We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2009 ‘Best Comparative Paper Presented at an AFSP Research Conference’. The decision by the AFSP-ICPA-Forum Joint Adjudication Committee was unanimous:
“Convergence from Below: A Sociology of the Reception of Transfer in Public Health Policies in Europe”
Carole Clavier (Montreal)
The paper was first presented in September 2009 at the 60th French Political Science Association Conference and the 3rd International Congress in association with the Belgian, Swiss, and Quebecoise Societies at Grenoble University. The Award was presented to the author in Grenoble. The paper was one of 29 comparative papers short listed. The JCPA Aims and Scope and its Six Criteria of comparative policy scholarship were used for the selection.
We would like to take this opportunity to extend our gratitude to the members of the Joint Adjudication Committee:
Committee Members:
Céline Belot
University of Grenoble
Charlotte Halpern
University of Grenoble
Prof. Fabrizio Gilardi
University of Zurich
Prof. Olivier Giraud
CNRS, Center Max-Bloch - Berlin
Sabine Saurugger
University of Grenoble
The Committee was Chaired by Yves Deloye, Secretary General AFSP; Monika Steffen, PACTE-IEP de Grenoble; Iris Geva-May, Simon Fraser University – Vancouver.
Carole Clavier is a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Montreal. In 2007, she completed her PhD in political science at the University of Rennes 1 and the Research Centre on Political Action in Europe (CRAPE) / Institut d’études Politiques de Rennes. Her main research interests are comparative policy analysis, policy transfer, health policies and inequalities in health.
Dr. Clavier’s PhD dissertation compared the emergence of local public health policies in France and Denmark, especially focusing on the transfer of “global health” into these policies, the actors receiving the transfers and the articulation between local politics and policies. As a post-doctoral fellow, she pursues her interest for public policy actors by studying the role of intermediaries between Public health institutions and community organizations in the implementation of a programme targeted at vulnerable populations across levels.