Review of Faculty Day with inaugural lecture and award ceremonies on May 21

On Faculty Day on May 21, we were able to attend the inaugural lecture by Prof. Dr. Kamila Cygan-Rehm and the presentation of our faculty awards in lecture hall HÜL S 386.

Prof. Dr. Kamila Cygan-Rehm has held the Chair of Quantitative Methods, in particular Econometrics, since October 1, 2023. She researches and teaches primarily in applied microeconomics with a focus on empirical labor market, education and population economics as well as public health. In her inaugural lecture on "Between intention and effect: the econometric view of political measures", she presented a recent study on the effects of general screening on gestational diabetes.

The inaugural lecture was followed by the presentation of the faculty prizes. Dr. Maria Beranek and Dr. Steffi Misconel were awarded the Dr. Feldbausch Prize for outstanding dissertations. Maria Beranek completed her doctorate at the Chair of Business Administration, in particular Industrial Management. Her thesis entitled "Applications of Game Theory in Supply Chain Management" was supervised by Prof. Dr. Udo Buscher. Steffi Misconel 's thesis on "Assessing the Value of Flexibility Options for Least-cost Decarbonization Pathways in Sector-coupled Energy Systems" was written at the Chair of Business Administration, in particular Energy Economics, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Dominik Möst.

The Dr. Händel Prize serves to promote international contacts within the Faculty of Business Administration and Economics. This year's winner is Dix Gräubig from the Chair of Business Information Systems, in particular Information Systems in Industry and Commerce. He used the prize money to take part in a Coincidence Analysis (CNA) methodology workshop in Copenhagen from May 19-22, 2025 and was therefore unable to attend the award ceremony himself. He was represented by the founder of the prize, Dr. Händel, who said a few words about the idea and history of the prize.

With the Professor Hilbert Publication Prize the Faculty aims to recognize outstanding publications by early-career researchers at the Faculty and make them visible to the outside world. The 2024 award winners are Jun.-Prof. Dr. Ignas Bruder for the publication published in Management Science: Bruder, I.; & Sydow, J. (2024): Governing Inter-Organizational Collaboration through Purpose Work and Purpose Borrowing: How Social Enterprises' Normative Aspirations Influence Business Partners', Jun.-Prof. Dr. Valentin Lindlacher for the paper Alipour, J.-V.; & Lindlacher, V. (2024): No Surprises, Please: Voting Costs and Electoral Turnout, published in the Journal of Political Economy Microeconomics as well as Benedikt Zipfel for the publication: Zipfel, B.; Tamke, F.; & Kuttner, L. (2024): A New Branch-and-cut Approach for Integrated Planning in Additive Manufacturing, which appeared in the European Journal of Operational Research.

Finally, two of the four Distinguished Research Fellows 2025 were also honored. Sven Anders, Professor of Resource Economics at the University of Alberta, will conduct research together with Prof. Dr. Christian Leßmann and Prof. Dr. Dominik Möst. The hosts of Ciprian Domnisoru, Assistant Professor of Economics and Data Science at the Alto Schhol of Business, are Prof. Dr. Kamila Cygan-Rehm and Dr. Andreas Leibing.

The Faculty Day program was rounded off with a coffee break and champagne reception. Those who wanted to continue celebrating could do so at the graduation ceremony in the physics lecture hall of the Trefftz Building followed by a summer party on the lawn at the Gerhart Potthoff Building (to the review of the graduation ceremony and summer party).