Prizes and Distinctions
See the list of Prizes and Distinctions awarded to the Max Weber Fellows, divided by cohort
Wechsler, Andrea
2012, Schöller Fellow 2012, Dr. Theo and Friedl Schöller Research Center for Business and Society (http://www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de ) for her research on "The Transformation of Law Enforcement in Europe in Competition Law" which is conducted in collaboration with members of the Faculty of the School of Business and Economics at the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg.
Wang, Heng :
2011-2014, China (National) Outstanding Law Research Award, China Law Society (a triennially-awarded honor - the most important official research award in law in China)
2011, First Prize, Youth Outstanding Research Award, Chinese Society of International Economic Law (Only one winner is selected)
Aybars, Ayse :
1999, BSc Sociology, Middle East Technical University, awarded as the 3rd best student (out of 62), graduated with High Honour degree.
2001-2002 Jean Monnet Award, European Commission.
Gazzini, Claudia :
2005-2008, Oxford University, Scatcherd European Scholarship for the completion of her DPhil.
Letnar Černič, Jernej :
2002, the Prešeren award for the paper “Equal treatment of Women and Men regarding Work in the legal Order of the European Union and in Sweden”, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Mayne, Quinton :
2011, Ernst B. Haas Best Dissertation Award, European Politics and Society Section, American Political Science Association
2011, Best Dissertation Award, Urban Politics Section, American Political Science Association
2011, Clarence N. Stone Scholar Award, Urban Politics Section, American Political Science Association
2011, Nominated for the American Political Science Association William Anderson Award for the best dissertation in the field of federalism or intergovernmental relations
Unsar, Seda :
MA and PhD exams passed with distinction.
2007, Graduate Student Initiative.
2006, Phi Beta Kappa Alumni Award.
2005, Strategic Theme Fellowship
Vazquez-Gestal, Pablo :
2001, Spanish Ministry of Education’s First Prize
for Graduation in History.
2001, XIII Complutense Prize for the Best Graduation Certificate in Humanistic Disciplines.
2001, Faculty of Geography and History of the Universidad Complutense de Madrid’s Extraordinary Graduation Prize in History.
2001, Real Maestranza de Caballería de Ronda’s Prize for the Best Graduation Certificate in History.
Aybek, Can :
2011, one year fellowship for the year 2012 at the Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg (HWK) Institute for Advanced Study
Bekiros, Stelios :
2009, Marie Curie FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IEF grant to be hosted by the ECO Department, EUI
Boumghar, Mouloud :
2007, Jacques Mourgeon for Human Rights Prize, by the French Society for International Law for Ph.D. thesis.
2007, Doctoral prize, University of Paris II.
Delori, Mathias :
2009, Qualification du Conseil National des Universités" as a "maitre de conférence" (assistant professor) in Political Science and Contemporary History.
Hausermann, Silja :
2009, Junior scientist award from the Swiss Political Science Association.
2008, Ernst. B. Haas Best Dissertation Prize of the "European Politics and
Society" section of the American Political Science APSA.
2008, Jean Blondel Ph.D. Prize of the European Consortium for Political
Research ECPR.
Pin, Paolo :
2009, the working paper “Eight Degrees of Separation” [13] won the Vinci
prize of the Parthenope University of Naples for papers extracted from the Ph.D. thesis.
Soen, Violet :
2004, Mgr. De Clercq Prize, The Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts, Religious history of the Low Countries.
2006, Brice et Mary Lyon Prize 2006, Royal Historical Commission/ Commission royale d’Histoire, Text edition and political history of the Low Countries.
Trauschweizer, Ingo :
2009, Distinguished Book Prize of the Society for Military History.
2008, The Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Writing Award
Aydin, Umut :
2009, honorable mention (runner-up) for the European Union Studies Association's biennial Best Dissertation Prize.
Berenson, Marc :
2008, Economic and Social Research Council’s First Grants Scheme award to fund for 2008-2011 for his research project, “Re-Creating the State: Governance, Civil Society and Trust in Poland, Russia and Ukraine”.
Catignani, Sergio :
2007, the Dissertation Prize for his thesis entitled “Dilemmas of a Conventional Army: The Israel Defense Force during the Two Intifadas” by the Committee for the Analysis of Military Operations and Strategy (American Political Science Association).
2008, Visiting Fellowship Grant from the Institute for National Security Studies/Jaffee Center, Tel Aviv ($20,000).
Jones, Heather :
2007, Eda Sagarra medal by the Government of Ireland Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences.
Le Normand, Brigitte :
2009, New Frontiers in the Arts and Humanities grant (28 given throughout the University of Indiana system).
Maiani, Francesco :
2008, Professor Walter Hug" Prize awarded for his Ph.D. thesis
Beaulac, Stephane:
2009, Neil MacCormick Fellowship for Edinburgh University School of Law.
Giordani, Paolo :
2005, SIE prize (prize awarded by the “società italiana degli economisti” (Italian Economic Association) for the best doctoral dissertation of the year.
2006, The “Giulio Capodaglio” Prize from the university of Bologna, for the best doctoral dissertation.
Petrova, Margherita :
2008, The Helen Dwight Reid Award for the best doctoral dissertation completed and accepted in 2007 in the field of international relations, law and politics from the American Political Science Association.
Thal, Jeanine :
2006, dissertation prize of the Toulouse Chamber of Commerce for her PhD thesis.