Awards & Nominations
2024
Nominations
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
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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