Call for nominations to Sustainability Prize for Master’s Theses 2024

Published 11 June 2024

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The Sparbanken Skåne Center for Sustainable Enterprising (SSCEN) at Lund University and Sparbanksstiftelsen Finn award an annual thesis prize to encourage business and engineering students to contribute with valuable knowledge on how to achieve a sustainability transformation.

To be considered for the prize, the thesis should be written for obtaining a master’s degree in business studies at LUSEM or engineering studies at the Faculty of Engineering. The thesis should be completed in the period 1 September 2023 to 31 Augusti 2024 and address topics related to sustainable development such as the transformation and innovation of policies, private and public organisations, value-chains, industries, technologies, and the financial system.

The thesis must be nominated by the supervisor or examiner. The thesis must be approved during the period 1 September 2023 to 31 Augusti 2024. At the time of nomination, the thesis must be plagiarism controlled and uploaded in full text in the respective department's public thesis database (DiVA or similar). Nominations are made by filling in the nomination form before 20 September 2024.

The SSCEN Sustainability Prize for Master’s Theses 2024, full details and assessment criteria

Sparbanken Skåne’s centre for sustainable enterprising

The ambition of the centre is to contribute to a sustainable transformation of business and society. Two important elements are to educate today’s and tomorrow’s leaders about the conditions of sustainability and to collaborate with companies and organisations.

Sparbanken Skåne contributes through its owner foundation Sparbanksstiftelsen Finn with SEK 25 million – SEK 5 million per year, for 2022–2027. The University is co-financing for, among other things, centre and project management. Several young researchers (doctoral students and postdocs) will be employed. This will provide a substantial amount of money for research, collaboration and education with a focus on sustainable business development.