At the ECSR Annual Conference, held at the University of Cologne from September 3–5, 2025, the winner and runners-up of the ESR Best Article Award were officially announced.
The ESR Best Article of 2025 Award was presented to Georg Kanitsar for his paper “Leaving the bike unlocked: trust discrimination in inter-ethnic encounters”. The jury praised the paper’s innovative approach and its contribution to advancing research on trust and inter-ethnic relations.
Two articles received runner-up recognition (in alphabetical order):
- Filippo Andrei, Davide Barrera, Krzysztof Krakowski and Emilio Sulis for “Trust intermediary in a cryptomarket for illegal drugs”
- Helen Kowalewska and Agnese Vitali for “The female-breadwinner well-being ‘penalty’: differences by men’s (un)employment and country”
The winner receives a cash prize of €500. In addition, the winning article and the two runners-up are made freely available in open access on the European Sociological Review website (Oxford University Press) for one month.