07/15/2026
🏆 Congratulations to our GIGS 5th Annual Conference Award Winners! 🏆
We are proud to celebrate the outstanding scholarship and engagement showcased at The 5th Annual Conference of the Global Initiative for Governance and Sustainability - GIGS, held July 8–11, 2026 in Hammamet, Tunisia.
🥇 BEST PAPER AWARD Dr. Marleen Willekens, KU Leuven with Jente Carlier, Koenraad Debackere & Simon Dekeyser "Enhancing Audit Quality: Intertwining Human and Technology Resources"
🎓 BEST DOCTORAL STUDENT PAPER AWARD, Nadia Ayari , ESC Tunis with kamel naoui & Ghassen Elmontassar "Geopolitical Risk, Tail Risk, and the Limits of Diversification: Evidence from Oil, Gold, and Bitcoin"
🗣️ BEST DISCUSSANT AWARD Dr. Sami Ben Naceur, International Monetary Fund
🌱 BEST EMERGING DISCUSSANT AWARD Oussema El Ajel, University of Miami Herbert Business School of the paper by Dushyant Vyas, University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management
These awards recognize excellence in research, mentorship, and the spirit of rigorous, constructive dialogue that defines the GIGS community.
We also would like to thank our outstanding keynote speakers Josef Zechner, WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business) & Khrystyna Bochkay, University of Miami Herbert Business School
Congratulations to all four honorees — and to everyone who contributed to making this year's conference such a success!
Samir Trabelsi | Emna Chalouati Yousfi | Ines Chaieb | Massoud | Robert (Bob) Wood | Imen Latrous | Nadia Abaoub | chokri slim | Flavio De Carolis | Majdi Ben Selma | Moez Limayem | Narjess Boubakri | Yasmine Mohamed, Ph.D., CRHA | Sadok El Ghoul | Stéphane Chrétien, CFA, CIPM, ASC, C.Dir. | Kay Sebastian Dallmann | Fayez Elayan | Ramzi Hammami | Idrak Ezdini | Hussein Warsame | Ghali Ali | Hamdi Driss World Bank Group
📅 Save the date: GIGS 6th Annual Conference, July 14–18, 2027
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