Award Ceremony
Global Economy Prize 2025
The Kiel Institute, together with its partners—the City of Kiel and the Schleswig-Holstein Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK)—presented the Global Economy Prize for the 20th time at the Landeshaus in Kiel. This year's motto was: Courage for Change.
The following individuals were honored for their outstanding achievements as forward-thinking leaders of an open, market-based, and socially responsible society:
- Gabrielius Landsbergis, former Foreign Minister of the Republic of Lithuania; Category: Politics.
- Hélène Huby, co-founder and CEO of The Exploration Company, Munich; Category: Business.
- Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Monika Schnitzer, Chair of the German Council of Economic Experts and Professor at LMU Munich; Category: Economics.
Claus Ruhe Madsen, Minister of Economic Affairs of Schleswig-Holstein; Knud Hansen, Vice President of the Schleswig-Holstein Chamber of Industry and Commerce and President of the Kiel Chamber of Industry and Commerce; Kiel’s Lord Mayor Dr. Ulf Kämpfer; and Prof. Moritz Schularick, President of the Kiel Institute, welcomed the approximately 150 guests.
Impressions Global Economy Prize 2025
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F.l.t.r Moritz Schularick, Knud Hansen, Gabrielius Landsbergis, Monika Schnitzer, Ulf Kämpfer, Claus Ruhe Madsen
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Moritz Schularick awarding Monika Schnitzer with the Global Economy Prize Medal
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Monika Schnitzer award speach on stage
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Moritz Schularick awarding Gabrielius Landsbergis with the Global Economy Prize Medal
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Gabrielius Landsbergis award speach on stage
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Hélène Huby joined the ceremony online
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Award winners in discussion on stage
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Award winners in discussion on stage
Award winners
Gabrielius Landsbergis
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania
Category Politics
The jury's reasoning:
“Gabrielius Landsbergis is an extremely far-sighted foreign policy strategist, an outstanding analyst of geopolitical issues and a convinced European. As Foreign Minister of Lithuania, he was an early advocate of responding proactively to Russia's invasion of Ukraine with a policy of deterrence and of taking all measures necessary to help Ukraine achieve victory. Thanks to his foresight and determined analysis, he quickly helped Lithuania to become a highly respected voice in NATO.”
Hélène Huby
Co-Founder and CEO, The Exploration Company, Munich
Category Business
The jury's reasoning:
“Hélène Huby is an exceptionally profound connoisseur of the aviation industry, an extremely courageous entrepreneur and a successful fundraiser. She has successfully overseen the manufacture and delivery of the European service model of the Orion space shuttle. In founding the Exploration Company, she set herself the ambitious goal of developing European solutions to transport goods and people to space stations and the moon, while democratizing space exploration and making it affordable, sustainable and open. Her bold pioneering spirit makes her a shining beacon of the European space industry.”
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Monika Schnitzer
Chairwoman of the German Council of Economic Experts, and Professor at LMU Munich
Category Economics
The jury's reasoning:
"Monika Schnitzer is a pioneer of empirical microeconomics in Germany, an outstanding policy advisor and an excellent teacher - also in the truest sense of the word. Her research is characterized by innovative ideas and the latest empirical methods. Like few others in the profession, she knows how to derive clear, targeted and convincing economic policy recommendations from her scientific findings, which are well received by politicians and the general public. Her extraordinary talent for embedding economic contexts in comprehensible narratives has made her a highly valued teacher among her students."
