Dr. Berenike Blaser first completed her Master’s degree and then continued to her doctorate at the Division of Biological Psychology and Affective Science of Potsdam University. She receives the Universitätsgesellschaft Potsdam e. V. Prize for an Outstanding Dissertation 2024 for her dissertation „Premenstrual Symptoms as a function of altered central autonomous nervous activity“. Dr. Blaser engaged wit the topic from a bio-psychosocial perspective, meaning she investigated both physical and psychological processes. For her contribution to a field with only a small body of work Dr. Blaser receives the title “Most Outstanding Dissertation”. Additionally, the jury stressed her variety of methods and short time needed to complete her dissertation. Her work aims to help closing the gender-data-gap in her field since there is too little research and data on people who are not cis-men. Dr. Blaser is pleased to receive the honours as a symbol for societal change and appreciation for research in her field.

Anastasiia Alekseeva has received the DAAD Prize 2025. She is a master student of „Economic Policy and Quantitative Methods“ at the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences. Before commencing her masters at Potsdam University she completed her bachelor’s degree in economics in Moscow. Alekseeva’s contributions to teaching far exceed the standard: her engagement in supporting and academically instructing younger students next to maintaining an excellent academic record were specifically acknowledged by the commission. She can imagine doing her doctorate degree at Potsdam University.