UACES Lifetime Achievement Award
Recognising Excellence in European Studies
The UACES Lifetime Achievement Award is presented to individuals who have made a substantial and enduring contribution to the development of European Studies as a discipline.
This prestigious award recognises and values a wide range of contributions to the profession, including traditional academic achievements such as research, publications, and teaching, as well as non-traditional accomplishments that have significantly impacted the field. These might include innovative approaches to education, influential policy work, public engagement, mentorship, and efforts to foster collaboration and community within the European Studies discipline.
By honouring these diverse contributions, the award highlights the multifaceted nature of excellence in European Studies and celebrates those who have dedicated their careers to advancing our understanding of Europe and its integration.
2024 Recipients Pamela Barnes and Ian Barnes
We are delighted to announce that the recipients of the 2024 UACES Lifetime Achievement Award in European Studies are Pamela Barnes and Ian Barnes!
Read what members and colleagues in the UACES and European Studies communities have to say about Pamela and Ian below.
"Pamela Barnes and Ian Barnes have indeed contributed their lifetimes’ work to the understanding of contemporary Europe. They have been tireless and dedicated both individually and together in explaining European experiences in developing the integration process, always alert to new challenges and conscious of setbacks as well as successes. Their work has done much to demystify the European Union." Professor Dame Helen Wallace
"It is a huge pleasure to express my delight on the Lifetime Award to Pam and Ian Barnes. Ian was a central figure in the group that transformed UACES after 1989. The impact they had is illustrated by the fact that Mike Smith, Emil Kirchner, Simon Bulmer, Drew Scott, myself, and now Pam and Ian have been given Lifetime Awards. We made changes across the board, but our major achievement was to buy out Uwe Kitzinger’s share of the JCMS. I did the negotiating with Blackwells, but it would not have been successful without the transformation that Simon Bulmer and Drew Scott had effected on the Journal. These included the introduction of the Annual Report and a significant addition to the page allowance of the Journal. It was a new step for an academic association and Ian as Treasurer gave us the confidence to proceed. I relied on advice from the Editors, Eva Evans who knew Uwe Kitzinger and centrally from Ian during the negotiations.
Pam has made a central contribution as an author especially her joint works with Ian ‘The Enlarged European Union’ and ‘Environmental Policy in the European Union’.
Their son Gregory Barnes, Senior Lecturer at Leeds Beckett university has followed in the family tradition. They are the Swiss Family Robinson of UACES and so richly deserve the joint award." Professor William Paterson
"I am showing my age by writing that my appreciation for the work of Ian and Pamela Barnes goes back at least to their excellent book, The Enlarged European Union (1995). At the time, I was rash enough to be writing a textbook on the EU and greatly appreciated their nuanced work on the complexities of enlargement and, a little later, on the intricacies of EU environmental policy, in their 1999 book on that subject. Their sustained contribution to our understanding of the EU, on a wide range of topics, has been invaluable to students and scholars alike." Professor Desmond Dinan