The PSSSR Awards
Recognizing Outstanding Critical Work
The PSSSR Awards platform figures whose polemical or unorthodox work has achieved notable circulation and influence in contemporary discourse, work that has largely outpaced the gatekeeping mechanisms of traditional institutions and media, increasingly unable to contend with rapid cultural and political turns.
2026 Inaugural Winners
The inaugural PSSSR Awards were presented June 13, 2026, in Frankfurt, as part of the School's public launch. Honoring critical and genuinely challenging public-facing work that has, despite its influence and reach, largely outpaced the gatekeeping mechanisms of traditional institutions, this year's winners were selected across two categories.
Best Monograph
Jennifer C. Pan, for Selling Social Justice: Why the Rich Love Antiracism (Verso, 2025)
In recognition of critical and original public-facing work whose intellectual and cultural influence outpaces those of traditional institutions and media.
Best Social Media Content
Brad Troemel, The Reports
In recognition of critical and original public-facing work whose intellectual and cultural influence outpaces those of traditional institutions and media.
Program note
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