The Institute's Alumni Association Prize
This prize was established by the Alumni Association to reward a student from the Institute who prepares the most outstanding PhD thesis. It is awarded every year by each academic unit in turn.
- Laureate: Thomas Gmuer, PhD International Relations/Political Science
Thesis: "'Dysfunctional Democracy' Towards an Ergotherapy of the Political"
- Laureate: Ximena Osorio Garate, PhD International Relations/Political Science
Thesis: “Anti-Natalist Violence. Forced Sterilizations, Political Violence, and Coloniality in Peru"
Contact: carine.leu@graduateinstitute.ch
The Anthropology and Sociology Department Prize
- Laureate: Atharva Tewari, Master in Anthropology and Sociology
Dissertation: “Haunted Intimacies: Algorithmic Relationality, Ethics, and the Digital Dead"
- Laureate: Zipei Wang, Master in Anthropology and Sociology
Dissertation: “The Differential Frontier: Cross-border Commuting and Speculative Urbanism in Johor Bahru, Malaysia"
The Arditi Prize in International Relations
In 1993, the Arditi Foundation created the Arditi Prize in International Relations, which is awarded to the best master’s dissertation in international studies or international affairs.
- Laureate: Pauline Edith Marty, Master in Anthropology and Sociology
Dissertation: “El Castillo de lxs Nadies: the (Re)Construction of a Marginalised Royalty. Lived Experiences of Women from El Castillo de las Artes, Bogotá, Colombia."
Association Genève-Asie Prize
- Laureate: Samuel Macherel, Master in International History and Politics
Dissertation: “The Chinese Threat through Sino-American Normalization and Military Cooperation (1970s-1980s) - Seizing An Opportunity, or Arming the Enemy"
Global Migration Award
- Laureate: Claire Elizabeth Eastwood, Master in Anthropology and Sociology
Dissertation: "The Intelligible Asylum Seeker: Creating an Affectively Credible Protagonist"
The International Relations/Political Science Department Prize
- Laureate: Alice Scomazzon, Master in International Relations / Political Science
Dissertation: "Invisible Hands: Agromafia, Caporalato, and the Exploitation of Migrant Labor in the Calabrian Context"
The Ladislas Mysyrowicz Prize
The Ladislas Mysyrowicz Prize is awarded for an excellent master’s dissertation or PhD thesis devoted to the study of refugees.
- Laureate: Malavika Rao, PhD in International Law
Thesis: “The Principle of Non-Refoulement for Food-Deprived Forced Migration”
The Leonid Hurwicz Prize
This annual prize rewards a student who prepares the best PhD thesis in international or development economics. Leonid Hurwicz was an alumnus of the Graduate Institute. He received the Nobel Prize for Economics in 2007, together with Eric S. Maskin and Roger B. Myerson, for the formulation of mechanism design theory.
- Laureate: Théodore Thomas Renault, PhD in International Economics
Thesis: “Essays in Empirical Macroeconomics”
- Laureate: Guilherme Mateus Suedekum, PhD in International Economics
Thesis: “Three Essays on Public Finance”
The Mariano Garcia Rubio Prize
The Mariano Garcia Rubio Prize was created in May 2004 to honour the memory of a former assistant in the International Law Department. It is awarded each year to a student who writes the best master’s dissertation in international law.
- Laureate: Mara Ebbers, Master in International Law
Dissertation: “The Shifting Concepts of Neutrality and Non-Belligerency in the 21st Century"
NORRAG Prize in Comparative and International Education
The NORRAG Prize is awarded to an outstanding MA thesis in comparative and international education.
- Laureate: Fabia Simone Jenny, Master in International and Development Studies (MINT)
Thesis: "Education in Adversity: How NGOs Providing Education to Girls and Women in Afghanistan Navigate Challenges"
The Pierre du Bois Prize
This annual prize, created by the Fondation Pierre du Bois pour l'histoire du temps présent, rewards a student who prepares the best PhD thesis in international history presented at the Institute.
- Laureate: Fernanda Conforto de Oliveira, PhD in International History
Thesis: "Opening the Black Box of Financial Negotiations: the IMF, Argentina, and Brazil in the Post-war Era (1945-1964)"
- Laureate: Oluwaṣeun Williams, PhD in International History
Thesis: "The Meat of the Story: Cattle Capitalism and Veterinary Public Health in Colonial Nigeria"
Contact: info@fondation-pierredubois.ch
The Rudi Dornbusch Prize
This annual prize rewards a student who writes the best master’s dissertation in international economics. Rudi Dornbusch was an alumnus of the Institute and one of the most influential international economists of all time.
- Laureate: Thea Maria Victoria Berger, Master in International Economics
Dissertation: “Green Strings Attached: Evaluating the Influence of Environmental Clauses in Free Trade Agreements on the Global South"
War and Peace PRIZe in Honour of Professor Mohamed Mahmoud Mohamedou
The prize aims to distinguish an excellent Master’s thesis that falls within the thematic range of War and Peace from a historical and/or a political science perspective.
- Laureate: Shivam Kumar, Master in International and Development Studies (MINT)
Dissertation: “Enduring Disappearance: Memory, Refusal, And The Gendered Afterlives of Violence In Kashmir"
