GDL Thesis Awards 2025

23 July 2025

We are approaching the 4th edition of the Global Data Lab Best Thesis Prize. Submission are open until August 31st, 2025.

We welcome submissions of BA and MA theses that use Global Data Lab (GDL) data in their analysis. We give out two prizes for the most original 2025 theses analyzing GDL data in creative ways, one for the best BA and one for the best MA thesis. The winners will be announced by mid-November 2025 and will be honored with a certificate.

If you are interested in participating in the GDL best thesis competition, please submit the final version of your thesis by August 31st to info@globaldatalab.org and Natascha Wagner.

Submission for the best thesis prize also offers students the opportunity to feature their thesis on the GDL homepage along with the research of other BA and MA students from inside Radboud University and beyond, see for example our last year’s MA thesis winner Zeinab Hassano from Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. For more information, check out earlier student submissions and the winning theses from 2024 and 2023.