14 March 2025
Awards shine a light on outstanding students and staff
The highlights and outstanding achievements from the last year were celebrated at the annual School of Politics and Economics Awards.
The ceremony took place on 13 March and saw students, academics, and professional services staff from across the school honoured for their hard work and successes over the last 12 months.
There were 15 awards categories this year, including the Outstanding Student Award, the Research Achievement Award, and the Academic Staff Award. The awards ceremony took place in Bush House and was hosted by the school’s head of administration, Dr Virginia Preston.
Dr Preston said: “The SPE Awards are an undoubted highlight in our calendar and a fantastic opportunity to recognise and celebrate the achievements of our community.
“There is so much brilliant work that goes on across the school and these awards help to shine a light on the people and teams who make SPE such an exciting place to work and study.”
Award winners and nominees (winners in bold)
Postgraduate Research Award
Department of Political Economy
Santiago Quintero
Department of European and International Studies
Claire Burchett
Elyssa Shea
Owen Buchan
King’s Russia Institute
Iris Magne
Professional Services Staff Award
Anthony Senior
Becky Hart
Chris Ward
Daniel Mansfield
David Newsome
Emmi Siirtola
Hannah Fitzgerald
Kathi Yudin
Nazahah Jannah
Roma Khatun
Sian Kane Jones
Stephanie Harrison
Steven Clancy
Tamanna Baksh
Tarin Cupido
Timothy Rogers
Ting Liu
William Howlett
Student Engagement Team
Society of the Year
Foreign Policy & Security
Political Economy Society
Academic Staff Award
Department of European and International Studies
Benedetta Voltolini
Chris Holmes
Russell Foster
John Narayan
Ramon Pacheco Pardo
Giulia Baronti
Tugba Bozcaga
Department of Political Economy
Alberto Vesperoni
Anja Shortland
Barbara Piotrowska
Charis Boutieri
Jeroen Gunning
Keith Smith
Krzysztof Krawkowski
Maia King
Paul Lewis
Ruben Ruiz Rufino
Santiago Sanchez-Pages
King’s Russia Institute
Gulnaz Sharafutdinova
Graduate Teaching Assistant Award
Department of Political Economy
Aniruddha Talukdar
Chara Christodoulidou
Cheng-Chia Tung
Daniela Horta Cortes
Luis Soto Tamayo
Matteo Frisoni
Nicholas Scott
Talya Öztop
Yohei Yoshizawa
Department of European and International Studies
Peter Wales
King’s Russia Institute
Petr Torkanovsky
Research Achievement Award
Aine Rivers
Barbara Piotrowska
Bouke Klein Teeselink
David Hope
Engelbert Stockhammer
Guy Heilbrun
Krzysztof Krakowski
Marco Giani
Teresa Esteban-Casanelles
Tugba Bozcaga
Outstanding Student Award
Department of Political Economy
Alex Kennedy
Ammiel Jr Wan
Casey Collins
Daniyal Burney
Duru Karadeniz
Emma Wei-Ten
Juan Mena Valdes
Kai Steemers
Manan Mittal
Megan Giblin
Noah Lacueva Ducreux
Rahul Datta
Reem Waleed
Samen Polishchuk
Sophia Benchama
Tasneem Ismail
Yasmeen Xie
Yun Jeong Choi
Yuxuan Li
Department of European and International Studies
Alvin Huang
Ava Sherry
Jhansi Kumar
Karishma Kaur
Ludmila Tramon
Mille Lillemoen
Nela Duniova
Owen Buchan
King’s Russia Institute
Jayantika Basudev