Draft:RSAI Founder's Medal

RSAI Founder's Medal
Awarded for	"Lifetime contributions to the field of Regional Science and to the Association."
First awarded	1978
Last awarded	2024

The RSAI Founder's Medal is a prize awarded every four years by the Regional Science Association International (RSAI) to economic geographers for their "lifetime contributions to the field of Regional Science and to the Association". It was established in 1978 by RSAI in honor to its founder Walter Isard who received the first medal.

Criteria

According to RSAI, the criteria for awarding the medal are:

• "The recipient should be a senior scholar who has contributed in an important way to the field of Regional Science in a scholarly sense;
• "The recipient should have been active in the RSAI for a sustained period, but not necessarily active at the time of the award; also, the award is not given posthumously;
• "The recipient should be a person with whom many members can identify; his/her contributions could be a major work in one area or many works in several areas;
• "The contribution need not be limited to one type of contribution; it might be theory, method or policy, for example;
• "It is recognized that the native country and language of scholars affect the extent to which they are known by the membership, and an effort should be made to take this into account."

Recipients

Year	Winner	Notes
2024	Jacques-François Thisse
2020	Geoffrey Hewings
2016	Manfred Fischer
2012	Arthur Getis
2008	Antoine Bailly
2004	Peter Nijkamp
2000	David E. Boyce
1996	Jean H. P. Paelinck
1991	William Alonso
1983	Martin J. Beckmann
1978	Walter Isard