Master's students who graduated between February 1, 2023, and April 1, 2024, and received a grade of 9 or higher for their thesis were eligible to participate in the UvA Thesis Prize 2024. The winner will receive 3,000 euros, and the other (faculty) winners will each receive 1,000 euros. One faculty winner was chosen per faculty. From these seven winners, the jury (consisting of the deans of the seven UvA faculties) will select the overall winner of the UvA Thesis Prize 2024.
Below you can find the faculty winners of 2024, who have written the best theses of academic year 2023-2024. From these winners, the jury will choose the winner of the UvA Thesis Prize 2024.
Max Schoenmakers - The association of periodontitis with cardiovascular disease parameters - a synthesis of systematic reviews
Maaike van Vulpen - Understanding and Mitigating Algorithm Aversion in Medical Decision Making: A Study on the Role of Algorithm Information
Marta Pagliuca Pelacani - The Magical Atlas of Italian Sharecropping: exploring the role of storytelling, textiles, and socially engaged art in the intergenerational transmission of memory and heritage within Italy’s illiterate sharecropping communities
Roos Metselaar - ‘Not Too Different': Doing Resemblance, Enacting Boundaries in Sperm Donor Matching Practices
Amber den Hollander - Predicting Hospital Admission among Emergency Department Patients using Machine Learning
Heleen Mulder - Scrutinizing the CKM anomaly within SMEFT and using sterile neutrinos
Ömer Arikan - Mandatory Scope 3 disclosure in the light of disclosure avoidance strategies: Exploring desirable regulatory features and comparing the proposed SEC Climate Disclosure Rules and the enacted CSRD