The Quality of Government (QoG) Institute, University of GothenburgAward

Funded Gothenburg Visit Best Paper Award

Dec 09, 2026 23:59:00 Europe/Stockholm

Opportunity type

Award

Funding

Fully Funded

Location

Global

Deadline

Dec 09, 2026 23:59:00 Europe/Stockholm

About this opportunity

The Quality of Government (QoG) Institute at the University of Gothenburg gives an annual Best Paper Award to a research paper on impartiality in the exercise of public power: corruption, clientelism, favouritism, discrimination, patronage, nepotism or undue support to special interests. Any method is welcome, and papers can be self-nominated or nominated by someone else. The winner spends a week at the Institute in Sweden as a guest scholar, with travel and accommodation covered.

What you get:

A one-week visit to the QoG Institute in Gothenburg as a guest scholar, to present the paper or related research
Travel to and from Gothenburg and accommodation in Gothenburg covered by the Institute
Recognition alongside past winners, who include PhD candidates at Yale and Rice

What you'll do:

Submit one anonymised paper of up to 12,000 words (excluding references and appendices), as a PDF
Include a one-page motivation statement for recommending the paper, even if you nominate yourself
If you win, present your paper or related research during a week at the Institute

Key dates:

Eligible papers: published or presented at an international academic conference between September 2025 and September 2026
Submissions close 9 December 2026
Winner announced January 2027

More information:

Questions go to infoqog@pol.gu.se
Full call and list of previous winners on the QoG Institute page

Who can apply

Author(s) must be enrolled in a PhD programme or hold a higher academic rank (postdoctoral researcher or above)
The paper must be on a QoG-related topic and published as an article, book chapter or working paper in a university or otherwise recognisable working paper series
The paper must have been published or presented at an international academic conference between September 2025 and September 2026
One paper per author
Maximum 12,000 words, excluding references and appendices, with tables and figures in the body of the paper
Must be anonymised, with no author names in the main text
One-page motivation statement required, including for self-nominations
All documents in PDF

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Good to know

+Run by the Quality of Government Institute at the University of Gothenburg
+Free to enter, and you can nominate your own paper
+PhD students are eligible, and the last two winners were PhD candidates

Worth checking yourself

!There is no cash prize: the winner spends a week in Gothenburg as a guest scholar, with travel and accommodation paid
!Meals, a daily allowance and visa costs are not mentioned
!Your paper must have been published or presented at an international conference between September 2025 and September 2026
!Postdocs and faculty compete in the same pool

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