Awards & Prizes

 

Ursa Bernardic, Ph.D. Student and Teaching Assistant, Institute of Management
received the UNIGE Subside Tremplin 2021

Gaëlle Cotterlaz-Rannard, Ph.D. Student and Teaching Assistant, Institute of Management
obtained an Early Postdoc.Mobility fellowship from the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)

Giacomo De Giorgi, Full Professor, Institute of Economics and Econometrics
received the Premio Citibanamex de Economía 2019 for his research work on “The extension of credit and the externalities of sequential banking”
has been appointed international expert for the World Bank

Sebastian Engelke, Associate Professor, Research Center for Statistics
received the Johann Heinrich Lambert Award 2021 for his contributions in the fields of extreme value theory and graphical models

Gilles Falquet, Associate Professor, Information Science Institute
received the ESRI Outstanding Paper in 3D Data Management Award at the 16th 3D GeoInfo Conference and 3D Cadastres Workshop, for the paper "Knowledge graph construction for subsurface objects including uncertainty and time variation" (with Dr. Claudine Métral)

Michel Ferrary, Full Professor, Institute of Management
received the Best Paper Award at the 31st AGRH conference for the paper “Is the research bet enough to be a prestigious university? A Bourdieusian perspective on the business models of nonprofit organizations"

Julien Forbat, Lecturer, Institute of Economics and Econometrics
obtained a Postdoc.Mobility fellowship from the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)

Nicola Gnecco, Ph.D. Student and Teaching Assistant, Research Center for Statistics
obtained a Doc.Mobility fellowship from the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)

Sofonias Alemu Korsaye, Ph.D. Student and Teaching Assistant, Geneva Finance Research Institute
obtained a Doc.Mobility fellowship from the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)

Philipp Krüger, Full Professor, Geneva Finance Research Institute
received the Best Paper Prize at the 4th Global Research Alliance for Sustainable Finance and Investment Conference for the paper "The Effects of Mandatory ESG Disclosure around the World"
received the Best Conference Paper Award Runner Up at the European Finance Association Annual Meeting

Jérémy Lucchetti, Associate Professor, Institute of Economics and Econometrics
received the GSEM Teaching Award, following a survey conducted among Bachelor students

Claudine Métral, Senior Lecturer, Information Science Institute
received the ESRI Outstanding Paper in 3D Data Management Award at the 16th 3D GeoInfo Conference and 3D Cadastres Workshop, for the paper "Knowledge graph construction for subsurface objects including uncertainty and time variation" (with Prof. Gilles Falquet)

Judith Schrempf-Stirling, Associate Professor, Institute of Management 
received the 2020 BHRJ Annual Reviewer Award from the Business and Human Rights Journal, Cambridge University Press

Katherine Tatarinov, Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute of Management
received the William Rappard Prize for the best thesis in the field of sustainability
received the 2021 GSEM Young Researcher Award

Katarzyna Wac, Full Professor, Information Science Institute
received the Technical Achievement Award in Sensor Systems or Networks – Early Career, from the IEEE Sensors Council

Haotian Xu, Ph.D. Student and Teaching Assistant, Research Center for Statistics
obtained a Postdoc.Mobility fellowship from the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)

Yuming Zhang, Ph.D. Student and Teaching Assistant, Research Center for Statistics
received the UNIGE Subside Tremplin 2021

Nominations

 

Tina Ambos, Full Professor, Institute of Management
has been invited to lead a track in the Organizing for Good campaign, a joint initiative of the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the Organizational Design Community (ODC)

Dorothée Baumann-Pauly, Adjunct Professor, Institute of Management
has been selected for the #ThinklistImpact, from the Centre for Business, Organisations and Society at the University of Bath
has been appointed co-editor of the Practice in Business Ethics section of the Journal of Business Ethics
has been elected to the advisory group for the Swiss National Action Plan for Business and Human Rights
has been invited to co-chair the PRME (Principles for Responsible Management Education) Working Group on Business and Human Rights, an initiative of the United Nations Global Compact
has been invited to join the International Gender Champions, Geneva

Rajna Gibson Brandon, Full Professor, Geneva Finance Research Institute
has been nominated for election to the Bank Council of Swiss National Bank (SNB)
has been appointed Member of the Academic Research Committee of the Gender Lens Initiative for Switzerland launched by the Sustainable Finance Geneva
has been appointed Member of the Academic Advisory Board of RepRisk

Jaya Krishnakumar, Full Professor, Institute of Economics and Econometrics
has been elected to the International Advisory Board for the project Multidimensional Biodiversity Index (MBI) of the UN Environment Programme - World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC)

Diego Kuonen, Adjunct Professor, Research Center for Statistics 
has been appointed a member of the Advisory Board of Swissmedic 4.0
has been appointed ad interim Head of Unit of the Competence Network in Artificial Intelligence of the Federal Statistical Office
has been invited to join the Advisory Board of digiVolution
has been invited to join the Board of the International Statistical Engineering Association

 

Awards & Prizes

Monika Avila Marquez, Ph.D. Student and Teaching Assistant, Institute of Economics and Econometrics
received the UNIGE Subside tremplin 2020

Michelle Bergadaà, Honorary Professor, Institute of Management
received the Grand Prize for pedagogical innovation 2019 of the Conférence internationale des Dirigeants des institutions d’Enseignement supérieur et de recherche de Gestion d’Expression Française (CIDEGEF), the Fondation nationale pour l’enseignement de la gestion des entreprises (FNEGE) and the Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF)

Tony Berrada, Full Professor, Geneva Finance Research Institute
received the Best Discussion Award at the 8th HEC-McGill Winter Finance Research Workshop

Jean-Christophe Delfim, Ph.D. Student, Geneva Finance Research Institute
received the 2020 Nick Tyrrell Research Prize for the paper “Real Estate in Mixed-Asset Portfolios for Various Investment Horizons” (with Prof. Martin Hoesli)
received the Special Award from the Association Française des Investisseurs Institutionnels (Af2i) for the same article (with Prof. Martin Hoesli)

Rajna Gibson Brandon, Full Professor, Geneva Finance Research Institute
received the 2020 ICPM Research Award for the paper “Responsible Institutional Investing Around the World” (with Prof. Philipp Krüger)

Martin Hoesli, Full Professor, Geneva Finance Research Institute
received the 2020 IRES Service Award from the International Real Estate Society
received the David C. Lincoln Fellowships in Land Value Taxation
received the 2020 Nick Tyrrell Research Prize for the paper “Real Estate in Mixed-Asset Portfolios for Various Investment Horizons” (with Jean-Christophe Delfim)
received the Special Award from the Association Française des Investisseurs Institutionnels (Af2i) for the same article (with Jean-Christophe Delfim)

Philipp Krüger, Full Professor, Geneva Finance Research Institute
received the PVH Thought Leadership Grant of USD 5’000 from the Fordham Gabelli School of Business
received the 2020 ICPM Research Award for the paper “Responsible Institutional Investing Around the World” (with Prof. Rajna Gibson Brandon)
was ranked #1 in Business Administration based on A+ publications (age 40 or below) by Forschungsmonitoring.org

Jérémy Lucchetti, Associate Professor, Institute of Economics and Econometrics
received the GSEM Teaching Award, following a survey conducted among Bachelor students

Clemente Pignatti, Ph.D. Student and Teaching Assistant, Institute of Economics and Econometrics
received the "Carlo Dell’Aringa" Young Labor Economists Award 2020 for his paper "Compliance with Labour Legislation in Informal Labour Markets"

Jean-Marc Solleder, Ph.D. Student and Teaching Assistant, Institute of Economics and Econometrics
received the 2020 GSEM Young Researcher Award for his paper “Market power and export taxes”, published in the European Economic Review

 

Nominations

Giacomo De Giorgi, Full Professor, Institute of Economics and Econometrics
has been elected Fellow of the Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development

Sebastian Engelke, Associate Professor, Research Center for Statistics
has been elected as a member of the International Statistical Institute

Diego Kuonen, Adjunct Professor, Research Center for Statistics
has been invited to join the ICT Advisory Committee of Statistics Netherlands

Markus Menz, Full Professor, Institute of Management
has been invited to join the Journal of Management Editorial Review Board

Sebastian Raisch, Full Professor, Institute of Management
has been invited to renew his 3-year term as a member of the Journal of Management Studies Editorial Review Board

Olivier Scaillet, Full Professor, Geneva Finance Research Institute
has been elected Fellow of the International Association for Applied Econometrics
has been invited to renew his 3-year term as Associate Editor at The Econometrics Journal

 

Awards & Prizes

Martin Hoesli, Full Professor, Geneva Finance Research Institute
received the 2019 Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Best Paper Award on valuation and sustainable development for the paper “Heterogeneous Households and Market Segmentation in a Hedonic Framework”, at the 24th Asian Real Estate Society International Conference

Sebastian Krakowski, Ph.D. Student and Teaching Assistant, Institute of Management
received the Best Proposal Award for the Behavioral Strategy Interest Group Track at the annual Strategic Management Society (SMS) conference 2019, for the paper “Algorithms and their impact on decision-making performance: Experimental evidence from the pharmaceutical industry” (with Prof. Sebastian Raisch)

Emmanuel Milet, Lecturer, Institute of Economics and Econometrics
received the Best Referee Award 2018 of the Journal of Economic Geography

Monika Mrázová, Full Professor, Institute of Economics and Econometrics
her paper “Selection Effects with Heterogeneous Firms” is part of the Journal of the European Economic Association (JEEA) Editor’s Choice Collection
received the GSEM Young Researcher Award (with Dr. Jonathan Schad)

Steffen Nauhaus, Ph.D. Student and Teaching Assistant, Institute of Management
received the SMS Best Conference PhD Paper Prize for the paper "Decision-Making in the Digital Age: Performance Aspirations, Stakeholder Sentiment, and Firm Risk Taking" (with Prof. Sebastian Raisch)

Marcel Paulssen, Full Professor, Institute of Management
received the Credit Suisse Award for Best Teaching

Sebastian Raisch, Full Professor, Institute of Management
received the Academy of Management Journal Best Reviewer Award
received the Journal of Management Studies Best Reviewer Award
received the Best Proposal Award for the Behavioral Strategy Interest Group Track at the annual Strategic Management Society conference 2019, for the paper “Algorithms and their impact on decision-making performance: Experimental evidence from the pharmaceutical industry” (with Sebastian Krakowski)
received the SMS Best Conference PhD Paper Prize for the paper "Decision-Making in the Digital Age: Performance Aspirations, Stakeholder Sentiment, and Firm Risk Taking" (with Steffen Nauhaus)

Jean-Charles Rochet, Full Professor, Geneva Finance Research Institute
received the 2019 Maurice Allais Prize for Economic Science of the Fondation Maurice Allais for the paper "Sovereign Debt Sustainability in Advanced Economies"

Jonathan Schad, Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute of Management
received the GSEM Young Researcher Award (with Professor Monika Mrazova)

Fabio Trojani, Full Professor, Geneva Finance Research Institute
received a Best Paper Award from the Northern Finance Association for the paper "The Price of the Smile and Variance Risk Premia"

 

Nominations

Tina Ambos, Full Professor, Institute of Management
has been appointed member of the UNAIDS Health Innovation Exchange

Eva Cantoni, Full Professor, Research Center for Statistics
has been appointed member of the Federal Statistics Commission

Julien Daubanes, Assistant Professor, Institute of Economics and Econometrics
has been appointed External Research Affiliate at the MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research

Michel Ferrary, Full Professor, Institute of Management
has been invited to join the High Council for Gender Equality of the French Republic

Jaya Krishnakumar, Full Professor, Institute of Economics and Econometrics
has been appointed member of the Statistical Advisory Panel for United Nations Development Programme’s Human Development Report
has been appointed member of the United Nations Global Compact SDG platform Advisory Group

Diego Kuonen, Adjunct Professor, Research Center for Statistics
has been invited to join the Editorial Board of Data & Policy

Jérémy Lucchetti, Associate Professor, Institute of Economics and Econometrics
has been appointed member of the Research and Policy Network on Preventing Conflict: Policies for Peace of the Center for Policy Research

Markus Menz, Full Professor, Institute of Management
has been invited to join the Corporate Governance: An International Review Editorial Board

Sebastian Raisch, Full Professor, Institute of Management
has been named member of the Academy of Management Journal Editorial Review Board
has been named Editorial Review Board Member of the Strategic Management Journal

Olivier Scaillet, Full Professor, Geneva Finance Research Institute
has been awarded the International Francqui Chair
has been named Associate Editor of the Journal of Financial Econometrics

Stephan Sperlich, Full Professor, Institute of Economics and Econometrics
has been named member of the board of directors of the European Regional Section (ERS) of the International Association for Statistical Computing (IASC)

Fabio Trojani, Full Professor, Geneva Finance Research Institute
has been named Editor of the Journal of Financial Econometrics