INa-Sustainability Award
For the first time, the INa awarded outstanding theses with a thematic focus on sustainability in 2023. The prize promotes young scientists and makes young research in this thematic spectrum visible.
What's the award about
INa members and professors Silke Bustamante, Tobias Börger, Sandra Rochnowski, Uta Stäsche and Kerstin Wüstner participated in the multidisciplinary selection committee. From a total of nine submissions, the jury selected three papers that were not only outstanding in scientific terms, but also particularly significant for sustainability practice and/or transfer. The award ceremony took place during the Day for Sustainability on 15th June in the assembly hall. The following papers were awarded.
The best theses
1st prize: Bachelor's thesis "Motivating public administration students to act sustainably" by Laura Cordell.
The first prize, endowed with 600 euros, went to Laura Cordell with her Bachelor's thesis "Motivating Public Administration Students to Act Sustainably" in the Public Administration degree programme. In her thesis, Laura Cordell conducted an empirical study on the psychological factors that can motivate or discourage public administration students to act sustainably.
2nd prize: Master's thesis "Implementation of product carbon standards - An analysis of barriers and opportunities for start-ups" by Anna Gneuß
Second place (300 euros) went to Anna Gneuß from the German-French degree programme "International Management" with her Master's thesis "Implementation of product carbon standards - An analysis of barriers and opportunities for start-ups". Anna Gneuß empirically investigated how, if, and why small companies, especially start-ups, can benefit from carbon footprint standards.
3rd prize: Bachelor's thesis "Evaluation of the proposed legal innovations by the EU draft on the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive" by Laura Neuthor
Third place (150 euros) went to Laura Neuthor with her Bachelor's thesis "Evaluation of the Proposed Legal Innovations by the EU Draft on the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive" in the Business Law programme. In her thesis, Laura Neuthor dealt with the supply chain law, which was the subject of intense public and political debate at the time of submission, from a legal perspective and formulated recommendations for action in particular.
Student works could be submitted for the competition that was written within the framework of a study program at the HWR Berlin within the last two years and was assessed with at least the grade Good (2.0). The work must focus on sustainability issues and be of particular relevance to research or practice. In addition to the thesis, an assessment of the first or second supervisor of the thesis had to be submitted as well as a letter of justification in which the student outlined the relevance for research and practice, strengths and limitations of the thesis as well as the most important three to five findings.
The prize was made financially possible by Gegenbauer and the AstA and supported by the alumni association Kontakte e.V..
