On 2 February 2022, the Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance held its third annual FDEF Research Awards to celebrate excellence in research. After a welcome from FDEF Dean, Prof. Katalin Ligeti, Prof. Benny Mantin, Head of the Research Committee, presented the research achievements of the Faculty in 2021. Among these highlights, the announcement of 18 projects accepted for funding with an overall expected incoming budget of over EUR 5M. 2021 has been a record year, for both number of projects submitted (44) and overall success rate (41%).
Congratulations to Silvia Peracchi and Bilal Kchouri!
Two of the 6 winners of the Research Awards are part of the DSEFM: Silvia Peracchi and Bilal Kchouri. They both received the prize of « Best PhD student« .
Silvia Perrachi from the Department of Economics and Management. With two papers at their final stage and a 2021 Pierre Werner Scholarship, Silvia is also an active Teaching Assistant. In her research, she finds ways to spatially represent the economic impacts of migration, including using data from sources such as football scores, local news media and municipal elections.
Bilal Kchouri from the Department of Finance. Student representative for doctoral candidates at the Department of Finance, Bilal has published one book chapter and two papers on topics on Islamic finance including “Tokenization of sukuk: Etherium Case Study” and “Islamic Banking and Economic Growth.”
Congratulations to the other 2021 winners:
Best PHD student Prize:
- Antonino Salmeri from the Department of Law.
“Best Publication by an Early-Stage Researcher”:
- Dr. Sarah Van der Auweraer, a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Luxembourg Centre for Logistics and Supply Chain Management (LCL).
- Prof. Julien Pénasse, Associate Professor within the Department of Finance.
- Dr. Afroditi Marketou, Postdoctoral Researcher within the Department of Law.
Pictured from left to right: Dean Katalin Ligeti, Silvia Perrachi, Dr. Sarah
Van der Auweraer, Antonino Salmeri, Prof. Julien Pénasse, Bilal Kchouri,
Prof. Benny Mantin.