The jury has selected 8 finalists for the EUPRERA Master Thesis Award for Excellence. Specifically, 3 in the Practical Impact Award category and 5 in the Theoretical Impact Award one.

The winners, 1 per category, will be announced during the EUPRERA congress in Bucharest on Sept. 13, 2024.

2024 Master Award Finalists
Practical Impact Award

Jenny Biver, “Harnessing the power of cultural diversity – Facilitating awareness around interculturality and promoting intercultural competence as a key success factor for multicultural teams in Luxembourg”
Supervisors: Monica Blaga and Antonia Hein, Hanze University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands

Anthony Scott, “Clearing the Air of the International Battle on Wind Turbine Noise: Navigating the Netherlands Issue Arena as an Example to Understand International Context”
Supervisor: Wim Elving, Hanze University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands

Darejan Tsurtsumia, “Flexible Organizational Structures of the Digitally Mediated Collective Actor – A Case of the Shame Movement in Georgia”
Supervisor: Ilkin Mehrabov, Lund University, Sweden

Theoretical Impact Award

Laura Malaussene, “Cultural Intermediation as a Balancing Act: Exploring the Role of Public Relations Practitioners in Navigating Political, Economic, and Cultural Complexities within UK Cancer Charities”
Supervisor: Chris Holly, University of the Arts London, UK

Carla Sofia Mollenhauer, “Behind the rainbow flag: Exploring employee perspectives on corporate LGBTQIA+ advocacy”
Supervisor: Anna Berbers, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Megan Rollerson, “Strategic Communication of Trustworthiness in Autonomous Systems, Machine Learning & AI”
Supervisor: Marléne Wiggill, Lund University, Sweden

Caroline Siegel, “Maturity Models in Corporate Communications: A Critical Review of a Key Concept and its Relation to the Discourse on Communication Evaluation, Measurement, and Excellence”
Supervisors: Ansgar Zerfass, Leipzig University, Germany and Alexander Buhmann, BI Norwegian Business School, Norway

Alessandra Sossini, “Between Discursive Power, Visibility and Resistance: A Critical Study of Employee Ambassadorship on Social Media”
Supervisor: Mats Heide, Lund University, Sweden

Congratulations!