Deadline: September 1, 2011
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In recognition of the commitment of our late colleague, Gill-Chin Lim, to the study of humanistic aspects of globalization, the ACSP Global Planners Educators Interest Group (GPEIG) has established an award in his name.  The Gill-Chin Lim Award for the Best Dissertation on International Planning recognizes superior scholarship in a doctoral dissertation completed by a student enrolled in an ACSP-member school.

The Dissertation Committee chairperson jointly with the department chair or director of graduate studies will make the nominations. It is expected that submissions will be selected through a participatory faculty and student process. The nominees must have received their degree in the two years preceding the deadline.

The award committee will evaluate the submissions based on: a) innovative scholarship and perspective that advance the understanding of the diverse processes of international planning in the global context, with a special focus on low-income countries of the “Global South;” b) relation to global cooperation, global social responsibility, global ethics, and respect for global diversity pursued by GPEIG; c) creativity in exploring/proposing international planning alternatives; and d) organization, structure, style, clarity, and originality.

The application must include three copies of:

1. The Application form - [PDF or Word].
2. Full dissertation (including table of contents and abstract) in hard copy.
3. Two letters of recommendation, one of which must be from the chair of the nominee’s dissertation committee indicating why the nominated dissertation is deserving of the award.
4. Official university document indicating the date of award of the degree.
5. Full Dissertation (including table of contents and abstract) in electronic copy - preferably as a PDF that can be emailed.

Please send the application package to each member of the Gill-Chin Lim Award Committee. Contact information including email addresses are below.

Gill-Chin Lim Award Committee:

Gabriella Y. Carolini, Chair, 2010 –
Assistant Professor, International Urban & Regional Development
Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
33 Livingston Avenue, Rm. 353
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
email: carolini@rutgers.edu

Tridib Banerjee, 2011–2012
Professor and James Irvine Chair in Urban and Regional Planning
Director, Graduate Programs in Urban Planning
University of Southern California – School of Policy, Planning and Development
Ralph and Goldy Lewis Hall 301C
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0626
email: tbanerje@usc.edu

William W. Goldsmith, 2011– 2012
Professor, Department of City & Regional Planning
Cornell University
106B W. Sibley Hall
Ithaca, NY 14850
email: wwg1@cornell.edu