Leonie Bräuer receives the Subside Tremplin prize 2024; an initiative to advance gender equality in academia

Leonie Bräuer, a Ph.D. candidate from the Geneva School of Economics and Management, has received the Subside Tremplin 2024 prize from the Equality & Diversity Department of the University of Geneva. The award allows for a temporary leave of absence to advance in one's career.

Leonie Bräuer’s research focuses on international finance and monetary policy. Her first paper, co-authored with her supervisor Harald Hau, examines investment funds’ foreign exchange hedging behavior and its impact on exchange rates. As one of the first to investigate hedging behavior, their work has received positive feedback and interest, and the opportunity for her to present it at top finance conferences.

Academic research suffers from a lack of female representation. The Subside Tremplin program aims to empower female researchers by relieving them of specific responsibilities for one semester, funded through a replacement. This opportunity allows them to focus on developing their career and academic profile by enhancing their research portfolio, writing articles, completing their thesis, or gaining experience abroad. Additionally, female researchers receive mentorship from a professor.

Receiving this subsidy will enable Leonie Bräuer to spend a semester in the United States at Wharton Business School; providing an opportunity to share her research outside of Europe and developing her academic path.

Previous recipients from the GSEM include Pia Pannatier (2023); Federica Braccioli and Alexandra Telychko (2022); Ursa Bernardic and Yuming Zhang (2021); Monika Avila Marquez (2020), and Katarzyna Reluga (2019).

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