Seligson Prize

LAPOP Lab at Vanderbilt University is pleased to announce the winners of the 2025 Seligson Prize:

Amy Erica Smith and Taylor C. Boas

"Religion, Sexuality Politics, and the Transformation of Latin American Electorates."  British Journal of Political Science 54(3):816-835. doi:10.1017/S0007123423000613

The Seligson Prize is awarded annually to the best scholarship (paper, book, dissertation, or other scholarly work) using LAPOP Lab’s AmericasBarometer data that was published in the prior two calendar years. The prize is named in honor of Mitchell Seligson, the founder of LAPOP Lab and a pioneer in the study of public opinion in Latin America.

The 2025 award committee was comprised of Scott Desposato of the University of California San Diego (chair), Mariela Daby of Reed College, and Paula Muñoz Chirinos of the Universidad del Pacífico (Peru).

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