OIKOS Thesis Award
Every two years OIKOS presents two awards for the best Research Master's theses written in the previous two academic years.
How to nominate your candidate
Each participating university may nominate one thesis. The nominations will be assessed by an independent international jury and the theses must therefore be written in English. The winner will be announced in January and the award will be presented on the subsequent annual OIKOS Day in May. The award consists of a prize of €250,-. In addition, the winner will be invited to present a brief summary of the topic of their dissertation during the OIKOS Day.
Information about the OIKOS Thesis Awards 2028 will follow in due course.
Winners Thesis awards 2026
The Jury of the Thesis Awards 2026, consisting of Koen De Temmerman (University of Ghent) and Caroline Vout (University of Cambridge), had a difficult choice, for all nominations were excellent. They awarded the two awards for 2026 to:
Greek and Latin Language and Literature: Frank van den Boom (UL) wrote the thesis Reading Water in Ancient Poetics: From Metaphor to Hydropoetics. Read the laudation here.
Ancient History and Archaeology: Foske van den Boogaard (UvA) wrote the thesis Subversion in Spades. Power and Resistance among Local Field Labourers at Heinrich Schliemann’s Excavations in Hisarlık/Troy. Read the laudation here.
Laureates
2026 - Frank van den Boom (UL), Foske van den Boogaard (UvA)
2024 - Charlotte van der Voort (UL), Kevin Hoogeveen (UvA)
2022 - Jikke Koning (UL), Rik Jansen (UG)
2020 - Patricia Kret (UL), Marije Derksen (RU), Caterina Fossi (VU)
2017 - Tom Grijspaardt (UL) & Leonie Henkes (UL)
2016 - Ivo Wolsing (ACASA), Kay Boers (UU) & Sam van Dijk (UG)
2015 - Rens de Hond (RU) & Martje de Vries (UL)