ReNEW Early Career Paper Prize winners in 2024 were announced at the 7th Nordic Challenges Conference in Reykjavík on 23 May 2024. The prize recognizes outstanding early career papers in research about the Nordic region. Eligible candidates are PhD students or those who have completed a PhD within last three years and have presented their paper at a ReNEW event.
The 2024 ReNEW Early Career Paper Prize in social sciences was awarded to Sóllilja Bjarnadóttir (University of Iceland) for her paper "Political Trust Is Not Enough: Trust in Institutions Beyond the State and Public Support for Energy Transition Policies".
Tuire Liimatainen (Migration Institute of Finland) was awarded the 2024 ReNEW Early Career Paper Prize in humanities for her paper "Nation Within and Beyond: Construction Diaspora and Nation in the Finnish Diaspora Policy".
The jury consisted of prof. Caroline de la Porte, Copengahen Business School, and prof. Peter Stadius, University of Helsinki.
Congratulations to Sóllilja and Tuire!