A founding member and past chair of the International Ethics section, Professor Frances V. Harbour published extensively on morality in foreign and security policy; just war theory; arms control and biological and chemical weapons. Fran is fondly remembered in the International Ethics section as kind friend and wonderful mentor for junior scholars and graduate students.

Graduate Students are invited to enter the Frances V. Harbour Graduate Student Paper Competition sponsored by the International Ethics Section of the ISA. The award was established in 2014 to recognize an outstanding graduate student paper presented on an International Ethics Section panel at the ISA Annual Convention.

Details

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Recipient Criteria

Hold membership in the ISA.
Have presented the nominated paper at any ISA conference – national or regional – between March 2023 and March 2024.
Have been a graduate student, or within 12 months of PhD completion, at the time the paper was presented.
Co-authored papers are eligible provided that each author is a graduate student or within 12 months of receiving PhD at the time the paper was presented.

Prize

The recipient will receive a $100 cash reward at the ISA Annual Convention.

Selection Process

For specific questions regarding the selection process, contact the Committee Chair, Neil Renic.

Nomination/Application Instructions

Authors may self-nominate their own papers.
Nominations may also be made by any member of the ISA, by a Chair or by the discussant of a section-sponsored (and co-sponsored) panel on which an eligible award winner presented a paper. Such nominations should be submitted with the eligible author’s permission.
Nominations should include contact information of the nominee, as well as a copy of the relevant paper. They should be submitted electronically to the Chair of the award committee at neil.renic@ifs.ku.dk with ‘Harbour Award Nomination’ in the subject line.
Nominations must be received by August 16, 2024.

Recipients

Congratulations to Rhiannon Neilsen, the 2022 recipient of the Frances V. Harbour Graduate Student Paper Award! See the previous recipients below.

Past Recipients

Year	Recipient	Title
2022	Rhiannon Neilsen	"'The Responsibility to Deceive? Online Disinformation and "Fake News" for Atrocity Prevention'
2021	None
2020	Michael Gonzalez	"Order Without Authority? Francisco Suarez on the Question of International Order Without International Governance"
2019	Maggie FitzGerald Murphy	"A Pluriversal Critique of Habermasian Discourse Ethics"
2018	Claire Vergerio	"Alberico Gentili and the Modern Conception of Violence"
2017	Tiffany Williams	"The Grammar of Responsibility: A Wittgensteinian Deconstruction of R2P"
2016	John Emery	"The 'Humanitarian Drone': Proliferation, Perception, and Legitimacy"

Contact

Neil Renic | Chair
April 2024- March 2025
University of Copenhagen

Luke Campbell| Member
April 2024- March 2025
Northwest Missouri State University

Jessica Wolfendale| Member
April 2024- March 2025
Case Western Reserve University

Award Chairs, please review dates to ensure deadlines are met.

Key Dates

Frances V. Harbour Graduate Student Paper Award [IETHICS]