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EURO Prize for OR for the Common Good

In 2020 EURO introduced the EURO Prize for OR for the Common Good (EPOCG). This prize shall honour outstanding accomplishments of OR for solving social-oriented problems. Contributions with a global scope and a wide range of potential applications are preferred. All interested candidates are invited to submit a description of an application of OR with a real impact on society for the common good, with original features, whether in methodology, application or implementation. A short-list of finalists are invited to present their work in a special session of the EURO-k Conference. The winner is determined by the jury at the end of the special session(s) and is announced by the chair of the jury during the closing session of the EURO-k Conference. Only one award may be made on each occasion.

PURPOSE

THE PRIZE

• a certificate of for each representative of the paper
• an amount of €3,000 shared between the representatives.

The winners of the 2024 EURO Prize for OR for the Common Good are:

Jan Boeckmann - Institute for Business Analytics and Technology Transformation, Johannes-Kepler University Linz
Clemens Thielen - TUM Campus Straubing for Biotechnology and Sustainability, Technical University of Munich

Rethinking Municipal Flood Mitigation: A Real-World Application of Operations Research Methods for Improving Climate Resilience

 

The EPOCG 2024 jury consisted of Cathal Brugha (chair), Claudia D'Ambrosio, Alec Morton, Eeva Vilkkumaa, Ulrike Reisach.

The presentation was made at the closing session of the EURO 2024 Conference in Copenhagen (Denmark).

Jury of the EURO Prize for OR for the Common Good 2025

• Claudia D'Ambrosio (France) - chair
• Alec Morton (UK)
• Marie Schmidt (Germany)
• Maria-Antónia Carravilla (Portugal)
• Henrik Andersson (Norway)

Call for Applications for the EURO Prize for OR for the Common Good 2025

1. All interested candidates are invited to submit a detailed description of an outstanding contribution to addressing global challenges through the application of OR. This application will demonstrate a real impact on society for the common good, which has original features, whether in methodology, field of application and/or implementation. This may be in the form of a paper written for publication (although not necessarily published at the time of submission), a client report, or other appropriate documentation. The documentation must describe the work in a way that illustrates how it meets the criteria outlined below. The age limit for published papers is four years. The work must not have been submitted concurrently to another competition. The application is open to OR specialists from any part of the world. Please also check the guidelines.
   
   
2. The criteria for the evaluation of the papers are:
   • real impact on society for the common good,
   • scientific quality,
   • appreciation by the organisation involved with the application,
   • originality in methodology, implementations and/or field of application.

   Letters of appreciation by the organization involved with the application are important.

3. The jury selects a short-list of finalists who will present their work in a special session at the 34th European Conference on Operational Research in Leeds. There is no registration fee for one representative of each of the finalist presentations. The winner will be determined by the jury at the end of the special session(s) and will be announced by the chair of the jury during the closing session of the EURO 2025 Conference.
   
   
4. Applications should be submitted (as a zip file or equivalent single submission) online https://www.euro-online.org/awards/epocg2025/registration.php by the deadline of January 31, 2025.

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