IN-EAST News
29.06.2017 - 11:00
Awards at Dies Academicus 2017
Alison Lamont and Martin Heinberg, former PhD candidates at DFG Graduiertenkolleg Risk and East Asia, have been awarded for their excellent dissertations
We were delighted to announce that Alison Lamont’s PhD thesis won a prize, given on 28th June 2017 at the University’s Dies Academicus event. Alison completed her thesis, entitled The Social Impacts of the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake, China: Normalising After Catastrophic Disaster, last year with the IN-EAST Graduiertenkolleg 1613 Risk and East Asia, under the supervision of Professor Flemming Christiansen. This prize has been awarded by the Vice-Chancellor in recognition of the outstanding quality of the research and its contribution to Sociology and Chinese Studies.
Alison Lamont is now part-time lecturer for sociology at University of Roehampton, London.
Martin Heinberg received the Best Dissertation Award from the Mercator School of Management for his dissertation entitled Analysis of Chinese Consumer Behaviour: Value Propositions and Perceptions Determining Purchasing Decisions of Foreign and Local Consumer Goods Brands. Martin would like to thank his supervisor Prof. Dr. Markus Taube and the IN-EAST Graduate School 1613 Risk and East Asia for all the support and encouragement he has received over the past years. The prize was awarded on Duisburg-Essen University’s Dies Academicus by Rector Prof. Dr. Ulrich Radtke and Vice-Rector for Teaching and Learning Prof. Dr. Isabell van Ackeren following the recommendation of the MSM Dean Prof. Dr. Peter Anker.
Martin Heinberg is now lecturer for marketing at Leeds University Business School.
Foto: UDE / eventfotograf.in
Foto: UDE / eventfotograf.in