Carmen Pérez del Pulgar Frowein wins Herta Macht Thesis Prize
On Thursday 9 June 2016, the result of the Herta Macht Thesis Prize 2016 was announced by the president of the jury, prof. dr. Frank Vanclay. The winner of 2016 is Carmen Pérez del Pulgar Frowein of University of Amsterdam with her thesis: Porosity of multilingual spaces.
The jury was very impressed with her thesis for the following reasons (comments as edited by the chair):"This was sophisticated comparative research on French and German migrants in Madrid and Amsterdam. A well-developed theoretical framework about language ideologies was provided. It was a beautiful composition of porosity of private and public space. By analogy with Kokoschka and Modigliani, Monet and Mondrian also come to mind. The thesis comprised research of an original (sub)topic in the complex (and hard to determine/define) field of language. The justification for and use of different methods of data gathering was outstanding. The methods and their limitations were well described."
The jury consisted of prof. Huib Ernste, dr. Ben de Pater, dr. Virginie Mamadouh, drs. ing. Mark Sekuur and prof. Frank Vanclay (chair). More information about the award ceremony will follow.
The aims of the yearly awarded Herta Macht thesis prize are to further the cultural aspects and societal relevance of research in the spatial sciences.
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