Awards and Events
On 20.08.2024 the team “Monetary Economics & friends” was at the start of the B2Run company run in Düsseldorf! Together we mastered the 5.8 km course along the Rhine and had a lot of fun at this great running event!
Excursion to the Bundesbank in Frankfurt
On 4 July 2024, we made our way to the Bundesbank in Frankfurt with a lovely group of students from our BW11 course. We enjoyed a guided tour through the Money Museum and listened to an absolutely fascinating presentation by a Bundesbank director on monetary policies in the Eurosystem. A short sightseeing tour through Frankfurt and refreshments in an Irish pub rounded off this great day together.
The “Deutsche Bundesbank” specifically promotes students and young academics who stand out for their excellent theses that are closely related to the Bundesbank and its tasks. The “Deutsche Bundesbank” makes a generous budget available for this purpose every year!
All bachelor- and master- as well as PhDtheses submitted between April 2023 and April 2024, related to the Bundesbank were assessed by a selection committee. The best theses were then nominated to the Bundesbank for awards. The award presentation took place on June 18 this year by Mr Christian Oto, president of the Regional Office of the “Deutsche Bundesbank” in North Rhine-Westphalia, as part of a guest lecture at our faculty.
The winners are
Alexander Müller with his master's thesis „Die Bedeutung von Zinsdifferenzen zwischen Staatsanleihen für die Geldpolitik in einer Währungsunion"
and
Jan Philip Otte with his bachelor's thesis „Inflationsdifferenzen im Euroraum – Ursachen und Implikationen für die Geldpolitik"
Bachelor theses can be rewarded with € 1,000, master theses with € 2,000. Dissertations can be rewarded with € 4,000!
The “Deutsche Bundesbank” will continue to provide the rewards in the coming years.
As part of the graduation ceremony on May, 24th, 2024, the graduates awarded our doctoral student Philip Pascheka the prize for the most popular research assistant. He received the shiny trophy “For the most popular assistant of the exam year”.
We are delighted and congratulate him wholeheartedly!
The “Deutsche Bundesbank” specifically promotes students and young academics who stand out for their excellent theses that are closely related to the Bundesbank and its tasks. The “Deutsche Bundesbank” makes a generous budget available for this purpose every year!
All bachelor- and master- as well as PhDtheses submitted between April 2022 and March 2023, related to the Bundesbank were assessed by a selection committee. The best theses were then nominated to the Bundesbank for awards. The award presentation took place on June 27 this year by Mr Uwe Irmscher, Head of In-House and Branch Operations from the Regional Office of the “Deutsche Bundesbank” in North Rhine-Westphalia, as part of a guest lecture at our faculty.
The winners are
Alexandra Stevens with her master's thesis „Demand Shocks in a New Keynesian Model with a Forward-Looking Taylor Rule"and
Antje Hendricks with her master's thesis „Market-based inflation expectations and the demand and supply of government debt
An analysis for the euro area"
Bachelor theses can be rewarded with € 1,000, master theses with € 2,000. Dissertations can be rewarded with € 4,000!
The “Deutsche Bundesbank” will continue to provide the rewards in the coming years.
The “Deutsche Bundesbank” specifically promotes students and young academics who stand out for their excellent theses that are closely related to the Bundesbank and its tasks. The “Deutsche Bundesbank” makes a generous budget available for this purpose every year!
All bachelor- and master- as well as PhDtheses submitted between April 2021 and March 2022, related to the Bundesbank were assessed by a selection committee. The best theses were then nominated to the Bundesbank for awards. The award presentation took place on June 21 this year by Mr Uwe Irmscher, Head of In-House and Branch Operations from the Regional Office of the “Deutsche Bundesbank” in North Rhine-Westphalia, as part of a guest lecture at our faculty.
The winners are
Philip Pascheka with his master's thesis „The Sovereign-Bank Nexus in the Context of the Coronavirus Pandemic” and
Pia Rütten with her bachelor's thesis „The Two-Tier System for the Remuneration of Excess Reserve Holdings as a Monetary Policy Measure".
Bachelor theses can be rewarded with € 1,000, master theses with € 1,500. Dissertations can be rewarded with € 3,000!
For all those who cannot submit their work by 03/31/2022, do not fret! The “Deutsche Bundesbank” will continue to provide the rewards in the coming years.
The “Deutsche Bundesbank” specifically promotes students and young academics who stand out for their excellent theses that are closely related to the Bundesbank and its tasks. The “Deutsche Bundesbank” makes a generous budget available for this purpose every year!
All bachelor- and master- as well as PhDtheses submitted between April 2020 and March 2021, related to the Bundesbank were assessed by a selection committee. The best theses were then nominated to the Bundesbank for awards. The award presentation took place on July 06 this year by Ms Margarete Müller, President of the Regional Office of the “Deutsche Bundesbank” in North Rhine-Westphalia, as part of a guest lecture at our faculty. The winners are
Jana Anjali Magin with her master's thesis „Central Bank Digital Currencies in New Keynesian Models” and
Sophie Marie Polke with her bachelor's thesis „The Importance of Central Bank Communication for Monetary Policy“.
The report in the Rheinische Post you can find here.
Bachelor theses can be rewarded with € 1,000, master theses with € 1,500. Dissertations can be rewarded with € 3,000!
For all those who cannot submit their work by 03/31/2021, do not fret! The “Deutsche Bundesbank” will continue to provide the rewards in the coming years.
As part of the graduation ceremony on June 11th, 2021, the graduates of the Faculty of Business Administration and Economics awarded Ulrike Neyer the prize for the most popular professor. “I have been very happy and proud to receive this precious trophy! Thank you very much!”
As part of the graduation ceremony on November 13th, 2020, the graduates awarded our doctoral student Max Horst the prize for the most popular research assistant. He received the precious trophy “For most popular assistant of the exam year”.
We are very proud of him and congratulate him from the bottom of our hearts!
On November 25th, 2020, Dr. Andre Sterzel together with Dr. Kai Bauch (Chair of Prof. Weißenberger) received the prize for the “Best dissertation of 2019 of the Faculty of Business and Economics”. The award ceremony by the chairman of the board of the Kreissparkasse Düsseldorf, Prof. Dr. Svend Reuse took place online due to the corona infection situation.
Since 2008, the Central Equal Opportunities Commissioner has been calling on all lecturers, students and university employees to submit suggestions for their Heine-woman every two years. Any woman at the university who stands out for her commitment and dedication - be it in the social or professional area - can be nominated.
Since 2018, men have also been honored for their commitment to equal opportunities and the promotion of young women and female employees. The Heine-women and Heine-men are honored for their achievements at our university.
Our Mrs. Neyer is H E I N E – W O M A N of the year 2018 !!!!
Here is a small excerpt from the anniversary edition of my H E I N E -W O M A N 2018:
"Our professor Dr. Ulrike Neyer is the best professor I know. “, Enthuses economics student Lisa Netzler, who suggested Mrs. Neyer as the Heine woman. Professor Neyer understood what students need and can be approached by anyone at any time. She always gives you the feeling of being perceived as an individual personality - even in a crowded lecture hall: “Mrs. Neyer makes sure that each student feels acknowledged and is engaged in the lecture”, says the nominee.
We - the entire team of the chair - are very proud of our boss and this great award!
A special feature of the HHU teaching award is that university committees do not act “among themselves” here - the right to nominate individuals for this award lies solely with the students. In the sense of a sustainable promotion of quality and innovation in academic teaching, particularly dedicated instructors are recognized.
• Outstanding achievements in teaching are recognized (not in doctoral training).
• All lecturers (including assistant lecturers) at Heinrich Heine University can be nominated.
• The prize is awarded in four categories, each endowed with € 10,000: Large events with a mediating character (e.g. lectures); Small events with a participatory character (e.g. exercise, seminar, internship); Young scientists (temporary employment, no Venia Legendi); eLearning (Hein@ward)
• The prize money can be used by the prize winners for teaching or for their own further training in higher education didactics.
Mrs. Neyer was nominated for the teaching award both in 2009 and again in 2018 - the students simply love her professional skills, her rousing lectures paired with a lot of personal commitment to each individual! We, the team at her Chair, are very happy about the nomination of Mrs. Neyer and are very proud of our boss!
In November each year, the teaching award is awarded as part of the “Day of Teaching”!
The "allstars" of teaching - you can find all the award winners here!