Friends of the WZB Award

Congratulations! Gesine Höltmann and Benjamin Edelstein are this year's winners of the Friends of the WZB Award.

Gesine Höltmann receives the award in the Pre-Docs category for her discussion paper „Solidarität und Protest in der Zeitenwende. Reaktionen der Zivilgesellschaft auf den Ukraine-Krieg“ (together with Swen Hutter und  Charlotte Rößler-Prokhorenko). The committee emphazised in the award statement: "A very well-prepared, thorough paper with high readability, academic excellence, methodological accessibility, and social relevance." They pointet out, that it would quickly provide research-based findings on an important current topic.

Benjamin Edelstein is awarded in the postdoctoral category for his article "Bildung und soziale Ungleichheit“ (together with Simone Grellmann) in the online dossier on education of the Federal Agency for Civic Education. The commission emphasizes: "The text deserves the award because of its good readability, its broad, ambitious and yet accessible thematic approach, and the good systematic research overview."

The Friends of the WZB Award is selected by an annually rotating committee of WZB directors and members of the Friends of the WZB and includes prize money of 1,000 euros each. The price will be awarded in November.

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