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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
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"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Dear
colleagues,</span><big><big><big><b><span
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<big><br>
</big></span></b></big></big></big></p>
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text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times
New Roman"; mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">It is a great
pleasure to announce the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">EthOR Award</span> 2016</b>
organized by the <b>EURO Working Group (EWG) on Ethics and
Operations Research </b>( <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.euro-online.org/web/ewg/24/euro-working-group-on-ethics-and-or">https://www.euro-online.org/web/ewg/24/euro-working-group-on-ethics-and-or</a>
).<br>
</span></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times
New Roman"; mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">The purpose of this
award is to distinguish <b>outstanding </b><b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">work by young graduate OR
researchers preparing or completing a PhD promoting ethical
dimensions in OR-based studies.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times
New Roman"; mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Many fields of
application may be considered like energy, environment, health
care, peace studies, economics, corporate social responsibility,
finance and others. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">The
third edition of the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">EthOR
Award<span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic"> </span></i>will
be awarded at the EURO-2016 conference in Poznan, Poland (EURO
XXVIII, July 3-6, 2016, </span></b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times
New Roman"; mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.euro2016.poznan.pl/">http://www.euro2016.poznan.pl/</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times
New Roman"; mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><span
style="font-family:
TT33o00;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;"><b>How
to apply?</b><br>
The researcher should prepare an extended <span
style="font-family:
TT35o00;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;">abstract
of maximum 6 pages <span style="font-family:
TT33o00;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;">summarising
<span style="font-family:
TT33o00;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;">his
or her research work relevant for OR and ethical issues.
<span style="font-family:
TT33o00;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;"><span
style="font-family:
TT33o00;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;">Furthermore
an <span style="font-family:
TT35o00;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;">accompanying
letter must be joined <span style="font-family:
TT33o00;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;">giving
the <span style="font-family:
TT33o00;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;">candidate
details, setting out the general framework of
the PhD research, and explaining why it <span
style="font-family:
TT33o00;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;">is
relevant for the <span style="font-family:
TT37o00;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;">EthOR
Award.<br>
</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New
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New Roman"; mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><b><big> **** The
deadline for applications </big></b></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times
New Roman"; mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><b><big>is 15th
April ****<br>
</big></b></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times
New Roman"; mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><b><big>Please send
applications to </big></b></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
"Times New
Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times
New Roman";mso-fareast-language: EN-GB"><a
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:erik.kropat@unibw.de">erik.kropat@unibw.de</a> <b>with
copy to</b> </span><span
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"Times New
Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times
New Roman";mso-fareast-language: EN-GB"><a
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:pkunsch@vub.ac.be">pkunsch@vub.ac.be</a></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times
New Roman"; mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><b><big>
</big></b></span><span
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Best regards, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
"Times New
Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times
New Roman";mso-fareast-language: EN-GB"><b>Erik Kropat</b>
<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:erik.kropat@unibw.de">erik.kropat@unibw.de</a> -
Chairman of the EWG on Ethics and Operations Research<br>
<br>
<b>Pierre Kunsch</b> <br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:pkunsch@vub.ac.be">pkunsch@vub.ac.be</a>
- </span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
"Times New
Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times
New Roman";mso-fareast-language: EN-GB"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
"Times New
Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times
New Roman";mso-fareast-language: EN-GB">Chairman of the </span>EthOR
Award Committee<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
"Times New
Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times
New Roman";mso-fareast-language: EN-GB">On behalf of the
EWG Ethics and OR <br>
<br>
____________________________________________________________ <br>
Internet: <br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="http://www.euro-online.org/web/ewg/24/euro-working-group-on-ethics-and-or">www.euro-online.org/web/ewg/24/euro-working-group-on-ethics-and-or</a></span></p>
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