2023 Glasgow: Professor Jonathan Barker
2022 Newcastle: Professor Edel O’Toole
2021 Virtual: Professor Ronnie Marks
2019 Bradford: Professor Christopher Griffiths
2018 London: Professor Andrew Finlay
2017 Manchester: Professor Irene Leigh
2016 Dundee: Professor Richard Camp
2015 Southampton: Professor Robin A.J. Eady
2014 Newcastle: Professor Lionel Fry
2013 IID meeting: not awarded
2012 Exeter: Professor Malcolm Greaves
2011 Manchester: Professor Rona Mackie
2009/2010: Professor Peter Friedmann