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Rebuilding The Transatlantic Exchange on Learning & Teaching’ Wins The 2024 APSA-PSA International Partnerships Award

27 August 2024
 

The American Political Science Association (APSA) and the Political Studies Association (PSA) are delighted to announce the 2024 winner of this award which celebrates outstanding and innovative cross-national scholarly partnerships.

Congratulations to the Active Learning in Political Science (ALPS) Blog (https://activelearningps.com/) which is led by an impressive and diverse team of editors and contributors from a number of UK and American universities:

James Fielder, Colorado State University, USA
Kalina Zhekova, University College London, UK
Jennifer Ostojski, Colgate University, USA
Cathy Elliott, University College London, UK
John Paul Salter, University College London, UK
John Wilesmith, University College London, UK
Simon Usherwood, The Open University, UK
Amanda Rosen, US Naval War College
Chad Raymond, Salve Regina University, USA

The award was judged by a joint APSA and PSA panel of Dr. Robin Kolodny (Chair) of Temple University (USA) , Dr. Richard S. Katz of John Hopkins University (USA) and former PSA Trustee, Professor Amelia Hadfield (University of Surrey) who said:

We commend the winners of this year’s PSA/APSA International Partnerships Award for their commitment to building a diverse community of practice, a collaborative space for Political Studies pedagogical discussions and valuable bank of teaching resources for their colleagues to showcase good practice and deliver better classroom practice for our students."

APSA’s press release on the judge’s citation can be found here: Rebuilding the Transatlantic exchange on Learning & Teaching: The Active Learning in Political Science (ALPS) Blog Receives the 2024 APSA-PSA International Partnerships Award - (politicalsciencenow.com)

Since it was founded in 2011, the ALPS Blog has built up a significant global audience. The current editorial team has seen ALPS go from strength to strength with a diversification into workshops, online panels, a focus on teaching challenging topics, sharing perspectives on decolonising the curriculum and podcasting.

Dr Cathy Elliott co-convenor of the PSA’s Teaching and Learning Network and one of the current ALPS team added:

It is a huge honour for the ALPS blog team to win this award. We are proud to be recognised for our work together as a transatlantic team dedicated to education in our discipline. The blog brings together the ideas, expertise, and commitment of a range of colleagues to enrich our practice as educators. It's a joy to work with such a diverse team with different interests, approaches and emphases and we are delighted that the team of regular bloggers continues to grow. It's also fantastic to get feedback from our readers that they find the blog engaging and useful and this prize is a testament to the importance of community in Politics education in the sector."

Active Learning in Political Science BLOG

The APSA-PSA International Partnerships Award honours those Political Studies academics engaged in collaborative and productive cross-national partnerships that make a significant contribution to the discipline in the areas of teaching, research, or civic engagement. We warmly thank our judges and all those who took the time and care to prepare and submit a nomination for consideration. We were delighted with the quality of all the entries; which illustrated the richness and breadth of international scholarship in our discipline.

The 2025 Award will open for nominations on 4 November 2024 (until 24 January 2025) with the winner announced at the PSA’s annual conference 14-16 April 2025 in Birmingham.