Charles Taylor Prize for Excellence in Policy Research 2025 – YOA

Deadline: February 14, 2025

Applications are open for the Charles Taylor Prize for Excellence in Policy Research 2025. Charles Taylor is likely one of the nice Canadian thinkers of the final century, and Prospect journal has referred to as him maybe “the most important philosopher writing in English today.”

The writer of numerous articles and the groundbreaking Sources of the Self and The Malaise of Modernity, Taylor has additionally acquired the celebrated Kyoto and Templeton Prizes. As a philosophically dedicated social democrat, a lot of his work has been rooted in actual world considerations. He has been a candidate for the federal NDP and president of the Quebec NDP and, in 2007, was co-chair of the Bouchard-Taylor Commission on affordable lodging with regard to cultural variations in the province of Quebec.

In recognition of Taylor’s wealthy legacy of politically resonant scholarship, the Charles Taylor Prize for Excellence in Policy Research is awarded yearly to a researcher whose work has made an necessary contribution to coverage debates related to constructing a extra socially simply Canada. The recipients of the 2025 Taylor Prizes will probably be invited to attend the 2025 Progress Summit, April 9-11 in Ottawa to ship remarks.

Eligibility

• Applicant ought to have dedication to progressive/social democratic values.
• Primary accountability because the lead writer/creator of the coverage, analysis or philosophical contribution in query.
• Priority given to individuals whose work has had demonstrable impression on coverage making, governance or the political discourse.

Nomination

Nominees will probably be assessed on the power of the nomination and the success of their work. Complete the whole nomination type. An awards committee will adjudicate the awards course of and can notify you, the nominator, in case your candidate has been profitable. The Prize winners will probably be introduced and offered on the 2025 Progress Summit to be held in Ottawa from April 9 to 11.

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For extra data, go to Charles Taylor Prize.