Winners of Sakıp Sabancı International Research Awards will be announced today

Winners of the Sakıp Sabancı International Research Awards, the first international award program in Turkey in the field of social sciences, organized by Sabancı University, will be announced on Monday, April 11, 2022. The awards are organized for the 17th time this year, following the will of Sabancı University Honorary President Sakıp Sabancı.


The theme for the 2022 edition of the annual Sakıp Sabancı International Research Awards, the first international award program in Turkey in the field of social sciences, is “The Future of Globalization: Return of the State?”.

Organized for the 17th time this year by Sabancı University following the will of Sabancı University Honorary President Sakıp Sabancı, the Sakıp Sabancı International Research Awards will be announced at an online ceremony to be held on April 11. Researchers under 45 years of age and a scientist who has made distinguished contributions to this year’s theme in the field of social sciences will receive awards.

Applications are evaluated by an independent jury

The award program is carried out by Sabancı University, under the leadership of Sabancı University Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and the Istanbul Policy Center, and articles submitted are evaluated by an independent and international jury. In the context of the award program, a different theme is determined every year from across all the disciplines of social sciences ranging from economics to politics, history, and psychology. This year, the international award program has received applications from 12 countries ranging from the US, to India, Jamaica, and Macedonia.

Announced every year with a special commemoration and award ceremony, the Sakıp Sabancı International Research Awards will be announced at a special event that will this year be held online through Sabancı University communication channels due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The Sakıp Sabancı International Research Awards ceremony will start at 20:30 on Monday, April 11, 2022 and the event can be viewed in Turkish and English via the following links.

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