Innovation Award of the Lord Mayor of the City of Frankfurt (Oder)

The Innovation Award of the Lord Mayor of the City of Frankfurt (Oder) René Wilke is awarded for outstanding student work in the field of cross-border innovation and cooperation.

Students from all three Faculties submit seminar papers, term papers or final theses (especially BA or MA). The theses should make an innovative and application-oriented contribution to the study of cross-border relations and focus on projects that strengthen the region.

The award winners will be selected on the recommendation of a jury appointed by Mayor René Wilke and the President of Viadrina, Prof Dr Eduard Mühle.

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Selection of previous award winners

• 2023: Antje Wilke, Adrian Piprek and Jasper Mathis Ohler "Local relevance and appreciation as motivation - Lord Mayor awards innovation prizes to three Viadrina alumni" (MA, BA, MA)
• 2022: Clara Philine Janus, Dagmara Kornelia Adamus and Angelika Turecka "A great enrichment not only for the border region" - Viadrina students receive innovation awards from the Lord Mayor of Frankfurt (MA, MA, MA)
• 2021: Sophie Laaß, Marlene Reincke and Rebekka Rein "Their work is characterised by the fact that it provides an intellectual boost for the region!" - Students receive innovation awards from the Lord Mayor of Frankfurt (MA, MA, MA)

• 2020: Adrianna Rosa-Zarzycka, Angelika Turecka and Yanis Hamdali "An impressive example of the enrichment of university and city" - Lord Mayor awards innovation prizes (MA, BA, MA)

• 2019: Julija Gewinner "The influence of lobbying on corporate taxation in Germany using the example of the law against harmful tax practices" (BA)
• 2018: Tom Ziegenbein "The co-entrepreneur's permanent establishment in the case of services provided by the co-entrepreneur for and to his co-entrepreneurship" (BA)
• 2017: Dr Aleksandra Ligocka "The police hot pursuit across the German-Polish border. On the prerequisites and the exercise of cross-border prosecutions" (dissertation)
• 2016: Martin Schewe "Analyse der steuerlich optimale Finanzierung einer personenbezogenen Kapitalgesellschaft." (BA)
• 2015: Johanna Kolbe "Steuerliche Ergebnisausweispolitik bei Überschussermittlern" (MA)