MPS graduate receives award for her master thesis

Award winner Julia Böcker

Award winner Julia Böcker (c) private

Julia Böcker has been awarded the first prize for the best Master's thesis on military ethics by the "European Association of the International Society of Military Ethics" (short: Euro-ISME). The prize-winning work was Böcker's final work, with which she obtained the "Master of Peace and Security Studies" at IFSH in 2019. Her Master's thesis deals with legal, political and ethical questions concerning the genocide of the Herero and Nama.

Euro-ISME finances the publication of Böcker's work in three languages. The award is also endowed with prize money of 500 euros. In addition, the prizewinner is entitled to participate in the upcoming Euro-ISME annual conference in Berlin in 2021.

Watch the award ceremony recording on YouTube