The ERP-HSG institutes two awards for outstanding student achievements, thereby underlining its commitment to academic excellence and the promotion of early-career scholars. The prize for the best Master’s degree result, the Jöhr Prize, is fully funded by the ERP-HSG thanks to a dedicated donation. The prize for the best Master’s thesis is co-financed by the institute at one third.
Since 2007, ERP-HSG has annually awarded the so-called Jöhr Prize. This award commemorates Walter Adolf Jöhr, the founder of our institute and former Rector of the University of St.Gallen. The prize is awarded for the best Master’s degree (MEcon) by the academic programme directors during the decentralized graduation ceremony in the autumn semester. The prize money is financed through a one-time dedicated donation in favour of ERP-HSG.
Below you will find a list of all prize recipients since 2007. For data protection reasons, only the respective year and the first and last names of the winners are published:
Jahr Gewinner:innen
2025 Paola Bignoli
2024 Felix Mao
2023 Lara-Marie Rausch
2022 Isabella Maassen
2021 Jacob Stevens
2020 Verena Konzett
2019 Johannes Matt
2018 Michael Knuchel
2017 Hannah Winterberg
2016 Mirjam Bächli
2015 Dimitri Lenzin
2014 Stefan Grimm
2013 Philemon Krähenmann
2012 Michael Kogler
2011 Thomas Koch
2010 Berit Gerritzen
2009 Stephan Fretz
2008 Damaris Frey
2007 Franziska Zuber
Once a year, the Department of Economics selects the best Master’s thesis from all graduates of the MEcon and MiQE/F Master’s programmes. The prize is awarded by the Rector of the University of St.Gallen during the Graduation Day in the autumn semester.
The prize is sponsored by the three institutes of economics:
ERP-HSG – Institute for Economic Research and Policy
SEW-HSG – Swiss Institute for Empirical Economic Research
SIAW-HSG – Swiss Institute for International Economics and Applied Economic Research
Below you will find a list of all prize recipients since 2009. For data protection reasons, only the respective year and the first and last names of the winners are published:
Jahr Gewinner:innen
2025 Paola Bignoli
2024 Cara Stromeyer
2023 Joel Frischknecht
2022 Damian Wehrli
2021 Illaria Marchese und Laurenz Grabher
2020 Ann-Cathrin Fels und Johannes Matt
2019 Marko Mlikota
2018 Sophie Brown und Fabian Mauchle
2017 Andrina Niederberger
2016 Carlo Zanella
2015 Asbjørn Klein
2014 Aline Blankertz und Philomen Krähenmann
2013 Oliver Buser und Sascha Kälin
2012 Manuel Roller
2011 Maria Schwarz
2010 Jürg Sandmeier
2009 Patrick Gander