The event, which took place on 11 March in Bush House, saw students and staff members come together to celebrate the merits of amazing individuals.

From the Academic Staff Award and Outstanding Student Achievement to the GTA Award and Student Community prize, many were the categories for which members of the school were nominated.

There was plenty of competition for some awards with long lists of nominees. The Professional Services Staff Award had no less than 19 candidates, with the award ultimately going to Joe Allen, while the Academic Staff award had 15 nominees, with Dr Keith Smith taking home the prize.

Award-winners were greeted on stage by Professor Peter John, the head of the School of Politics and Economics and host for the evening.

At the end of the ceremony, attendees were able to continue the celebrations by joining the end-of-year drinks, taking place in Bush House.

Prof John said: “The evening was a great occasion for all members of the school to come together and reflect on their academic year. Big ‘thanks’ go to the organisers and sincere congratulations to all winners and nominees of this year’s awards.”

Winners and nominees (winners in bold)

Academic Staff Award

Department of European and International Studies

Isabelle Hertner
John Narayan
Joseph Baines
Katrin Schreiter
Kira Brenner
Mark Langan
Charis Boutieri

Department of Political Economy

Alberto Vesperoni
Andrew Blick
Barbara Piotrowska
Christel Koop
Ruxandra Ivanescu
Jeroen Gunning
Keith Smith
Maia King
Martin Moore
Raluca Pahontu
Steven Klein
Teresa Estevan-Casanelles
Tomas Maltby
Roberto Fumagalli
James Scott

King’s Russia Institute

Gulnaz Sharafutdinova
Ivan Grigoriev

GTA Award

Department of European and International Studies

Adrian Legaria Moreno
Michael Higham

King’s Russia Institute

Daria Platonova

Department of Political Economy

Aniruddha Talukdar
Dmitry Ismagilov
Forrest Allison-Brown
Gabriela Aguirre Fernandez
Gah-Kai Leung
Julie Moonga

Outstanding Student Achievement Award

Heena Sobhani (Department of European and International Studies)
Mathilde Durousseau (Department of European and International Studies)
Nela Duniova (Department of European and International Studies)
Arsh Misra (Department of Political Economy)
Duru Karadeniz (Department of Political Economy)
Lisa Lefebvre-Risso (Department of Political Economy)
Mohamed Elhag (Department of Political Economy)

PGR Student Award

Laura Montecchio (Department of Political Economy)
Talya Ozakinci (Department of Political Economy)

Professional Services Staff Award

Becky Hart
Chris Ward
Emmi Siirtola
Nadalia Fragenskou
Stephanie Harrison
Anthony Senior
Hannah Fitzgerald
Izzy Bygrave
Lily Patrick
Dan Mansfield
Joe Allen
Kathi Yudin
Rachel Terry
Renee Carara
Sian Kane-Jones
Steven Clancy
Tarin Cupido
Ting Liu
Zuzanna Kurska

Research Achievement Award

Raluca Pahontu

Student Award

Department of European and International Studies

Mathilde Durousseau
Nela Duninova

King’s Russia Institute

Iris Magne
Maud Girardi

Department of Political Economy

Daniyal Burney
Duru Karadeniz
Jonathon Dawes
Manan Mittal

Student Community Award

Anika Nuni (Department of European and International Studies)
Lucy Cresswell (Department of European and International Studies)
Mathilde Durousseau (Department of European and International Studies)
Assel Toleubay (Department of Political Economy)
Duru Karadeniz (Department of Political Economy)