New Investigator Awards for Best Paper in Quantum Social Science
In the meantime, in the hopes of encouraging new entrants into the field, in 2023 we are offering for the first time two “Best Paper” awards of $1000 each, one for a quantitative paper in quantum social science, and the other for a qualitative paper.
Eligibility:
These awards will be available only to “New Quantum Investigators,” which will be defined as researchers who have not published lead-authored articles, books, or book chapters in quantum social science before. As such, newcomers may be any age or rank, from undergraduates to full professors. Qualifying papers may be co-authored with more experienced investigators, but the lead author(s) of the submission should be “new.”
Both quantitative and qualitative papers may be empirical and/or theoretical.
Qualifying empirical papers may be either completed studies reporting new results, or proposed studies in the form of detailed research designs to address some interesting questions.
Qualifying theoretical papers may take a variety of forms, from philosophical to conceptual to methodological, and including theoretically generative programmatic syntheses of important bodies of empirical research.
We encourage the authors of all papers to develop their ideas in relation to some classical alternative, so that the value added of their quantum approach is clear.
Submission Guidelines:
Papers should include an abstract and full text totaling no more than 12,000 words, excluding references, tables, and figures. To give authors time to incorporate potential lessons from QBCIII, submissions will not be due until September 1, 2023. Awards will be made as soon as possible after that. Please submit entries to quantumbootcamp@osu.edu.
Evaluation:
Evaluation of submissions will be conducted by a panel of expert judges. For 2023, the judges will be the three bootcamp organizers, and established outside quantum social scientists when needed for certain research areas.
Papers will be evaluated and scored on a scale of 1-5 along five dimensions:
- Understanding of quantum theory and relevant social science
- Originality and/or value added of their central question
- Conceptual clarity and/or methodological rigor of the work
- Theoretical and/or empirical importance of the argument or findings