Every two years, the Society makes its Distinguished Dissertation Award for the best thesis by a student member of ESSA, and 2018’s conference in Stockholm is where we will be announcing the winner. If you have been or will be awarded a Ph. D. in social simulation during the period March 2016 to February 2018, and would like your thesis to be considered for the Award by the Committee, please send a PDF of it in English along with your Ph. D. certificate or evidence that you have passed your viva to Flaminio Squazzoni (flaminio.squazzoni@unibs.it) by 28 February 2018.