Faculty-Member Awards

Professor Michael Steiner receives the Archduke Johann Research Prize

On 11 March 2022, Prof. (ret.) DDr. Michael Steiner from the Institute of Economics was awarded the “Archduke Johann Research Prize” by the Province of Styria, presented by Provincial Minister for Science MMag. Barbara Eibinger-Miedl, for the publication “WIRTSCHAFT.STEIERMARK Between Utopia and Reality”. We offer our warmest congratulations.
Info: Institute of Economics

Major honour for Alfred Gutschelhofer

On 10 March 2022, Alfred Gutschelhofer, former Rector of the University of Graz, was awarded the Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold for Services to the Republic of Austria in the auditorium of the Old University. The award from the Federal President was presented to him in recognition of his work as the long-standing Rector of the University of Graz.
Info: Institute for Business Management and Entrepreneurship / » Further information

Prof. Stefan Karner receives Medal of Honour for Services to the Province of Lower Austria

On 11 December 2018, Univ.-Prof. Dr. Dr.h.c. Stefan Karner of the Institute for Economic, Social and Business History was awarded the Silver Commander’s Cross of the Medal of Honour for Services to the Province of Lower Austria by Provincial Governor Johanna Mikl-Leitner. He received the award, among other things, for his work as founding director and head of the academic advisory board of the House of History at the Museum of Lower Austria.
Info: Institute for Economic, Social and Business History / >> Further information

Ulrich Pferschy, Joachim Schauer, Thomas Schmickl and Martin Stefanec receive the 2017/18 Teaching Award

On ‘Teaching Day’, which took place on 8 November 2018, Prof. Dr. Ulrich Pferschy (Institute of Statistics and Operations Research), Dr. Joachim Schauer (Institute of Statistics and Operations Research), Dr Thomas Schmickl (Institute of Biology) and Mr Martin Stefanec (Institute of Biology) were awarded the “Teaching: Excellent!” prize for the 2017/18 academic year for their course “Quantitative Research Methods 1 (Complex Systems: Behaviour and Decision-Making in Nature)”.
Info: Teaching and Student Services

Prof. Heinz-Dieter Kurz receives the Kurt Rothschild Prize

On 31 October 2018, Emeritus Professor Dr Heinz-Dieter Kurz from the Institute of Economics and the Graz Schumpeter Centre was awarded the “Kurt Rothschild Prize 2018” by the Karl Renner Institute and the SPÖ Parliamentary Group.
Info: Institute of Economics and Graz Schumpeter Centre

Prof. Renate Ortlieb receives the Käthe Leichter Prize

On 8 October 2018, Professor Renate Ortlieb from the Institute for Human Resource Policy was awarded the “2018 Käthe Leichter Prize for Women’s Studies, Gender Studies and Equality in the Workplace” by the Federal Ministry for Women, Family and Youth, in conjunction with the Federal Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs, Health and Consumer Protection in the Stein and Congress Hall of the Federal Chancellery in Vienna.
Info: Institute for Human Resource Policy

Prof. Schreyögg appointed honorary member of EGOS

During this year’s annual conference of the European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS), which took place in Tallinn from 4 to 7 July 2018, Univ.-Prof. Dr. Dr.h.c. Georg Schreyögg, Professor of Organizational Capability Studies at the Institute for Human Resource Policy since September 2015, was appointed Honorary Member 2018. EGOS is the European association for organisational scientists with more than 2,500 members.
Info: Institute for Personnel Policy

Harald Amberger awarded doctorate “sub auspiciis”

Mr Harald Amberger, former research assistant at the Institute for Corporate Accounting and Taxation, was awarded a doctorate “sub auspiciis” by Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen at the Vienna University of Economics and Business on 21 February 2018.
Info: Institute for Corporate Accounting and Taxation / >> Further information

Libora Oates-Indruchová and Jana Mikats receive the “Closing the Gender Gap” Award

At the netidee best of 2017 awards ceremony, Prof. Libora Oates-Indruchová and Jana Mikats, MA, from the Institute of Sociology were awarded the special “Closing the Gender Gap” prize for the “RemoteMentor” project, which they led in collaboration with Graz University of Technology. The project aims to support girls in learning to code through individual online mentoring and to inspire them to take an interest in the subject.
Info: Institute of Sociology