PREMIO A LA PUBLICACIÓN DEL AÑO

Purpose: The Publication of the Year Award acknowledges and celebrates the author(s) of a single published scholarly article, book chapter, book, or book series that has had a significant impact on the study and/or practice of service-learning and community engagement, including the communities, cultures, and systems within which it is undertaken. 

Eligibility: Any scholar (or team of scholars) that has published a scholarly article, journal special issue, book chapter, book, or book series between March 2025 and February 2026. “Scholar” as used here encompasses those who self-define as “researchers,” “scholars,” or “practitioner-scholars,” and does not imply any particular academic status.

Evaluation Criteria

  1. Significance. A highly significant piece of scholarship that is (a) central to the research on and practice of service-learning and community engagement, (b) very well regarded in the SLCE field, and (c) subscribes to the principles of high-quality research, scholarship, and/or SLCE practice. 

  2. Impact. Scholarship that has had a significant impact on - or has the potential to impact - community stakeholders and/or SLCE scholarship as indicated by (a) influencing other research and scholarship, (b) adoption and/or adaptation of this work by scholars or practitioners, and (c) building others’ capacity for high-quality research, scholarship, and/or practice.

  3. Generativity: Scholarship that deepens understanding of SLCE in specific places, spaces, and settings in ways that expand involvement, improve or inspire practice, generate opportunities for further inquiry, advance collaboration or co-creation in scholarly production, and/or generate new knowledge.

  4. The work should demonstrate an awareness of the social and political contexts of engagement and strive for inclusivity in its theoretical or practical applications.

Nomination Packet

  1. Una carta de nominación (que no exceda una página) en la que se describa la importancia de la publicación para el avance del conocimiento, la profundización de la investigación y la práctica en SLCE, y/o su impacto en las políticas (se aceptan cartas coautoras).

    1. The nomination should be made by a current IARSLCE member.

  2. Una copia de la publicación. Se aceptan copias anticipadas en línea.