WAPOR Helen Dinerman Award

The World Association for Public Opinion Research seeks nominations for the 2024 WAPOR Helen Dinerman Award.

This award, given since 1981, honors particularly significant contributions to survey research methodology. The award, presented annually to an individual or individuals, is in memory of Helen Dinerman’s scientific achievements over three decades of public opinion research. Recent recipients of the award include Takashi Inoguchi, Mitchell Seligson, Juan Díez Nicolás, Michael Traugott, and Christian Haerpfer.

Nomination packets for the 2024 Helen Dinerman Award should include a letter of justification as well as a copy of or link to the individual’s CV or resume. Nominations should be directed to Past President Timothy Johnson (timj@uic.edu) by May 31, 2024. A committee that reflects WAPOR’s diversity will examine the proposals and make a final decision. The winner will be announced at the 77th WAPOR annual conference in Seoul, South Korea.

Past Award Winners

1981 – Jan Stapel, The Netherlands
1982 – Stanley L. Payne, USA
1983 – Herbert Hyman, USA
1984 – Mark Abrams, UK
1985 – Norman M. Bradburn, USA
1986 – Jean A. Stoetzel, France
1987 – Percy H. Tannenbaum, USA
1988 – Louis Guttman, Israel (Posthumous)
1989 – W. Philips Davison, USA
1990 – Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann, West Germany
1991 – Elihu Katz, Israel
1992 – Philip K. Hastings, USA
1993 – Juan J. Linz, USA
1994 – Hélène Riffault, France
1995 – Daniel Yankelovich, USA
1996 – Robert Worcester, UK
1997 – Seymour Martin Lipset, USA
1998 – Friedrich W. Tennstädt, Germany
1999 – Hans L. Zetterberg, Sweden
2000 – Robert K. Merton, USA
2001 – Mahar Mangahas, Philippines
2002 – Roger Tourangeau, USA
2003 – Phillip E. Converse, USA
2004 – Sidney Verba, USA
2005 – Roger Jowell, UK
2006 – Don A. Dillman, USA
2007 – Wolfgang Donsbach, Germany
2008 – Marta Lagos Cruz-Coke, Chile
2009 – Willem Saris, Spain
2010 – Robert Groves, USA
2011 – Maxwell McCombs and Donald Shaw, USA
2012 – Hans Mathias Kepplinger, Germany
2013 – Lars Lyberg, Sweden
2014 – Ronald Inglehart, USA
2015 – Shanto Iyengar, USA
2016 – Max Kaase, Germany
2017 – Edith de Leeuw, The Netherlands
2018 – Michael Traugott, USA
2019 – Juan Díez Nicolás, Spain
2020 – Mitchell Seligson, USA
2021 – Takashi Inoguchi, Japan
2022 – Christian Haerpfer, Austria
2023 – Hans-Dieter Klingemann, Germany and Daniel Kahneman, USA
2024 – Ineke Stoop, Netherlands

Award Committee Members

2022: Marita Carballo (Argentina), Alfredo Torres (Peru), Don Dillman (USA), Juan Diez Nicolas (Spain), and Mahar Mangahas (Philippines).

2023: Timothy Johnson (USA), Juan Diez Nicolas (Spain), Christian Haerpfer (Austria), Patricia Moy (USA), Takashi Inoguchi (Japan), Michael Traugott (USA).

2024: Timothy Johnson (USA), Christian Haerpfer (Austria), Michael Traugott (USA), Edith de Leeuw (Netherlands), Patricia Moy (USA).