Leadership Awards
INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT LEADERSHIP AWARDS
Award Committee
At the beginning of each presidential term, the ICSD President will appoint a four-member Awards Committee responsible for overseeing all ICSD awards. The committee will include the ICSD Secretary General, one ICSD Vice President, one representative from an institutional member, and one representative from a non-institutional member. Selection criteria for the two membership representatives will include prior participation in ICSD symposia, length of active involvement in ICSD, and demonstrated leadership within the organization. Committee members will serve four-year terms, with the ICSD Secretary General serving as chair.
Jim Billups International Social Development Leadership Award
With the generous support of Maria Billups, ICSD has established the James Billups International Social Development Leadership Award. This annual award recognizes an individual who best exemplifies the values, commitments, and leadership in international social development reflected in the life and work of James Billups. In years when the ICSD symposium is held, the award will be presented during the symposium. In non-symposium years, it will be presented at a special ceremony during the annual program meeting of CSWE.
Criteria
The awardee will be an individual who has demonstrated, through tireless effort and exemplary leadership, a deep and enduring
- commitment to peace
- commitment of social justice
- commitment to inclusiveness
- commitment to transgress national boundaries
- commitment to the ICSD purposes of building social, economic, and political capacities of individuals, families, communities, nation-states, and international organizations whereby the goals of human realization, equality, human rights, peace and social and economic justice are reached through comprehensive, collective, remedial and developmental efforts.
The recipient will have made an exceptional international contribution toward these ideals through leadership in international organizations and/or in advancing international social development initiatives.
Schedule
The committee will electronically request letters of nomination from board members and officers 6 months prior to the award being given. A two month deadline will be set for the submission of nominations. Nominators will be requested to send nominations electronically. The deliberations of the committee will be carried out electronically.
Award
The award will include recognition bearing the name of the award, acknowledgment of ICSD as the sponsoring organization, the name of the awardee, the years James Billups served as President of IUCISD (1990–1998), a brief statement honoring his contributions to international social development, a brief statement describing the recipient’s contributions to international social development, and the date of presentation.
Shanti Khinduka Lecture in Social Development
With the generous support of respect Shanti K. Khinduka, ICSD has established the Shanti K. Khinduka Lecture in Social Development. Dr. Khinduka served as Dean of the George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis from 1974–2004, founded the Journal of Social Service Research in 1977, and helped to usher ICSD into being, later serving as its President from 2001–2005. The lecture honors an internationally-renowned scholar or practitioner whose work embodies Khinduka’s commitment to social development, capacity-building, evidence-based practice, global collaboration, and social justice
Criteria
The lecturer will be an individual whose sustained scholarship or practice has demonstrated:
- A commitment to advancing social development and human capability globally.
- A dedication to evidence-informed or evidence-driven practice in social work and social policy.
- Leadership in transcending national or disciplinary boundaries.
- A proven contribution toward building social, economic, or political capacities of individuals, families, communities, nation, or international organizations; promoting human rights, equality, peace, and inclusive development.
Schedule
The committee will issue an electronic call for nominations from board members and officers six months in advance of the lecture delivery. Nominations must be submitted electronically within a two-month window.
Award
The selected lecturer will be invited to present at the ICSD biennial symposium. The cost of the honorarium will be drawn from the endowment established for the Shanti K. Khinduka Lecture.
Dan Sanders Peace and Justice Memorial Lecture
In honor of Daniel S. Sanders (1928–1989), founding and first President of ICSD and a seminal leader of the social development perspective, ICSD sponsors the annual Dan Sanders Peace & Social Justice Memorial Lecture. Established following his passing in 1989, the lecture commemorates Sanders’s international leadership for peace, human rights, social justice, and capacity-building across borders, and features a distinguished scholar or practitioner whose work advances these aims. This lecture is supported through the generous endowment from Daniel and Christobel Sanders.
Criteria
The lecturer will be an individual whose sustained scholarship or practice has demonstrated:
- A substantive commitment to peace and social justice in international context.
- Leadership that transcends national or disciplinary boundaries.
- Advancement of social development approaches that build social, economic, and political capacities of individuals, families, communities, nation-states, and international organizations—promoting human rights, equality, and inclusive development through comprehensive, collective, remedial, and developmental efforts.
- Nominees will typically show a record of impact through international organizations, cross-national partnerships, and/or field-defining research and practice.
Schedule
Six months prior to the lecture, the committee will issue an electronic call for nominations to board members and officers. Nominations must be submitted electronically within two months of the call.
Award
The Sanders Lecture will be presented at the ICSD biennial symposium. Public recognition will include: the name of the lecture; acknowledgment of ICSD as the sponsoring organization; the lecturer’s name; a brief statement honoring Daniel S. Sanders’s contributions to international social development; a brief statement describing the lecturer’s contributions; and the date of presentation. Associated costs (e.g., honorarium, travel, session arrangements) will be covered from designated ICSD funds for the Sanders Lecture.