{"id":8291,"date":"2021-10-25T14:56:13","date_gmt":"2021-10-25T14:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/website.prod.unilu.spikeseed.cloud\/en\/news\/2020-and-2021-pierre-werner-scholarship-laureates-honoured-at-ceremony\/"},"modified":"2021-10-25T14:56:13","modified_gmt":"2021-10-25T14:56:13","slug":"2020-and-2021-pierre-werner-scholarship-laureates-honoured-at-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/en\/news\/2020-and-2021-pierre-werner-scholarship-laureates-honoured-at-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"2020 and 2021 Pierre Werner Scholarship Laureates Honoured at Ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance hosted a scientific meeting and reception for the 2020 and 2021 Fondation Pierre Werner Scholarship recipients on 20 October, 2021. The event, which brought together the eight laureates and their PhD supervisors as well as representatives from FDEF, the Fondation Pierre Werner, the Fondation de Luxembourg and Pierre Werner\u2019s family, was held in-person at the Weicker Building under the Covidcheck regime.<\/p>

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\n FDEF Dean Katalin Ligeti gives opening remarks (photo credit: Olivier Dessy) <\/p>\n <\/figure>

Prof. Katalin Ligeti, Dean of the Faculty, opened the ceremony by welcoming the guests and congratulating the laureates. Prof. Ligeti reminded attendees that the scholarship winners are chosen based on their academic performance, the originality and the potential of their work, as well as the relevance and importance of this work in promoting the ideals of former Luxembourg Prime Minister and architect of European economic and monetary integration, Pierre Werner. Mr. Luc Frieden, President of the Management Committee of the Fondation Pierre Werner, also addressed the attendees, reminding all of Pierre Werner\u2019s vision of a unified Europe and praising the scholars for their excellent research contributions.<\/p>

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\n Fondation Pierre Werner President, Luc Frieden, addresses the attendees (photo credit: Olivier Dessy) <\/p>\n <\/figure>

After viewing a short documentary about the life and work of Prime Minister Pierre Werner produced in part by Research Scientist Elena Danescu from the University of Luxembourg\u2019s Center for Contemporary and Digital History, each laureate then gave a short presentation describing their thesis.\u00a0<\/p>

2020 Laureates and thesis topics<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>

Although the 2020 winners had already been announced in July 2020, the COVID situation had prevented them from official presenting their work and receiving their awards.<\/p>