The European Academy of Sociology aims to promote and maintain rigorous quality standards for research and education in sociology that help the general public, policy makers, funders, and prospective students to identify excellent research and teaching programs. To that aim, the fellows are willing to offer their services for international bodies of accreditation and evaluation. The Academy annually awards two prizes recognizing research excellence in sociology: A prize for distinguished publications (since 2005) and the
Raymond Boudon Award for Early Career Achievement (since 2016). The Raymond Boudon Award winner is invited to deliver a lecture at the Academy´s Annual Meeting, and one or more fellows and/or invited scholars deliver additional lectures. Some of these lectures were published in the
European Sociological Review. == Raymond Boudon Award winners ==