Katherine Tatarinov awarded Prix William Rappard for best Ph.D. thesis on Sustainability

At the 2021 Graduation Ceremony, the Geneva School of Economics and Management presented the Prix William Rappard, which recognizes the best Ph.D. thesis on Sustainability, and addresses the issues of natural resource management, living standards, and welfare.

The winner of the Prix William Rappard was Dr. Katherine Tatarinov for her thesis: Managing, structuring and scaling innovation in international organizations. Her dissertation focused on how innovation can be the force to make United Nations organizations efficient at addressing their mandates, such as alleviating hunger, poverty, and disease. She received her Doctorate in Management on 25 June 2021.

Dr. Tatarinov is continuing at the GSEM as the Research Director at the Center for Innovation & Partnerships, and as a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Management.

The Prix William Rappard award was established in memory of Professor William Rappard, a Swiss academic and diplomat, who was a professor of Economic History at the University of Geneva and was appointed rector of the same University in 1926. Prof. Rappard was highly influential in headquartering the League of Nations (precursor to the United Nations) in Geneva.

The award was open to all Ph.D. students who had defended their thesis during the 2020-2021 academic year. The jury was chaired by Vice Dean for Research and Faculty Affairs, Prof. Salvatore Di Falco, and consisted of the directors of the GSEM Doctoral programs.