DPIR doctoral student awarded prestigious research grant by Horowitz Foundation
Elizabeth Pfeffer has been awarded the Robert K Merton award by the Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy for her research on the interplay between welfare state institutions and the criminal legal system.
She is one of 25 students to receive an award from the Foundation, which distributes grants annually to projects dealing with contemporary issues in the social sciences, particularly of policy relevance.
Elizabeth’s dissertation explores why some countries are more punitive in their criminal justice systems than others. Her broader research interests include comparative political economy, electoral systems and behaviour, inequality, race and ethnicity, and state capacity.
She said: “I am thrilled to receive the support of the Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy as I complete my dissertation research on the political economy of welfare states and punishment systems.
“It is an honour to be recognised with the Robert K. Merton Award and to join a cohort of emerging scholars doing terrific work, including many using innovative methodologies to probe our greatest challenges in the world of criminal justice."
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