Honors and Awards
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2023 International Institutional Engagement Award
The Electoral Integrity Project was honoured to receive the 2023 International Institutional Engagement Award at the 19th International Electoral Awards Ceremony, held in Lisbon on November 15th 2023.
Professor Toby James received the award on behalf of the Electoral Integrity Project and International IDEA (and in particular, Toby James, Alistair Clark, Erik Asplund and Holly Ann Garnett).
The event was organised by the International Centre for Parliamentary Studies (ICPS). The award is designed to recognise the work of the international electoral community by honouring their significant contribution to the democratic process on an international level. The EIP received the reward in recognition of the work done during the pandemic with International IDEA on the Covid and Elections Project. The team produced policy reports, country case studies, a tracker website, blogs and research articles to enable lessons to be learned around the world on how to run elections. The work was consolidated into a 700-page volume setting out 11 recommendations for how elections can be prepared for future emergencies, such as climate change, war and possible future pandemics.
2017 INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONAL ENGAGEMENT AWARD
The Electoral Integrity Project was honored to receive the 2017 International Institutional Engagement Award at the 15th International Electoral Awards Ceremony, held at the Dead Sea, Jordan on December 5th, 2017.
Dr Sarah Cameron received the award on behalf of the Electoral Integrity Project.
The event was organized by the Independent Election Commission of Jordan (IEC), the International Centre for Parliamentary Studies (ICPS) and the European Centre for Electoral Support (ECES). The awards are designed to recognize the work of the international electoral community by honouring their significant contribution to the democratic process on an international level.
2016 BROWN DEMOCRACY MEDAL
The Electoral Integrity Project was honored to receive the 2016 Brown Democracy Medal from McCourtney Institute for Democracy, Penn State University.
The award recognizes an outstanding individual, organization or a group of individuals for exceptional innovation in the advancement of democracy in the United States or around the world. The Laurence and Lynne Brown Democracy Medal spotlights and honors the best work being done to advance democracy here and internationally.
Pippa Norris accepted the award and gave a public lecture on Why American Elections are Flawed (and How to Fix Them). The essay was subsequently published by Cornell University Press.