AIA Masters Student Paper Award

The international journal GAIA – Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society invites Masters students to participate in the GAIA Masters Student Paper Award. This award recognizes outstanding research from Master’s theses or research-based courses in the field of transdisciplinary environmental and sustainability science.

Each year, a jury selects one winning paper that demonstrates

  • relevance to important societal transformations, and/or

  • innovative approaches to inter- and transdisciplinary environmental of sustainability research.

Award Benefits

  • Prize money: €1,500 (endowed by the Selbach Environmental Foundation and Dialogik gGmbH).
  • One-year free subscription to GAIA, including online access.
  • Potential invitation to submit the paper for publication in GAIA.

The award is presented annually at the GAIA Annual Meeting, held in spring at different locations.

Conditions for Participation / Submission 

Submission Deadline: November 28, 2025

Eligibility

  • Submissions are open to students who have completed their Master’s thesis.

  • Candidates must have obtained their Master’s degree no more than 18 months before the submission deadline.

  • Please indicate the date you received your degree in your submission.

Manuscript Requirements:

  • Prepare your manuscript using the GAIA Article Template

  • Maximum 32,000 characters, including spaces and references

  • Submit your manuscript in Word format

We encourage submissions in English, though articles written in German will also be considered.

Submission

To complete your submission, please submit the following alongside your manuscript:

  • Submission Form (PDF, 1.6 MB) ➝ [Download]
  • Author Declaration Form (.docx) ➝ [Download]

Submit your article to: gaia@oekom.de

Date di pubblicazione:

30 settembre 2025

Scadenza:

28 novembre 2025