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Launched in 2020, the Fondation Lombard Odier Prize for Academic Excellence in Philanthropy awards the best academic papers in Philanthropy.

The second edition (2022) was dedicated to Social Entrepreneurship and Philanthropy:

• First category prize - to honour the best paper on the fundamentals of jurisprudence regarding social enterprises, benefit corporations and B Corp certification;
• Second category prize - to honour the best paper concerning the status of purpose-driven companies in a particular national context.

Congratulations to the winners of the 2022 edition of the Fondation Lombard Odier Prize(s) for Academic Excellence in Philanthropy

In the first category:

Prof. Antonio Fici, AV¶ÌÊÓƵ of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Italy, for his paper entitled “Models and Trends of Social Enterprise Regulation in the European Union”.

In the second category (ex aequo):

• Prof. Jian Li, Minzu AV¶ÌÊÓƵ of China (MUC), China; Prof. Meng Zhao, Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological AV¶ÌÊÓƵ (NTU), Singapore ; and Caiyun Xu, Minzu AV¶ÌÊÓƵ of China (MUC), China, for their paper entitled “Social enterprises and benefit corporations in China”.
• Dr. Livia Ventura, AV¶ÌÊÓƵ of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL), U.K.; LUISS Guido Carli Law Department, Rome, Italy, for her paper entitled “Social enterprises and benefit corporations in Italy”.

The prizes were publicly awarded during the public conference "Social Entrepreneurship and Philanthropy- Mobilizing Resources for the Public Good" on 8 June 2022 at UNIGE.

The jury members were:

• Prof. Dana Brakman Reiser, Brookly Law School, New York, U.S.A. 
• Prof. Jean-Luc Chenaux, AV¶ÌÊÓƵ of Lausanne, Switzerland 
• Prof. Lars Hulgård, Roskilde Universitet, Denmark 
• Dr. Maximilian Martin, Lombard Odier & International Institute for Management Development (IMD), Switzerland
• Prof. Alicia Plerhoples, Georgetown AV¶ÌÊÓƵ Law Center, U.S.A.
• Prof. Carlos Vargas Vasserot, AV¶ÌÊÓƵ of Almería, Spain

The 4 finalists of the first category were:

Prof. Antonio Fici, AV¶ÌÊÓƵ of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Italy, “Models and Trends of Social Enterprise Regulation in the European Union”

Prof. Sigrid Hemels, Law Erasmus AV¶ÌÊÓƵ Rotterdam School of Law, Netherlands; Lund AV¶ÌÊÓƵ School of Economics and Management, Sweden, “Social Enterprises and Tax: Living Apart Together?”

Maria Cristiana Tudor, AV¶ÌÊÓƵ, Switzerland; Ursa Bernardic, AV¶ÌÊÓƵ, Switzerland; Nina M. Sooter, AV¶ÌÊÓƵ, Switzerland; Prof. Giuseppe Ugazio, AV¶ÌÊÓƵ, Switzerland, “Behavioral Perspectives on B Corps”

Prof. Brian M. McCall, AV¶ÌÊÓƵ of Oklahoma College of Law, United States, “Benefit Corporations and the Common Law Tradition”

The 3 finalists of the second category were:

Prof. Jian Li, Minzu AV¶ÌÊÓƵ of China (MUC), China; Prof. Meng Zhao, Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological AV¶ÌÊÓƵ (NTU), Singapore ; and Caiyun Xu, Minzu AV¶ÌÊÓƵ of China (MUC), China, “Social enterprises and benefit corporations in China”

Dr. Livia Ventura, AV¶ÌÊÓƵ of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL), U.K.; LUISS Guido Carli Law Department, Rome, Italy, “Social enterprises and benefit corporations in Italy”

Prof. Nobuko Matsumoto, Keio AV¶ÌÊÓƵ, Tokyo, Japan, “Corporations with Social Aims in the Japanese Legal System”