Attention all AFEE members and friends:
2020 AFEE Call for Nominations - Awards
Veblen-Commons, Ayres, Street, and AFEE Service Awards
2020 Veblen-Commons Award
Nominations for the Veblen-Commons Award should be sent to the Chair of the Awards Committee by March 31, 2019. The Veblen-Commons Award is given annually in recognition of significant contributions to evolutionary institutional economics. Nominations for this award will be sought from the membership of AFEE. Nominations should include a statement of qualifications along with any useful or relevant supporting documents such as letters of support and a vita. The Chair of the Awards Committee will submit the Committee’s recommendation to the Board of Directors of AFEE through the President and Secretary of the Association.
2020 Clarence E. Ayres Award
1. Please submit a brief description of your nomination (not to exceed 200 words). No self-nominations will be accepted.
2. The description should address your nominee’s major qualifications. (For a description of the award, see below.)
3. Nominations of scholars from Africa or Asia are strongly encouraged.
4. A vita of the person nominated for the Clarence E. Ayres Award.
5. Nominations should be sent by email to the Chair of the Awards Committee, Valerie Kepner, by March 31, 2019. Valerie’s email address is [log in to unmask]
“In consultation with The President of AFEE, the Awards Committee will recommend a promising international scholar to be named the Ayres Scholar. Candidates for this award will be asked to submit a paper proposal and an explanation of how attendance at the annual meeting would enhance her/his work in evolutionary-institutional economics. Receipt of this award does not preclude later receipt of the Veblen-Commons Award.”
For details regarding the 2019 recipient of the Clarence E. Ayres Scholar Award see [?page=institutional_economics&side=Clarence_ayres_scholar]http://afee.net/?page=institutional_economics&side=clarence_ayres_scholar
2020 James H. Street Latin American Scholar
1. Please submit a letter of interest (not to exceed 200 words).
2. Please submit an abstract of your proposed paper not to exceed 200 words.
3. Please include a curriculum vita. Junior scholars are encouraged to apply.
4. The final paper should be approximately 2850 words written and presented in English.
5. Nominations should be sent by email to the Chair of the Awards Committee, Valerie Kepner, by March 31, 2019. Valerie’s email address is [log in to unmask]
The Association for Evolutionary Economics invites persons residing in Latin America and working on institutional and evolutionary analyses of economic issues to apply for the 2019 James H. Street Latin American Scholarship. The James H. Street scholar will have the opportunity to present his or her work at the Association’s annual meeting in Atlanta, GA, January 4-6, 2019. The scholarship will include round trip transportation and hotel. The James H. Street scholar will also have the opportunity to have his or her work published in the Association’s journal, The Journal of Economic Issues. Specific presentation and publication guidelines will be provided to the winner of the scholarship.
To learn more about James H. Street (1915-1988) and his work please see the following papers:
Street, James H. “The Institutionalist Theory of Economic Development.” Journal of Economic Issues v22 n4 (December 1987): 1243-47.
James, Dilmus D. “In Memoriam: James H. Street, 1915-1988.” Journal of Economic Issues v23 n1 (March 1989): 1-6.
For details regarding the 2019 recipient of the James H. Street Scholar see http://afee.net/?page=institutional_economics&side=james_h_street_scholar
2020 AFEE Service Award
1. Please submit a brief description of your nomination (not to exceed 200 words).
2. The description should address your nominee’s major qualification. (For a description of the award, see below.)
3. A vita of the person nominated.
4. Nominations should be sent by email to the Chair of the Awards Committee, Valerie Kepner, by March 31, 2019. Valerie’s email address is [log in to unmask]
“The AFEE Service Award is given annually in recognition of service activities in aid of organizations and programs that enhance evolutionary institutional economics. Such activities might include but is not intended to be limited to (i) active mentoring, whether directly or by service as a referee for journals or as discussant at meetings; (ii) contributions to the reform of economic education and participation in innovative interdisciplinary projects; (iii) governmental or NGO service in pursuit of evolutionary social control of economies. Receipt of this award does not preclude receipt of the Veblen-Commons Award.”
Further information can be found on the AFEE website: http://afee.net/?page=governance&side=afee_bylaws.
Awards Committee Members for 2019 (all terms end January 5, 2020):
Valerie Kepner (Director) – Committee Chair
Department of Economics
King’s College
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711
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Deb Figart (Trustee)
Distinguished Professor of Economics
Stockton University
Galloway, NJ 08205
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Dorene Isenberg
Department of Economics
University of Redlands
Redlands, CA 92373
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Alexandra Bernasek
Senior Associate Dean, College of Liberal Arts &
Professor, Department of Economics
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523
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Tim Wunder (Director)
Department of Economics
The University of Texas at Arlington
Arlington, TX 76019
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