WFI Teaching Prize

The WFI Teaching Prize is awarded each year by the Student Representatives of WFI to a professor and a research assistant who have distinguished themselves through very good teaching and correspondingly high results in the teaching evaluation. 

The prize is endowed with prize money, which was originally funded via faculty-internal study funds. Since 2023, the award money has been donated by IN Kontakt e.V. , our alumni association. The prize money is granted for a specific purpose and is to be used exclusively for the improvement of study conditions, e.g. didactical trainings (e.g. ProfiLehrePlus), specialized literature related to teaching, support of excursions for students, teaching assignments and guest lectures or improving teaching materials.

The following WFI members have been honored with the Teaching Prize so far:

2026: This year's award recipients will be announced during the 2026/27 winter semester.

2025:

• Professor: Reinald Koch, Professor for Business Administration and Business Taxation
• Research associate: Alexander Grommes, research associate at the Chair for Management Accounting and Auditing

2024:

• Professor: David Streich, Junior Professor for Digital Finance
• Research associate: Anna-Sophie Braun, research associate at the Chair for Business Administration and Business Taxation

2023:

• Professor: Prof. Dr. Pirmin Fontaine, Professor for Logistics and Operations Analytics
• Mittelbau: Zentrum für Wirtschaftssprachen

2022:

• Professor: Prof. Dr. Shashi Matta, Professor for Innovation & Creativity
• Research associate: Veronika Wachslander, research associate at the Chair for Statistics and Quantitative Methods of Business & Economics

2021:

• Professor: Prof. Dr. Reinald Koch, Professor for Business Administration and Business Taxation
• Research associates: Markus Frank & Stefan Voigt, research associates at the Chair for Supply Chain Management & Operations

2020:

• Professor: Prof. Dr. Shashi Matta, Professor for Innovation & Creativity
• Research associate: Katharina Hartinger, research associate at the Chair for Economics, esp. Macroeconomics

2019:

• Professor: Prof. Dr. Simon Wiederhold, Professor für Economics, esp. Macroeconomics
• Research associate: Sebastian Christ, research associate at the Chair for Civil Law, German & International Trade & Business Law

2018: 

• Professor: Prof. Dr. Reinald Koch, Professor for Business Administration and Business Taxation
• Research associates: Julia Hagel & Sarah Voigt, research associates at the Chair for International Management

2017: 

• Professor: Prof. Dr. Heinrich Kuhn, Professor for Supply Chain Management & Operations
• Research associate: Markus Gamm, research associate at the Chair for Business Administration and Business Taxation

2016: 

• Professor: Prof. Dr. Heinrich Kuhn, Professor für Supply Chain Management & Operations