The TED Ambassador award is a contest organised in the context of the Preparatory Action. It is now closed and the winners have been selected. You can find their names and the references to the winning essays in the following table.
Name(s) of the author(s)
Research topic
Essay
Ioannis Fountoukidis, Ioannis E. Antoniou, and Nikos C. Varsakelis
Topic 1: 'Transparency in public procurement'
"Analyzing the Competition in Public Procurement Procedures using Graph Analytics." Social and economic challenges and regional development (2021): 107-119
Javier Miranzo-Díaz, Agustí Cerrillo i Martinez, Ramon Galindo Caldés, and Judith Castro Carranza
Topic 1: 'Transparency in public procurement'
"Corruption risk analysis in local public procurement: a look at the Àrea Metropolitana de Barcelona." International Review of Administrative Sciences 89.3 (2023): 919-934
Tongle Si
Topic 1: 'Transparency in public procurement'
"Opportunities and Challenges for Foreign Undertakings in China’s PPPs Market" European Procurement & Public Private Partnership Law Review 17.1 (2022): 33-43
Désirée U. Klingler, Steven L. Schooner
Topic 2: 'Green procurement'
"Promoting Sustainable Public Procurement Through Economic Policy Tools: From Moral Suasion to Nudging" European Journal of Public Procurement Markets 4.4 (2022): 68-80
Marta Andhov
Topic 2: 'Green procurement'
"Contracting authorities and strategic goals of public procurement – a relationship defined by discretion?" Discretion in EU Public Procurement Law (2018): 117-138
Alina Bilan
Topic 2: 'Green procurement'
"Buying Green? How a Green Public Procurement-Dedicated Law Can Do More Harm than Good" Europeanization of Environmental Policies and their Limitations (2021): 101–119
Gabriella M. Racca
Topic 3: 'Emerging Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies in public procurement'
"Digital transformation for effective E-Procurement" Into the Northern Light (2020)
Aristotelis Mavidis, Dimitrios Folinas
Topic 3: 'Emerging Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies in public procurement'
"Industry 4.0 and e-public procurement: a profitable coexistence" 5th Logistics International Conference (2022): 210-221
Bedri Kamil Onur Tas
Topic 3: 'Emerging Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies in public procurement'
"Weak Supervision Can Help Detecting Corruption in Public Procurement " Intelligent Systems and Applications (2022): 548–555
Pedro Cerqueira Gomes, Roberto Caranta
Topic 4: 'Stimulating innovation through public procurement'
"Public Procurement and Innovation " ERA Forum 22 (2021): 371–385
Felippe Santos, Rodrigo Lozano, Maria Barreiro-Gen
Topic 4: 'Stimulating innovation through public procurement'
"Developing a harmonic sustainable public procurement framework" Environment, Development and Sustainability (2022)
Aris Georgopoulos
Topic 4: 'Stimulating innovation through public procurement'
"The EU’s Joint Procurement Agreement in Light of COVID-19: Learning the Correct Lessons from the Pandemic and Identifying Actions for Improvement" Public Procurement Regulation in (a) Crisis? Global Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic (2021): 175-196
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