The 2025 winners of the Global Economy Prize have been announced by the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, in collaboration with the City of Kiel and the Schleswig-Holstein Chamber of Industry and Commerce.

The Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, has announced the winners of the 2025 IsDB Prize for Impactful Achievement in Islamic Economics. 

Victoria Vanasco is a Senior Researcher at CREI (Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional) in Barcelona, Spain, as well as Adjunct Professor at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) and and Affiliated Professor at Barcelona School of Economics.As a newly tenured economist, she talks to Christopher Nash, Managing Director of INOMICS, about her career path. For readers currently working in academia with an ambition to achieve tenure, her experience offers valuable insight.

Prof. Reza Daniels has been appointed as the new Dean of the Faculty of Economic Management Sciences at Stellenbosch University in South Africa. His appointment comes after Prof Ingrid Woolard stepped down as Dean last year, with Daniels now set to lead the Faculty of EMS from November 1, 2025.