The Centre for International Security has been awarding the Wolfgang Ischinger Award to the best master's thesis on international security in an academic year. The first award was given out in 2020. 

Candidates are selected from among the theses submitted to one of our Centre core faculty members (Prof. Marina Henke, Prof. Julian Wucherpfennig, and Prof. Anita Gohdes), all of which are automatically eligible. Candidates are nominated by faculty and a rigorous selection process decides the winner. 

 

Wolfgang Ischinger Award 2024

The 2024 Wolfgang Ischinger Award was shared by Nils Hein and Taro Nishikawa. Nils’ master’s thesis was titled “Global Food Prices and Civil Unrest: New Evidence from Africa, 2005–2022” and Taro’s master’s thesis explored “Bilateral Foreign Aid in the Context of Alliance Politics: Altruistic Endeavour or an Alternative Tool for Burden-Sharing?”.