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
2006

Richard Tremblay.

Richard Tremblay
2008

Leonard Berkowtiz

Len Berkowitz
2010

Ken Dodge

Ken Dodge
2012


Rowell Huesmann

Rowell Huesmann
2014

John Archer

John Archer
2016

David Farington

David Farington
2018

Carmen Sandi

Carmen Sandi
2022


Thomas Elbert

Thomas Elbert
2024