Award for Interdisciplinary Research on Real Estate Development
The "Award for Interdisciplinary Research on Real Estate Development" aims to promote and recognise the importance and added value of interdisciplinary research in real estate. Despite the increasing dominance of financial and econometric approaches, it is essential to support innovative and holistic research perspectives that integrate various disciplines.
Developers bear a great deal of responsibility for the built environment and must address complex urban challenges. Their task is to make buildings and neighbourhoods in the urban cityscape more livable, healthier, productive, and environmentally friendly. The award will honour holistic research that, through its interdisciplinary approach, provides new insights and practical solutions for real estate project development.
Award Details:
Funding and Duration: The award is endowed with €5,000, making it the highest-funded prize in real estate research. It will be awarded over a period of 10 years, with an evaluation after 5 years to assess its effectiveness and impact. The award is sponsored by Stephan Bone-Winkel, Honorary Professor for Real Estate Development at the University of Regensburg, Germany.
Eligibility: The award is open to participants of the European Real Estate Society (ERES) and the International Real Estate Society (IRES) conferences and their affiliates. It is aimed at both academics and practitioners.
Jury and Selection Process: The board of ERES will nominate the jury, which will consist of renowned experts from various disciplines who will independently decide on the award. To avoid conflicts of interest, Stephan Bone-Winkel will not be part of the jury.
Submission Criteria: The submission scope and expectations will be clearly defined. Submitted works must:
Exhibit a strong interdisciplinary component that integrates multiple scientific disciplines.
Offer relevant and innovative approaches to addressing challenges in real estate development.
Have theoretical and practical significance for the advancement of the real estate industry.
Include an empirical study, e.g., case studies or practical examples. An emphasis on statistical methodology and data-driven analysis is not required.
Possible fields of research:
Comfort, reversibility and longevity of buildings and their changing uses
The application of artificial intelligence to optimise stakeholder expectations, streamline processes, and enhance decision-making in real estate development.
Adapting methodologies from other industries (manufacturing, aircraft- and shipbuilding, software) or project management like scrum, lean or kanban to real estate development
Exploring the benefits of cross-disciplinary collaboration in enhancing project outcomes and stakeholder satisfaction
Interdisciplinary research on affordable housing developments
Investigating the impact of sustainable building practices and materials on long-term cost efficiency and environmental impact, aligned with the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The assessment of the social and economic implications of development projects on local communities and overall urban dynamics, with a focus on contributing to the 17 SDGs.
Application Process: The deadline for submissions is 31 March of every year. Papers can be submitted by email to: bjoern.kurzrock [at] rptu.de.
The "Award for Interdisciplinary Research on Real Estate Development" aims to stimulate innovative research and diversify methodological approaches in the real estate sector.
ERES PhD Award
Eligibility is granted to PhD researchers presenting in the designated PhD session during the ERES Annual Conference. Intention to be considered for the PhD session must be indicated during conference registration.
Papers previously published in a journal or currently under journal review are ineligible.
Papers must be submitted at least two weeks before the conference to qualify.
Both the written paper and the presentation will be scored by the PhD session chair on a scale of 1–10 (10 = best).
The PhD liaison board member will coordinate the award process, review the highest-scoring papers across sessions, compute average scores, and determine the winner(s).
More than one award may be granted.
The award is presented to the PhD researcher at the gala dinner during the ERES Annual Conference.
Other ERES Awards
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+ Award for Interdisciplinary Research on Real Estate Development titled "Living on the Highway: Is Highway Parking Infrastructure an Investment Case for Specialized Real Estate Developers?", awarded to Albert Grafe, Julius Range, Benedikt Gloria.
+ ERES Best PhD Paper Award for the paper titled "Urban Pulse or Suburban Ease - Unveiling the Future of office location", awarded to Hannah Salzberger and Tobias Just.
+ ERES Best Paper Award for the Refereed Section for the paper titled "An Alpha in Affordable Housing?", awarded to Sven Damen, Matthijs Korevaar and Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh.
+ ERES Best Reviewer Award for the Refereed Section, awarded to Bertram Steininger.
+ ERES Best Discussant Award for the Refereed Section, awarded to Martijn Droes.
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+ ERES Best Paper Award in the Refereed Section titled "Bank Municipal Bond Holdings and Mortgage Lending Standards", awarded to Omar Rached and Vahid Saadi.
+ ERES Best PhD Paper Award titled "Solar Potential and Financial Performance of REITs", awarded to Sebastian Leutnera, Benedikt Gloriaa, Ben Höhna, and Sven Bienert.
+ ERES Best Reviewer Award for the Refereed Section, awarded to Dorinth van Dijk.
+ ERES Best Discussant Award for the Refereed Section, awarded to Masaki Mori.
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+ ERES Best Paper Award in the Refereed Section titled "The Efficacy of Energy Efficiency: Measuring the Returns to Home Insulation", awarded to Linde Kattenberg, Nils Kok & Piet Eichholtz.
+ ERES Best Reviewer Award for the Refereed Section, awarded to Ilir Nase.
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+ ALTUS Group Best Paper Award for paper titled "Boosting the Accuracy of Commercial Real Estate Appraisals", presented at the ERES Conference 2022, awarded to Juergen Deppner, Benedict von Ahlefeldt-Dehn, Eli Beracha, and Wolfgang Schaefers.
+ Gerald Brown Memorial Prize for the paper titled "Combining realized measures to forecast REIT volatility", awarded to Jian Zhou.
+ ERES Best Discussant Award for the Refereed Section, awarded to Erik Devos and Gianluca Marcato.
+ ERES Best PhD Paper Award for the paper titled "Explainable AI in a Real Estate Context – Exploring the Determinants of Residential Real Estate Values", awarded to Bastian Krämer, Cathrine Nagl, Moritz Stang, and Wolfgang Schaefers.
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+ ERES Award for Overall Best Paper in the Refereed Section titled "Tax Deductibility, Market Frictions, and Price Discrimination: Evidence from the Mortgage Market", awarded to Maxence Valentin.
+ ERES Award for Best PhD Paper titled "The Third Trigger of Strategic Default: Households’ Portfolio Composition", awarded to Shotaro Watanabe.
+ ERES Annual Conference 2021 Sponsor Award (sponsored by Union Investment Real Estate) titled "Can Risks be Good News? Revealing Risk Perception of Real Estate Investors using Machine", awarded to Marina Kölbl.
+ gif Best Paper Award on Housing Policy titled "Institutional factors and the timing of land development. A survival analysis applied to GZM Metropolis, in Poland", awarded to Katarzyna Reyman and Gunther Maier.
+ ALTUS Group Best Paper Award on Valuation/Appraisal titled "The impact of job satisfaction on valuers' attitudes towards professional ethics", awarded to Agnieszka Malkowska, Mateusz Tomal, Malgorzata Uhruska, Justyna Pawlak, Gunther Maier and Alina Nichiforeanu.