The award program is carried out by Sabancı University, under the leadership of Sabancı University Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and the Istanbul Policy Center, and essays submitted are evaluated by an independent and international jury. In the context of the award program, a different theme is determined every year from across all the disciplines of social sciences ranging from economics to politics, history, and psychology. This year, the international award program has received applications from 12 countries ranging from the US, to India, Jamaica, and Macedonia.
One of this year's award-winning articles from our faculty; Mert Moral (Turkey - Sabancı University) & Evgeny A. Sedashov (Russia - National Research University Higher School of Economics) with the article “The Reversal of Electoral Fortunes: Anti-Elitist Attitudes in the Age of Populism and Globalization”.