{"id":188,"date":"2014-09-18T15:33:33","date_gmt":"2014-09-18T15:33:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.servsig.org\/wordpress\/?page_id=188"},"modified":"2025-10-01T02:00:39","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T06:00:39","slug":"servsig-dissertation-award","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.servsig.org\/wordpress\/awards\/servsig-dissertation-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Dissertation Award"},"content":{"rendered":"

SERVSIG<\/strong> is proud to present \u201cBest Dissertation Award<\/em>\u201d <\/strong>that recognizes outstanding doctoral research that demonstrates excellence in originality, rigor, and contribution to service research.<\/p>\n

SERVSIG Best Dissertation Award in Service Research Winners<\/strong><\/p>\n

2025<\/strong> \u2013 Karen Tian<\/a>, University of New South Wales Sydney
(Finalists: Chelsea Phillips<\/a>, Jenna Barrett<\/a>)<\/em>
Award Committee: Eric Arnould (Chair), Roberta Sebastiani, Joona Ker\u00e4nen, Kris Lindsey Hall<\/em><\/p>\n

2024<\/strong> – The Khoa Do (Bin)<\/a>, National Tsing Hua University
(Finalists: Marah Blaurock<\/a>, Tohid Ghanbarpour<\/a>)
Award Committee: Cristina Mele (Chair), Chia-Chiu Chang, Nima Heirati, Ingo Karpen<\/em><\/p>\n

2023<\/strong> – Bieke Henkens<\/a>, Ghent University
(Finalists: Yasin Sahhar<\/a>, Janina Garbas<\/a>)
Award Committee: Yves Van Vaerenbergh (Chair), Carol Kelleher, Sarah K\u00f6cher, Paul Harrigan<\/em><\/p>\n

2022<\/strong> – Dorottya Varga<\/a>, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
(Finalists: Laura Colm<\/a>, Riley Krotz<\/a>)
Award Committee: Gaby Odekerken-Schr\u00f6der (Chair),\u00a0Larissa Becker,\u00a0Thomas Leclercq,\u00a0Kevin Kam Fung So<\/em><\/p>\n

2021<\/strong> – Larissa Becker<\/a>,\u00a0Tampere University, Finland
(Runner up: Sungwoo Choi<\/a>)
Award Committee:\u00a0Gianfranco Walsh (Chair),\u00a0Josina Vink,\u00a0Paul Fombelle,\u00a0Kate Letheren,\u00a0Mohammad Zaki<\/em><\/p>\n

2020<\/strong> – Josina Vink<\/a> \u2013 Institute of Design at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design, Norway
(Finalists: Delphine Caruelle<\/a>, Jonas Heller<\/a>, Andreas Lechner<\/a>)
Award Committee: Jagdip Singh (Chair),\u00a0Anne Madeleine Kranzb\u00fchler,\u00a0Julia Fehrer, Paul Gemmel,\u00a0Volker Kuppelwieser<\/em><\/p>\n

2019<\/strong> – Anne-Madeleine Kranzb\u00fchler<\/a> \u2013 Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
(Finalists: Simon Haz\u00e9e<\/a>, Sarah Kocher<\/a>)
Award Committee: Javier Reynoso (Chair), Lorena Blasco, Sunmee Choi, Wafa Hammedi, Leonard Mandl
<\/em><\/p>\n

2018 <\/strong>– Leonhard Mandl<\/a> \u2013 Catholic University Eichstaett, Germany
(Finalists:\u00a0Tobias Otterbring<\/a>,\u00a0Thomas Leclercq<\/a>)
Award Committee: Thomas Baker (Chair), Alexander Henkel, Cristiana Lages, Stacey Robinson, Yves Van Vaerenbergh
<\/em><\/p>\n

2017 – <\/strong>Alexander Henkel<\/a> \u2013 Open University, The Netherlands
(Finalists:\u00a0Robert Ciuchita<\/a>, Danilo Brozovi\u0107<\/a>)
Award Committee: Amy Ostrom (Chair), Arne De Keyser Nancy Sirianni, Maria Holmlund, Mahesh Subramony
<\/em><\/p>\n

2016 –\u00a0<\/strong>Arne De Keyser<\/a> \u2013 EDHEC Business School, France
(Finalists: Michelle Andrews<\/a>,\u00a0Mina Rohani<\/a>)
Award Committee: Anna Mattila, Allard Van Riel, Jens Hogreve, Yany Gr\u00e9goire, Jochen Wirtz
<\/em><\/p>\n