The John Paul Scott Award is named after John Paul Scott, one of the founders of ISRA, whose research was on aggression in animals, mainly in the 1940s and 1950s. This award recognizes a lifetime or substantial contribution to aggression research and is awarded at each World Meeting, where the recipient delivers an address.

Previous recipients

Jerry Patterson

Jerry Patterson (USA) 2006

Richard Tremblay.

Richard Tremblay (Canada) 2008

Leonard Berkowtiz

Len Berkowitz (USA) 2010

Ken Dodge

Ken Dodge (USA) 2012


Rowell Huesmann

Rowell Huesmann (USA) 2014

John Archer

John Archer (UK) 2016

David Farington

David Farington (UK) 2018

Carmen Sandi

Carmen Sandi (Switzerland) 2022


Thomas Elbert

Thomas Elbert (Germany) 2024

Adrian Raine

Adrian Raine (USA) 2026