IRSPM Routledge lifetime achievement award 

This award is presented to an outstanding scholar who has made sustained contributions to public management research over a significant period of time. This award is decided upon by the IRSPM board. It was first presented in 2007 and is sponsored by Routledge.

Winners of the Routledge Prize for Outstanding Contribution to Public Management Research:

  • 2024 - Norma M. Riccucci
  • 2023 - Jenny M Lewis
  • 2022 - Erik-Hans Klijn
  • 2021 - John M. Bryson
  • 2020 - Jean Hartley
  • 2019 - Brian Head
  • 2018 - James L. Perry
  • 2017 - Rosemary O'Leary
  • 2016 - Myrna P. Mandell 
  • 2015 - Stephen Osborne
  • 2014 - Beryl A. Radin
  • 2013 - Rod A.W. Rhodes
  • 2012 - Walter Kickert
  • 2011 - Chris Huxham
  • 2010 - Christopher Hood
  • 2009 - Fritz Scharpf
  • 2008 - Christopher Pollitt
  • 2007 - Geert Bouckaert