Call for the “Bernard Roy Award 2025” of the EURO Working Group on Multiple Criteria Decision Aiding
Policy
– The Bernard Roy Award of EWG MCDA is a recognition conferred to a researcher under 40 years old for an outstanding contribution to the methodology and/or applications of Multiple Criteria Decision Aiding (MCDA).
– The award will be officially bestowed at the opening session of the EWG MCDA Autumn meeting (in 2025 organized in Poznań, Poland) if there is a suitable candidate. In this case, following apresentation of the competition by the chair of the Jury, the laureate will be invited to give a talk.
Award
The laureate then will receive the financial award (1000 EUR) and the diploma.
Eligibility
– The Bernard Roy Award of EWG MCDA shall be awarded for a body of work in MCDA, preferably published over the last decade. Although recent work will not be excluded, care shall be taken to allow the contribution to stand the test of time.
– The potential award recipient shall have a recognized stature in the MCDA community. Significance, innovation, depth, and scientific excellence shall be emphasized.
Nominations
– Candidates can be nominated by any three members of the EWG MCDA. Becoming a member is free (please, send an email to Miłosz Kadziński: milosz.kadzinski(at)cs.put.poznan.pl).
– A candidature for the Bernard Roy Awardof EWG MCDA is composed of the nomination letter along with a recent and detailed CV, up to 5 best publications, as well as a self-description of the achievements up to 3 page long in a standard manuscript format.
– The nominations must be sent to the Jury chair by the due date of May 20, 2025.
Selection process
– Only one award may be assigned on each occasion.
– One person may receive the award at most once in her/his lifetime.
– The jury evaluates the nominees essentially on the basis of their scientific activities (papers in top journals, editorials, relevance of methodological proposals and/or applications, …).
Jury
– The jury for the current edition is composed of Professors Salvatore Greco (chair), Constantin Zopounidis, Yves De Smet, Sarah Ben Amor, and Francis Macary.
Timing
– Deadline for nominations: May 20, 2025.
– Applications should be sent to Professor Salvatore Greco at: salgreco(at)unict.it
– The Jury chair informs the EWG coordinators who invite the laureate to the meeting: July 31, 2025.
– Preparation of the diploma by the EWG coordinators.
Presentation of the laureate and her/his talk during the 100th EWG MCDA Meeting, September 2025, Poznan University of Technology, Poznan, Poland.
An electronic copy of the laureate’s presentation handed over to the EWG coordinators will be made available on the EWG on MCDA Web Site.
Previous BR award winners
– 2024: Mohammad Ghaderi, Iran; Pompeu Fabra University, Spain
– 2023: Eleftherios Siskos, Greece; Technical University of Crete, Greece
– 2022: Banu Lokman, Turkey; University of Portsmouth; UK
– 2021: Matteo Brunelli, Italy; University of Trento, Italy
– 2020: Salvatore Corrente, Italy; University of Catania, Italy
– 2019: Miłosz Kadziński, Poland; Poznan University of Technology, Poland