take due account of the age, experience and circumstances of authors, and reserve the right not to award a prize. The judges in 2005 were:-
The Prize is
worth £250
and was presented at the Annual Conference of the Social Research
Association. This year’s winning entry by Lucinda
Platt, University of Essex, is available here (.pdf
126k). |