Karen Legge Prize

Named in recognition of JMS’ longest-standing Editor, Karen Legge, this distinguished prize recognised exceptional contributions from early career academics within five years of completing their PhD. It highlighted fresh perspectives and high-quality research that demonstrated originality, rigour and promise in the field. The award was discontinued in 2023. 

View the previous recipients below: 

2021 (awarded in 2022) - Jonathan Schad, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands  

2020 (awarded in 2021) - Leighann Spencer, University of Liverpool, UK 

2019 (awarded in 2020) - Mia Raynard, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria 

2018 (awarded in 2019) - Tiffany Trzebiatowski, Colorado State University, USA 

2017 - Evelyn Micelotta, University of New Mexico, USA 

2016 - Hannes Leroy, Erasmus University, The Netherlands 

2015 - Ryan Krause, Texas Christian University, USA 

2014 - Tom Vanacker, Ghent University, Belgium 

2013 - Markus Höllerer, University of New South Wales, Australia 

2012 - Wouter Stam, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China 

2011 - Not awarded 

2010 - Jon O’Brien, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA 

2009 - Dimo Dimov, University of Bath, UK 

2008 - Justin Jansen, Erasmus University, The Netherlands 

2007 - Reddi Kotha, Singapore Management University, Singapore