Brussels, 1 March 2022: The winners of 2021/2022 Graduation Competition have been chosen! The Competition rewards the best Bachelor and Master Graduation work in advertising or commercial communications among students from edcom member schools.
edcom institute strives to promote excellence in education in commercial communication and research and to further exchanges between the European commercial communications sector and academic partners; and was founded by the European Association of Communications Agencies (EACA) together with the founding academic partners in 2007.
Following 2 rounds of rigorous judging, the jurors have decided that the following two papers stood out the most:
- In the Bachelor category, Jonathan Shaw, a student from Bournemouth University won with his thesis ‘Exploring Millennials’ asymmetric brand attitudes held towards brands who practise brand activism.’
- In the Master category Rosie Slayter from Breda University of Applied Sciences won with her work ‘Augmented reality marketing: A quasi-experimental study evaluating the influence that interactivity has on brand attitude.’
The Competition rewards the best Bachelor and Master theses on advertising or commercial communications among edcom member schools with a €400 cash prize.
Besides the winning paper, the jurors awarded the second & third place. Andreea Tudor, University of Bucharest with her thesis on ‘The hedonistic perspective on Romanian consumer behaviour’ won the second place. Marta Tudela from University of Navarra scooped a third place with her paper on ‘Communication in Open Innovation Processes: The X Factor. Understanding The Role of the Communication Function.’
In the master category, the jurors also awarded the second & third place. Melanie Karlinger, from FH Wien with her thesis on ‘External and internal factors influencing impulse buying in online grocery retailing’ won the second place. Niamh Marshall from TU Dublin scooped a third place with her paper entitled ‘An exploratory investigation into Irish consumers understanding and response to the marketing and consumption of gender-neutral children’s clothing.’
Winners, alongside with all finalists will be invited to present their research to edcom members. Here you can access the winning papers’ summaries and posters. For more information, please visit the competition’s website.
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For further information, please contact Kasia Gluszak, Project Manager at kasia.gluszak@eaca.eu.
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