Marcel Timmer has been named this year's Outstanding Senior Researcher at the Faculty of Economics and Business by the SOM Research Institute. This designation honours Marcel's path-breaking research, as evidenced by a large volume of high-impact studies, published in the profession's top journals; his research over the past decade ranks him at the top of the Netherlands. Especially his work on mapping the rise of global value chains and improving our understanding of their impact on labour markets and inequality worldwide is of great interest and importance to the profession, see e.g. www.wiod.org.