Hosted by Inga Hoever, professor in the department of Organisation and Personnel Management and dean of Research at RSM, and Pilar Garcia-Gomez, professor of Applied Economics at the EUR’s Erasmus School of Economics (ESE) and associate director of ERIM, the awards for 2024 spanned multiple categories to recognise exceptional dissertations, impactful journal articles and outstanding performances by researchers.
All awards were presented in turn by Prof. Aukje Hassoldt, dean of RSM; Prof. Patrick Groenen, Dean of ESE; and Prof. Jantine Schuit, rector magnificus of EUR. Here is the list of award winners:
Best Full-time PhD Dissertation
There were two winners in this category. Dr Sai Kalvapalle (RSM, 2023), assistant professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at Nova SBE, won the award for Best Full-time PhD Dissertation for her work entitled Breaking the Conduit: A Relational Approach to Communication in Management and Entrepreneurship. The jury commended the originality of her dissertation, which integrates theory, review and experimental research.
Annelot Wismans (ESE, 2023), medior behavioural researcher and advisor at the Dutch Financial Market (AFM), also received this award for her dissertation Behavioural Insights from the COVID-19 Pandemic: Studies on Compliance, Vaccination, and Entrepreneurship. The jury praised her productivity, noting that she was first author with nine out of ten publications, with over 250 citations already accrued. Both academically and practically, Ms Wismans’ work has helped to shape discussions on public health and entrepreneurship during crises.
Best Part-time PhD Dissertation
There were again two winners in this category. The first was Dr Max-Antoine Jean Renault (RSM, 2022), director of innovations in Global Precision Health, recognised for his thesis All for One and One for All: How Teams Adapt to Crises. In his thesis, Dr Renault explores how nursing teams responded to continuous shockwaves during the COVID-19 pandemic. His research has introduced the concept of affective leadership and offered critical insights into how leaders regulate team emotions during crises.
The second recipient, Dr Henk Jan Reinders (EUR, 2023), adjunct professor in the department of Economics at University of Bologna, was awarded for his dissertation Financial Stability in a Changing Environment, which investigates the impact of climate change on financial markets. His work has been published in leading journals and has already received high citations, reflecting its scholarly and practical influence.
Dr Rebecca (Bex) Hewett accepted both awards on behalf of Dr Renault and Dr Reinders.
Top Article Award
Dr Matthijs Korevaar, associate professor of Finance at Erasmus School of Economics, received two awards. He took home the Top Article Award for his research article Reaching for Yield and the Housing Market: Evidence from 18th-Century Amsterdam, a study that examines investor behaviour and its influence on housing price volatility. Dr Korevaar’s research was published in the Journal of Financial Economics and has gained widespread media attention from outlets such as Forbes and The Economist.
Outstanding Performance Award
In addition to his Top Article award, Dr Korevaar also won an Outstanding Performance by a Young Researcher Award for his contributions to financial-economic research with an interdisciplinary approach that combined economics with historical analysis, which has led to numerous high-impact publications and policy discussions.
Prof. Sebastian Gryglewicz accepted both of these awards on Dr Korevaar’s behalf.
Dr Sebastian Gabel, assistant professor in the department of Marketing Management at RSM, was recognised with an Outstanding Performance by a Young Researcher award for his work in quantitative marketing. In this work, Dr Gavel investigates how machine learning tools influence consumer behaviour. His further research on sustainable behaviour interventions has had both academic and societal impact.
Prof. Aurélie Lemmens accepted this award on behalf of Dr Gabel.
Congratulations to all the winners!
