Awards & Nominations

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2024

Awards & Distinctions

 

Meriem Benyahya, Postdoctoral ResearcherResearch Institute for Statistics and Information Science
received the 2024 GSEM Young Researcher Award

 

Leonie Braüer, Ph.D. Student and Teaching Assistant, Geneva Finance Research Institute
received the University of Geneva Subside Tremplin 2024

 

Ines Chaieb, Full Professor, Geneva Finance Research Institute
received the S&P Global Academic ESG Research Award from The Journal of Impact & ESG Investing for the paper “Nature Risk Management in Domestic and Foreign Institutional Investments”

 

Nicola GneccoPh.D. Student and Teaching Assistant, Research Center for Statistics 
received the 2024 GSEM Young Researcher Award


Stéphane Guerrier, Assistant Professor, Research Institute for Statistics and Information Science
received the Reproducibility Award from the Journal of the American Statistical Association for the paper "Assessing COVID-19 Prevalence in Austria with Infection Surveys and Case Count Data as Auxiliary Information” (with Professor Maria-Pia Victoria-Feser)

 

Christina Hertel, Assistant Professor, Institute of Management
received the Best Scholarly Award at the 16th International Social Innovation Research Conference (ISIRC) (with Rossella Rocchino)

 

Martin Hoesli, Full Professor, Geneva Finance Research Institute
received the
Real Estate Portfolio Management Award from the American Real Estate Company  for the paper "The Volatility of Listed Real Estate in Europe and Portfolio Implications" (with Louis Johner and Jackline Kraiouchkina)

 

Louis Johner, Ph.D. Student and Teaching Assistant, Geneva Finance Research Institute
received the Real Estate Portfolio Management Award from the American Real Estate Company  for the paper "The Volatility of Listed Real Estate in Europe and Portfolio Implications" (with Professor Martin Hoesli and Jackline Kraiouchkina)

 

Jackline Kraiouchkina,  Ph.D. Student, Geneva Finance Research Institute
received the Real Estate Portfolio Management Award from the American Real Estate Company  for the paper "The Volatility of Listed Real Estate in Europe and Portfolio Implications" (with Professor Martin Hoesli and Louis Johner)

 

Rossella Rocchino, Research Associate, Institute of Management
received the Best Scholarly Award at the 16th International Social Innovation Research Conference (ISIRC) (with Professor Christina Hertel)

 

Sebastian Raisch, Full Professor, Institute of Management
received the Academy of Management Journal’s Best Reviewer Award at the Academy of Management Annual Conference 

 

Judith Schrempf-Stirling, Associate Professor, Institute of Management
received the Best Conference Paper Award at the 35th IABS Annual Conference for the paper "A Human Rights Approach to Business Responsibility"


Maria-Pia Victoria-Feser, Full Professor, Research Institute for Statistics and Information Science
received the Reproducibility Award from the Journal of the American Statistical Association for the paper "Assessing COVID-19 Prevalence in Austria with Infection Surveys and Case Count Data as Auxiliary Information”  (with Professor Stéphane Guerrier)

 

Yuming Zhang, Ph.D. Student and Teaching Assistant, Research Institute for Statistics and Information Science
received a
Postdoc.Mobility Fellowship from the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)

 

Nominations

 

Eva Cantoni, Full Professor, Research Institute for Statistics and Information Science
has been named Specialty Chief Editor for the journal Frontiers in Applied Mathematics and Statistics
has been named Member of the Board of Directors of the European Regional Section (ERS) of the International Association for Statistical Computing (IASC)

 

Diego Kuonen, Adjunct Professor, Research Institute for Statistics and Information Science
has been named Member of the Scientific Committee of the conference "New Techniques and Technologies for Statistics" (NTTS 2025)

Olivier Scaillet, Full Professor, Geneva Finance Research Institute
has been named Associate Editor of the Journal of Econometrics
has been reappointed Associate Editor of the Journal of Business & Economic Statistics

 

Katarzyna Wac, Full Professor, Research Institute for Statistics and Information Science
has been named Associate Editor of the npj Digital Medicine journal

 

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2023

Awards & Distinctions

 

Tony Berrada, Full Professor, Geneva Finance Research Institute
received the Fidelity Best Paper Award at the SGFIN Research Conference on Sustainability for the paper "The Economics of Sustainability Linked Bonds" (with Professor Rajna Gibson Brandon, Professor Philipp Krüger, and Léonie Engelhardt)
received the Best Paper Award at the 29th Annual Conference of the Multinational Finance Society for the paper "COVID-19 Puzzles: A Resolution"


Leonie Bräuer, Ph.D. Student and Teaching Assistant, Geneva Finance Research Institute
received the Swiss Finance Institute Best Discussant Doctoral Award 2023


Federica Braccioli
Ph.D. Student and Teaching Assistant, Institute of Economics and Econometrics
received the Young Economist Award at the European Economic Association Annual Congress for the paper "The Institutional Role of the Italian Mafia: Enforcing Contracts When the State Does Not"


Léonie Engelhardt
, Ph.D. Student and Teaching Assistant, Geneva Finance Research Institute
received the Fidelity Best Paper Award at the SGFIN Research Conference on Sustainability for the paper "The Economics of Sustainability Linked Bonds" (with Professor Tony Berrada, Professor Rajna Gibson Brandon, and Professor Philipp Krüger)


Rajna Gibson Brandon
, Full Professor, Geneva Finance Research Institute
received the SWW Women Award from the Jury from the Swiss Who’s Who
received the Fidelity Best Paper Award at the SGFIN Research Conference on Sustainability for the paper "The Economics of Sustainability Linked Bonds" (with Professor Tony Berrada, Professor Philipp Krüger, and Léonie Engelhardt)


Manuel Hentschel, Ph.D. Student and Teaching Assistant, Research Institute for Statistics and Information Science
received the Best Student Paper Award at EVA 2023 - Extreme Value Analysis Conference for the paper "Statistical Inference for Hüsler-Reiss Graphical Models Through Matrix Completions"

Kyungbo Han, Ph.D. Student and Teaching Assistant, Institute of Economics and Econometrics
received the Prix William Rappard for the best thesis in the field of sustainability for his thesis "Three Essays on Environmental and Development Economics"

Aneta Havranova, Ph.D. Student and Teaching Assistant, Institute of Economics and Econometrics
received the Prix Genre 2023

Martin Hoesli, Full Professor, Geneva Finance Research Institute
received the Real Estate Investment Award from the American Real Estate Society (ARES) for the paper "The Role of Multi-Family Properties in Hedging Pension Liability Risk: Long-Run Evidence" (with Louis Johner)


Louis Johner
, Ph.D. Student and Teaching Assistant, Geneva Finance Research Institute
received the Real Estate Investment Award from the American Real Estate Society (ARES) for the paper "The Role of Multi-Family Properties in Hedging Pension Liability Risk: Long-Run Evidence" (with Professor Martin Hoesli)


Sofonias Alemu Korsaye
, Ph.D. Student and Teaching Assistant, Geneva Finance Research Institute
received the Brattle Group Ph.D. Candidate Award For Outstanding Research at the 2023 Western Finance Association Meeting for the paper "Investor Beliefs and Market Frictions"
had the article, "The Global Factor Structure of Exchange" selected as the 2023 April/May Editor’s Choice in the Journal of Financial Economics (with Professor Fabio Trojani)


Philipp Krüger
, Full Professor, Geneva Finance Research Institute
received the Fidelity Best Paper Award at the SGFIN Research Conference on Sustainability for the paper "The Economics of Sustainability Linked Bonds" (with Professor Tony Berrada, Professor Rajna Gibson Brandon,
and Léonie Engelhardt)
received the Best Paper Award at the 12th Portuguese Finance Network Conference for the paper "Decarbonizing Institutional Investor Portfolios: Helping to Green the Planet or Just Greening Your Portfolio?"
had his article, "Climate Risk Disclosure and Institutional Investors" selected as the 2023 July issue Editor’s Choice paper in the Review of Financial Studies


Diego Kuonen, Adjunct Professor, Research Institute for Statistics and Information Science
received the Søren Bisgaard Award of the Statistics Division of the American Society for Quality (ASQ) for his article "Problem framing: Essential to successful statistical engineering applications”  

Jérémy Lucchetti, Associate Professor, Institute of Economics and Econometrics
received the Swiss Education Research Prize 2023 for the article "Distance Learning in Higher Education: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment" (with Professor Michele Pellizzari)

 

Avichal Mahajan, Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute of Economics and Econometrics
received the 2023 GSEM Young Researcher Award

 

Pia Pannatier, Ph.D. Student and Teaching Assistant, Institute of Economics and Econometrics
received the University of Geneva Subside Tremplin 2023

 

Michele Pellizzari, Full Professor, Institute of Economics and Econometrics
received the Swiss Education Research Prize 2023 for the article "Distance Learning in Higher Education: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment" (with Professor Jérémy Lucchetti)

 

Sebastian Raisch, Full Professor, Institute of Management
received the 2023 Best Developmental Reviewer Award from the Academy of Management Review 

 

Judith Schrempf-Stirling, Associate Professor, Institute of Management
received the Best Practical Solutions Award 2023 from the Society for Business Ethics for the paper “A Process Model of Organizational Repair Efforts: The Case of U.S. Universities and Antebellum Slavery”

 

Fabio Trojani, Full Professor, Geneva Finance Research Institute
had his article, "The Global Factor Structure of Exchange" selected as the 2023 April/May Editor’s Choice in the Journal of Financial Economics

 

Nominations

 

Eva Cantoni, Full Professor, Research Institute for Statistics and Information Science
has been appointed President of the Federal Statistics Commission


Céline Carrère
, Full Professor, Institute of Economics and Econometrics
has been appointed Vice Rector of the University of Geneva


Thomas Fischer
, Assistant Professor, Institute of Management
has been appointed Yearly Review Editor of The Leadership Quarterly


Philipp Krüger, Full Professor, Geneva Finance Research Institute
has been appointed Associate Editor in Finance of Management Science


Diego Kuonen
, Adjunct Professor, Research Institute for Statistics and Information Science
has been appointed Chair of the International Statistical Engineering Association (ISEA)


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


Sebastian Raisch
, Full Professor, Institute of Management
has been appointed Associate Editor of
the Academy of Management Review


Olivier Scaillet
, Full Professor, Geneva Finance Research Institute
has been named Elected Member of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics
has been named Fellow of the Journal of Econometrics
has been Elected Member of the International Statistical Institute


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

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