IE University announces the winners of the 2025 IE Foundation Prizes in the Humanities

IE University has announced the winners of the 2025 IE Foundation Prizes in the Humanities in the categories of poetry, short story, and essay in Spanish and English, video, photography, photo series, and digital art. The 10th edition of the awards featured international figures among the jury members such as writer Namita Gokhale and artist Daniel Canogar, who evaluated the work of students, alumni, faculty, and staff from 180 countries.

"As we celebrate the tenth edition of the IE Foundation Prizes in the Humanities and have witnessed remarkable growth in participation from across our IE community, we are reminded that, in this era of rapid technological advancement, it is precisely these innovations that are prompting us to reflect more deeply on the essence of creativity and what it truly means to be human."
Catalina Tejero, Dean of IE School of Humanities 

The awards ceremony will be held on October 8 at 6 PM at IE Tower, IE University's sustainable technology headquarters in Madrid.

The winners of this edition are:

POETRY IN ENGLISH

Students & Alumni

• 1st prize. Segovian Summer Snow by Tom Hinderoth Zachrisson. Bachelor in Business Administration.

• 2nd prize. Three by Laura De Remedios. Bachelor in Philosophy, Politics, Law and Economics.

• 3rd prize. The Wall Between US by Connie Ganburged. Bachelor in Behavior and Social Sciences.

Faculty & Staff

• 1st prize. The Chihuahua in the Corner by Valentine Vittoria Vincenzo. Digital Learning.

• 2nd prize. Sisyphus’s Selfie by Miguel Arias. Faculty.

• 3rd prize. Saving Space by Gema Molero. Operations Department.

POETRY IN SPANISH

Students & Alumni

• 1st prize. La moneda del tiempo by Edoardo Nicotra. Dual Degree in Business Administration and Laws.

• 2nd Prize. Para mi abuelo by Juan Pablo Gonzalez. Bachelor in Behavior and Social Sciences.

• 3rd prize. Domingo by Beatriz Sánchez del Río. Dual Degree in Laws and International Relations.

Faculty & Staff

• 1st prize. Todo lo que aguarda by Sergio Rodríguez Jiménez. Receptionist.

• 2nd prize. Inercia by Sergio Rodríguez Jiménez. Receptionist.

• 3rd prize. Entre mis costuras by Miguel Arias. Faculty.

SHORT STORY IN ENGLISH

Students & Alumni

• 1st prize. Recordar by Beatriz Sánchez del Río. Dual Degree in Laws and International Relations.

• 2nd prize. The Echos We Keep by Lara Geermann. Bachelor in Behavior and Social Sciences.

• 3rd prize. The Country I Carry by Camila Cuetos. Bachelor in Communications and Digital Media (2018-2022).

SHORT STORY IN SPANISH

Students & Alumni

• 1st prize. Fugu by Pablo Íñiguez de Onzoño. Dual Degree in Law and International Relations.

• 2nd prize. La historia del perro by Rie Boe Pedersen. Executive MBA (2021 – 2022).

• 3rd prize. La Iguana by Fabian Vagnoni. Dual Degree in Business Administration and Data & Business Analytics.

Faculty & Staff

• 1st prize. La puerta de la terraza by Teresa Cantero. Associate Director, Bachelor in Design.

• 2nd prize. Madrid by Irene Jiménez Egido. Manager Web Projects, Digital Marketing.

• 3rd prize. La séptima by Teresa Cantero (Spanish). Associate Director, Bachelor in Design.

SHORT ESSAY IN ENGLISH

Students & Alumni

• 1st prize. Batok Tattoo art as an act of cultural resistance by Marisol Clausius. Bachelor in Business Administration.

• 2nd prize. The Strategic and Ideological Foundations behind Mikhail Gorbachev’s decision to implement Perestroika by Chiara Cassina. Dual Degree in Business Administration and International Relations.

• 3rd prize. Spectacle or Support? Navigating Queer Identity in Euphoria and Sex Education by Valesca Stampfer. Bachelor in Business Administration.

Faculty & Staff

• 1st prize. Reservoirs by Niels Bekkema. Faculty.

• 2nd prize. Haruki Murakami's Success in the West: Analyzing Norwegian Wood by Iván Cuadra. Faculty.

SHORT ESSAY IN SPANISH

Students & Alumni

• 1st prize. Velázquez y la construcción de la individualidad by Victor Carmona. Bachelor in International Relations.

• 2nd prize. Por qué la grúa de la Sagrada Familia nunca debería quitarse by Estrella García Escribano. Bachelor in Design.

• 3rd prize. Mi vértigo by Ricardo Orjuela. Bachelor in Business Administration and Design.

Faculty & Staff

• 1st prize. Friendship in difficult times by Borja Santos. Vice Dean, IE School of Politics, Economics and Global Affairs.

• 2nd prize. Elements to break with discourse by Ernesto Chévere. Faculty.

PHOTOGRAPHY

Students & Alumni

• 1st prize. Between shadows, between trees by Gonzalo Gallego. Bachelor in Business Administration.

• 2nd prize. Tunnel Vision by Zelin Huang (China). Bachelor of Laws.

• 3rd prize. Anastilosis by Mahak Shivnani Jaswani. Bachelor in Architectural Studies.

Faculty & Staff

• 1st prize. La bondad by Daniel Vannini. Admissions Advisor.

• 2nd prize. Thoughts by Beatriz Healey. Global Admissions and Enrollment.

• 3rd prize. Epicurean by Giancarlo Silva. Global Markets.

PHOTOGRAPHY SERIES

Students & Alumni

• 1st prize. Traiciones by Inés Arcones. Bachelor in Communications and Digital Media.

• 2nd prize. The World Watching Back by Amélie Motard. Bachelor in Communications and Digital Media.

Faculty & Staff

• 1st prize. Strike a Paws by Hollyn Galban. Student Experience Coordinator.

• 2nd prize. Notes in Physics by Kyle Vincent Rosario. Senior Associate Director for Business Analytics and Insights.

• 3rd prize. Whites of Summer by Javier Bernard. Faculty.

VIDEO

Students & Alumni

• 1st prize. Toda una Vida by Teresa Simón. Dual Degree in Business Administration and International Relations.

• 2nd prize. Living through the soul of dance (Lisi Sfair's Slice of Life) by Paula Orive and Claudia Mauti. Bachelor in Communications and Digital Media.

• 3rd prize. Alberto en Menorca by Mateo Bourdais. Bachelor in Business Administration.

Faculty & Staff

• 1st prize. Latidos auténticos: la vida en un pueblo de 177 habitantes by Alba Sancho. Junior Manager, Summer School.

• 1st prize. Mental Health & Well-being Stories at IE University by Gonzalo Llanes. Faculty.

DIGITAL ART

Students & Alumni

• 1st prize. Unreliable Narrator by Natalia R. Shnaiderman. Advanced Management Program (2010).

• 2nd prize. Intertwined / Refractions by Isabel Peña. Dual Degree in Business Administration and Design.

• 3rd prize. Significance by Stefan Argint. Dual Degree in Business Administration and Design.

Faculty & Staff

• 1st prize. Domestic Landscape by Juan Cabello Arribas. Faculty.