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Global Sociology Book Award

Nomination Deadline: January 16, 2026

**English publications are eligible in 2026 but French publications will be eligible in 2027.**

Objectives

The Canadian Sociological Association's Black Caucus proposed this award to celebrate scholars conducting research outside of the Canadian context. The objectives of the Canadian Sociological Association (CSA) Global Sociology Book Prize include;

• Recognition of outstanding rigorous empirical and theoretical research conducted in other countries by Canadian-based scholars
• Improve the visibility of the CSA as an international association of sociologists
• Demonstrate that the CSA’s professional focus, while fundamentally Canadian, transcends state boundaries
• Encourage Canadian-based scholars to engage in transnational research and partnerships
• Showcase the depth and breadth of Canadian sociological scholarship

Eligibility Criteria

Nominators:

• Self nominations are accepted
• Colleagues
• Publishers

Author(s):

• Co-authored books are welcome

Book:

• Published between January 1, 2024 and January 1, 2026
• English publications will be eligible for the 2026 award
  • French publications will be eligible in 2027
• First edition publication
• There is no restriction on the geographic focus of eligible books
• Books in the following categories are ineligible; edited collections, translations, or designed for instructional purposes

Submitting Nominations

An online form has been created to facilitate the nomination submission process. The information submitted in this form will be used by the Chair of the Global Sociology Award Committee to verify the nomination's eligibility. If eligible, you will be provided with the information required to send copies of the book to each of the committee members for adjudication.

Click to submit your nomination

Equity Statement

The Canadian Sociological Association (CSA) is committed to the values and principles of equity, diversity, inclusion, and decolonization. We recognize and honour the intersectionality of equity-based identities. The CSA therefore invites and encourages the nomination (including self-nomination) of members from marginalized groups, including Indigenous peoples, racialized persons, persons with disabilities, persons who identify as women, and/or 2SLGBTIQ+.

Adjudication Considerations

1. Advances our understanding of a sociological sub-field through theoretical and/or empirical innovation.
2. Employs innovative methodologies and theories or applies established methodologies and theories in an inventive form.
3. Makes a significant contribution to the understanding of society outside of Canada.
4. The object of study is situated in a relevant and current literature review.
5. Written clearly and lucidly.
6. Books that mobilize sociological knowledge to support equity-deserving groups in the context of the country or countries in which the book focuses and/or contribute to public sociology, community engaged sociology, and/or sociology for social justice are encouraged but not required.

Equity deserving groups are individuals and communities that experience collective barriers in participating in society. These include, but are not limited to, racialised, 2SLGBTIQ+ persons, economically disadvantaged, Indigenous, Black Canadians, those with invisible or visible disabilities, or otherwise structurally excluded peoples. The definition of public sociology is taken from Michael Burawoy’s work wherein public sociology brings sociology to publics outside the academy and promotes dialogue about issues critical to one or more sectors of society. Community engaged sociology considers the intersectional experiences of community members, organizations, researchers, and sociologists to work towards a better understanding of a community issue(s). Sociology for social justice includes in its definition that sociologists are activists who apply sociological skills, theories, knowledge, critiques, and imaginations to the work of organizing, mobilizing, educating, and envisioning social change.

Honouring Award Recipients

The award recipient will receive a plaque and be recognized through the Canadian Sociological Association communications and website. 

Recipients

Year	Author(s)	Book
2025	Mohamed Fadil, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fez, Morocco	L’épreuve de la politique : un islamisme au bord de la sécularisation. Les Presses de l’Université de Montréal, 2023
2024	Pallavi Banerjee, University of Calgary	The Opportunity Trap: High-Skilled Workers, Indian Families, and the Failures of the Dependent Visa Program. NYU Press, 2022
2023	Stéphanie Garneau, Université d’Ottawa	Migration et classement social. Enquête auprès de migrants marocains au Québec Les Presses de l'Université de Montréal, 2022
2022	Kristin Victoria Magistrelli Plys, University of Toronto	Brewing Resistance: Indian Coffee House and the Emergency in Postcolonial India. Cambridge University Press, 2020