APF Student Recognition Program
Students who do outstanding work deserve recognition for that work, and institutions that develop outstanding students also deserve recognition. That concept has led the Association of Professional Futurists to develop a competition to recognize outstanding work by students in futures studies. Please use the links above to see the full list of award winners, the universities they attend, and the competition rules.
Competition Rules
Scope
Universities worldwide offering undergraduate, Masters and/or Ph.D. programs or degrees in Foresight and Futures Studies. Submissions should be sent by the sponsoring university to Peter Hayward, SRP Chair or Charles Brass Review Coordinator.
Each university can submit up to five student works that the university considers to be of exceptional quality in terms of originality, content, and contribution to the field. No more than three entries can be submitted in any one category, i.e. graduate individual. Submissions may include papers or projects by individuals and team and must be formal papers, projects, and products.
Submissions are limited to one per student (that is, they should submit only one entry in one of the four categories). To be eligible for an award, all students must have been formally enrolled at the time the work was carried out. Each submission should be no larger than 20 pages.
Award Winners
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2021 Winners
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Previous Winners
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Program
Universities
PhD Awards
Masters Individual Awards
1st/ Russell Clemens
University of the Sunshine Coast
2nd/ Liam Mayo
University of the Sunshine Coast
3rd / Kimberly Camrass
University of the Sunshine Coast
1st/ JT Mudge
University of Houston
2nd/ Heather D Benoit Kampa
University of Houston
3rd / Donna Dupont
OCAD University
Masters Group Awards
1st/ Keith Burt, Buffy Childerhose, Suesan Danesh, Caitlin Pannell, Evans, Eugene Peng
OCAD University
2nd/ Alexis Tennent, Nam Hoang, Shahria Khan, Hannah Chafetz
OCAD University
3rd/ Trevor Bell, Siying Chen, Gulnar Joshi, Ali Milad
OCAD University
Undergraduate Group Awards
1st - Mariana Astengo Macías, Itzayana Alejandra Dueñas Díaz and Mauricio Uriel Barrón Marín
Tecnológico de Monterrey
Special thanks go to Charles Brass for organising the judging and to all our wonderful judges namely: Zan Chandler, Verne Wheelwright, Jim Burke, Paul Tero, Kay E. Strong, Sam Miller, Terry Grim, Jim Breaux, Sabine Lehmann, Tim Mack, Josh Calder
2020 Awards
PHD AWARDS 1st - Laura Pouru – University of Turku 2nd - Nina Nygren – University of Turku 3rd - Elissa Farrow- University of the Sunshine Coast MASTERS INDIVIDUAL AWARDS 1st - Andrew Hladkyj–OCAD University 2nd - Samantha Matters– OCAD University 3rd - Miranda Mantey– University of Houston MASTERS GROUP AWARDS 1st - Quinn Davidson, Chantal Frenette, Robin Fribance, Emily Krause, Steph Rebello– OCAD University 2nd - Hannah Kim, Tim Murphy, Tom Rau, Jonathan Torres– University of Houston 3rd - Reanna Browne & Ana Tiqua – University of Turku MASTERS ALTERNATIVE MEDIA AWARDS 1st - Betty Xie & Experiential Futures Class 2019 – OCAD 2nd - Andrew Walls, Caro Kingston, Karli Ferriolo, Moyee Roychoudhury – OCAD UNDERGRADUATE GROUP AWARDS 1st - Deyanira Martinez, Eva Guerra, Paoloa Villa – Monterrey Tech Special thanks go to Charles Brass for organising the judging and to all our wonderful judges namely: Sam Miller, Zan Chandler, Paul Tero, Jim Burke, Kay E. Strong, Terry Grim, Jim Breaux, Verne Wheelwright, Sabine Lehmann, Josh Calder, and Chad Harms
2019 Awards
PHD AWARDS 1st (tie) - Sanna Ahvenharju & Matti Minkkinen – University of Turku 2nd - Maryyam Mirzaei – University of Tehran 3rd - Maureen Rhemann - University of the Sunshine Coast MASTERS INDIVIDUAL AWARDS 1st - Hannah Kim – University of Houston 2nd - Rachelle Bugeaud – OCAD 3rd - Martyn Richards – University of Turku MASTERS GROUP AWARDS 1st - Lindsay Clarke, Jessica Thornton, Ayana Webb – OCAD 2nd - Kate Gaffigan, Lucy Gao, Maryam Mohamedali, Ali Shamaee – OCAD 3rd - Jenny Hwang, Nicole Norris, Tamara Daniel, Lisa Hart, Christine Martin - OCAD MASTERS ALTERNATIVE MEDIA AWARDS 1st - Nadia Abuseif, Neil Botelho, Silva Nercessian, Jamie Rivera, Bo Louie Sui – OCAD UNDERGRADUATE GROUP AWARDS 1st - John Collins, Jordan Craig, Patrick Donovan, Brennan Lee, Michael Mancini – Notre Dame 2nd - Allison De La O, Christina Karlson, Emily Kreitman, Jared Pino, Alexandra Russo – Notre Dame Special thanks go to Charles Brass for organising the judging and to all our wonderful judges namely: Sabine Lehmann, Paul Tero, Zan Chandler, Verne Wheelwright, Jim Burke, Chad Harms, Liz Alexander, Jim Breaux, Josh Calder, Terry Grim, Tricia Lustig, Kay Strong
2018 Awards
PHD AWARDS 1st - Seyedeh Akhgar Kaboli , Finland Futures Research Centre 2nd -Vikram Munigala, Aalto University School of Engineering 3rd - Nina A. Nygrén, Finland Futures Research Centre Honorable Mentions: Juho Ruotsalainen, Finland Futures Research Centre ALTERNATIVE FORMAT AWARDS 1st - Aditya O., Dave J.,Sun J., Austin L. University of California Berkeley 2nd - Dikla Sinai, OCAD University 3rd - Rachel Noonan, OCAD University GRADUATE GROUP AWARD 1st - Merwad Abdallah, Alana Boltwood, Kate Kudelka, Ashley Spiegel , OCAD University GRADUATE INDIVIDUAL AWARDS 1st - Bes Pittman Baldwin, University of Houston 2nd - Adrienne Pacini, OCAD University 3rd - Anne Ventelä, Turku School of Economics Honorable Mentions: Aleksej Nareiko – Turku School of Economics Isabel Bottoms – Turku School of Economics UNDERGRADUATE GROUP AWARDS 1st - Paulina Rosales Garrido, Alejandra Treviño Lozano Alejandro Lomelí Viramontes, Monterrey Institute of Technology 2nd - Dylan Jaskowski, Kaitlyn Schloz, Kathryn McCarthy, Kathryn Renz, and Lauren Weldon, University of Notre Dame 3rd - Camilla Saravia Bazoberry, Edwina King, Victoria Saravia Bazoberry, University of Notre Dame Special Thanks to our Judges: Liz Alexander, Tim Balko, Barbara Bok, Jim Burke, Zan Chandler, Shermon Cruz, Chad Harms, Robin Jourdan, Kelly Kornet, Jim Lee, Tricia Lustig, Oliver Markley, Sam Miller, Paul Tero, Verne Wheelwright, Leon Young, and thanks to our judging organizer, Charles Brass.
UNIVERSITIES INVOLVED IN THE STUDENT RECOGNITION PROGRAM
ARGENTINA Universidad Nacional de La Plata
AUSTRALIA Swinburne University of Technology
AUSTRALIA University of the Sunshine Coast
CANADA OCAD University, Toronto
COLOMBIA University Externado de Colombia
FINLAND Turku School of Economics and Finland Future Academy
FRANCE Conservetoire National des Arts et Metiers
GERMANY Frie Universitat Berlin
HUNGARY Corvinus University of Budapest
INDIA University of Kerala
IRAN Imam Khomeini International University
ITALY Pontifical Gregorian University
MALTA University of Malta
MEXICO Monterrey Institute of Technology
PAKISTAN Pakistan Futuristics Foundation and Institute
PORTUGAL Technical University of Lisbon
ROMANIA Babes Bolyai University
RUSSIA Moscow State University
SOUTH AFRICA University of Stollenbosch
TAIWAN Fo Guang University
TAIWAN Tamkang University
UNITED KINGDOM University of Oxford
UNITED KINGDOM University of Manchester
UNITED STATES Oral Roberts University
UNITED STATES Regent University
UNITED STATES University of Hawaii at Manoa
UNITED STATES University of Houston
UNITED STATES University of Notre Dame
UNITED STATES California College of Arts