The Surveillance Studies Network (SSN) invites nominations (including self-nominations) for the annual Surveillance Studies Book Award. The award is given in recognition of an outstanding monograph on surveillance published during the preceding year. Previous winners can be found here.

We are currently inviting nominations for 2026 (i.e., books with a printed “2025” copyright date).

Single or multi-authored works are eligible, but not edited volumes.

The winner will receive an award amount of £250 (to be split among authors if there is more than one), as well as a 2-year membership in the Surveillance Studies Network (SSN), which provides benefits including discounts on all SSN-sponsored conferences and events. The winner/s will be announced at the end of the year.

Using the subject heading “SSN Book Award 2026,” please email the committee chair, Gary Kafer (gkafer@american.edu), to nominate a book. Please include the title of the book, year of publication, author, publishing house, and a paragraph of no more than 250 words detailing specifics about why this book would be suitable for the award.

The deadline for receipt of books from the publisher is July 30th, 2026. A physical copy of the book must be sent to each member of the prize committee by this deadline (addresses will be provided). No electronic copies will be accepted. Please note that books will not be returned.

SSN Book Award Committee Members:

Gary Kafer, American University, USA (chair)

Torin Monahan, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA

David Murakami Wood, University of Ottawa, Canada

Jennifer Whitson, University of Waterloo, Canada