EURO AWARDS AND PRIZES
EURO Gold Medal (EGM 2025)
The EURO Gold Medal (EGM) is the highest distinction within OR in Europe. The award is conferred on a prominent person or team or institution, for an outstanding contribution to the OR science. The award will be officially bestowed at the opening session.
Members of the 2025 Jury:
- Ivana Ljubic (France) – chair
- Justo Puerto Albandoz (Spain)
- Giovanni Felici (Italy)
- Martine Labbé (Belgium)
- Ton de Kok (Netherlands)
EURO Distinguished Service Award (EDSA 2025)
The EURO Distinguished Service Award honours extraordinary efforts in recognition of distinguished service to EURO and to the profession of OR. The award will be officially presented at the opening session.
Members of the 2025 Jury:
- Daniele Vigo (Italy) – chair
- Sally Brailsford (UK)
- Albert Wagelmans (Netherlands)
- Marielle Christiansen (Norway)
- Rudolf Vetschera (Austria)
EURO Doctoral Dissertation Award (EDDA 2025)
The purpose of the EURO Doctoral Dissertation Award is to distinguish an outstanding doctoral dissertation in Operational Research, defended in the countries having an OR society that is a member of EURO. Four finalists will present their work at special sessions during the conference.
2025 Finalists:
- Hannah Bakker: On the Interplay Between Data and Decisions in Discrete Location Problems
- Jesús Camacho: Semilocal Lipschitz Stability in Linear Optimization
- Pierluigi Mansueto: Pareto Front Reconstruction of Multi-Objective Optimization Problems
- Yasmine Beck: Mixed-Integer Optimization Techniques for Robust Bilevel Problems with Here-and-Now Followers
The award will be presented to the winner at the closing session.
Members of the 2025 Jury:
- Marjan van den Akker (Netherlands) – chair
- Violeta Cvetkoska (North Macedonia)
- Eduardo Pardo (Spain)
- Oliver Stein (Germany)
- Bahar Yetis Kara (Turkey)
EURO Excellence in Practice Award (EEPA 2025)
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The EURO Excellence in Practice award is for the best submission and presentation describing an application of Operational Research in practice. This year there are three finalists will who will present their work during a special session during the conference.
2025 Finalists:
- Katrin Heßler, Timo Hintsch, Lukas Wienkamp: BinPACKER
- Toni Wickert, Alberto Kummer, Fabricio Nunes Da Costa, Henrique Lima Baiao, Leila Yasmin Abdala, Mateus De Paula Nascimento, Jackson De Sousa Marques Magalhaes, Ricardo Mauricio Solar Vivanco, Cid Carvalho de Souza: Logistics Performance Excellence: Optimizing the Dedicated Fleet of Mercado Livre
- Serena Fugaro, Antonino Sgalambro, Filippo Santarelli: A Spatial Decision Support System for designing the network of Household Waste Recycling Centres in South Yorkshire
The award will be presented to the winner at the closing session.
Members of the 2025 Jury:
- Frédéric Gardi (France) – chair
- Evelien van der Hurk (Denmark)
- Tobias Achterberg (Germany) [GUROBI rep]
- Suzanne Harrison (UK)
- Carolin Trouet (Germany)
EURO Prize for OR for the Common Good (EPOCG 2025)
This is a EURO Prize to honour outstanding accomplishments of OR for solving social-oriented problems. This year there are two finalists will who will present their work during special sessions during the conference.
2025 Finalists:
- Maryam Roudneshin, Amanda Sosa: Optimising the Biorefinery Supply Chain: A GIS-Based Multi-Objective Approach for Sustainable Bioenergy Production
- Sophie Parragh, Elisabeth Gaar, Xenia Haslinger: Driving Sustainability: How Operations Research Supports Zero-Emission Bus Fleet Decisions
The award will be presented to the winner at the closing session.
Members of the 2025 Jury:
- Claudia D’Ambrosio (France) – chair
- Alec Morton (UK)
- Marie Schmidt (Germany)
- Maria-Antónia Carravilla (Portugal)
- Henrik Andersson (Norway)
EURO Award for the Best EJOR Paper (EABEP 2025)
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EURO has three annual awards available for papers published by EJOR: best survey paper; best application paper; and best theory/methodology paper. Winners for each category have been selected by a jury and these awards will be presented at the closing session.
Members of the 2025 Jury:
- Bernardetta Addis (France) – chair
- Valentin Bertsch (Germany)
- Tibor Illés (Hungary)
- Ruud Teunter (Netherlands) [EJOR rep]
- Philine Schiewe (Finland)
