The ESHET YOUNG RESEARCHER AWARD. This prize recognizes scholarly achievements of historians of economic thought at an early stage of their career. The prize is awarded to scholars below the age of 40 at the time of the annual conference in recognition of outstanding publications in the history of economic thought. It consists of 1,000 euro and a waiving of the conference fee when the prize is awarded.
Rules for Awards
- No current member of the Council, Executive Committee or Senate is eligible for an academic prize or grant awarded by ESHET.
- Nobody can receive more than one award of the Society for the same work.
- Any member of an awarding committee needs to declare the extent of his/her institutional connections and/or extent of collaboration with the persons eligible for academic prizes.
 

2026 edition

The ESHET Council awarded the 2025 ESHET Young Researcher Award to Aurélien GOUTSMEDT (Université Catholique de Louvain)

The prize, awarded to scholars below the age of 40 in recognition of their outstanding publications in the history of economic thought, has been awarded to Aurélien Goutsmedt in recognition of his impressive list of publications in the leading journals in the History of economic thought, as well as his many significant contributions to collective volumes. Particular mention deserves his work on the development of modern macroeconomics in Europe, both at the theoretical level and in its application within major institutions such as the European Central Bank and the Bank of England. 

Winners of past editions

2025

Raphaël Fèvre

2024
Francesco Sergi 

2023
Laurie Bréban 

2022
Nicolas Brisset

2021
Cléo Chassonnery-Zaïgouche and Erwin Dekker

2020
Maxime Desmarais-Tremblay

2019
Carlos Eduardo Suprinyak

2018
Béatrice Cherrier