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Awards
Below is a list of some of the awards and recognitions that REAL's staff and students have received:
- Doctor Honoris Causa:
- Geoffrey JD Hewings: Every four years the Université de Bourgogne, Dijon (France) awards a Doctor Honoris Causa in various disciplines to prominent researchers. In October 2003, a Doctor Honoris Causa in Economics was awarded to Professor Hewings. Professor Louis de Mesnard introduced him wtih the following speech (French, English translation).
- Associations, Societies and Organizations Fellowships:
- Geoffrey J.D. Hewings: Elected as the 48th President of Western Regional Science Association (WRSA, 2007)
- Geoffrey J.D. Hewings: Made fellow of the Regional Science Association International (RSAI, 2003)
- National and International Associations, Societies and Organizations Awards:
- Joaquim J.M. Guilhoto: Brazilian Review of Agricultural Economics
and Rural Sociology 2003 Best Paper Award, the paper was:
Furtuoso, M.C.O. e J.J.M. Guilhoto (2003). "Estimating and Measuring the Agribusiness GDP: An Application to the Brazilian Economy, 1994 to 2000", Brazilian Review of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology 41, 4, Nov./Dec., pp. 803-827. - Geoffrey J.D. Hewings: For his distinguished scholarly achievements in the field of regional science, he receives the North American Regional Science Council (NARSC) Walter Isard Award (2003)
- Chokri Dridi: American Agricultural Economics Association (AAEA) outstanding Master Thesis award (2002)
- Charles M. Tiebout Prize:
- The Tiebout Prize is awarded annually by the Western Regional Association (WRSA) for the best paper submitted by a full-time graduate student enrolled at an accredited academic institution.
- Jaewon Lim (2007: finalist)
- Louis Galvis (2007: honorable mention)
- Sandy Dall'erba (2003: winner, 2002: finalist)
- Chokri Dridi (2002: co-winner, 2001: finalist)
- Suahasil Nazara (2002: nominee)
- Jungyul Sohn (2001: finalist)
- Ricardo Gazel (1984: winner)
- Departmental Awards:
- At the end of each academic year, various departments at the University of Illinois recognize their students achievements through various awards, the following students have been recognized by their respective departments.
- Suahasil Nazara: Department of Urban and Regional Planning outstanding Graduate Student award (2003)
- Chokri Dridi: Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics outstanding Master of Science thesis award (2001)
- The Springer-Verlag Prize:
- The Springer-Verlag Prize is awarded annually by the Western Regional Science Association (WRSA) for the best paper submitted by a young scholar who earned Ph.D. within past 5 years.
- Jaewon Lim (2008: winner)
- Daisuke Nakamura (2008: runner-up)
