Jan-Hendrik Büscher received two awards – the Studien­preis der SEW-EURODRIVE-Stiftung and the RMA Thesis Award from the Risk Management & Rating Association e. V.

Jan-Hendrik Büscher from the Chair of Service Operations Management received two awards for his master's thesis. The thesis, entitled "ESG in bank risk management: How ESG risks can be incorporated into a balance sheet optimization model,“ examines the impact of EU regulations on banks' optimized balance sheets by extending a linear optimization model with ESG requirements. The thesis was submitted to our chair in March 2024. 

This thesis has now been honored with the RMA Thesis Award, which was presented on May 11th at the Risk Management Congress in Stuttgart. Mr. Büscher also received the SEW-EURODRIVE Foundation's Thesis Award for the same thesis. The award ceremony took place on May 11, 2025, at the SEW-EURODRIVE Customer Center in Graben-Neudorf. 

Congratulations on these two outstanding achievements!

More about the Studien­preis der SEW-EURODRIVE-Stiftung: The SEW-EURODRIVE Foundation is committed to supporting and motivating young academics with all available resources. With the €2,500 Thesis Award, the Foundation recognizes outstanding academic work and projects in the fields of electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, and economics – true to its motto „Performance deserves respect.“ 

More about the Risk Management & Rating Association e. V. Award: The Risk Management & Rating Association e. V. presents the RMA Thesis Award annually to a bachelor's and a master's thesis. With this award, it recognizes academic work that scientifically addresses risk management or rating topics and thus contributes to strengthening the topic within companies.