The Kreiser Award is a distinguished annual honor presented to an individual who has made a significant contribution to the advancement of environmental taxation or the use of economic instruments in research or policy.
Each year, the recipient is selected by the Chair of that year's GCET. Therefore, the Kreiser Award is not open to direct submissions.
The award is named in recognition of Professor Larry Kreiser, Professor Emeritus of Accounting and former Chairperson of the Department of Accounting at Cleveland State University, Ohio, USA. Professor Kreiser was the visionary behind the creation of this international conference series. He brought together experts from various disciplines to form a global forum for exchanging cutting-edge research and experience in environmental taxation. The first GCET was held in Cleveland, Ohio, in 2000, thanks to his initiative and leadership. For many years, Professor Kreiser also served as the Chief Editor of the Critical Issues in Environmental Taxation series, published annually by Edward Elgar.
Kreiser Award Recipients
2006 – Nancy Olewiler
2007 – Ernst von Weizsäcker
2008 – Hope Ashiabor
2009 – Alberto Majocchi
2010 – Rae Kwon Chung
2011 – Eduardo Merigo
2012 – Kathryn Harrison
2013 – Kazuhiro Ueta
2014 – Hans J. Larsen
2015 – Bob Carr
2016 – Hans Vos
2017 – Ethel Branch
2018 – Pedro Herrera Molina
2019 – Paul Ekins
2020 – Susanne Åkerfeldt
2021 – Janet E. Milne
2022 – Aldo Ravazzi Douvan
2023 – Frank Convery
2024 – Cecil Morden
2025 – Cláudia Lima Marques
One of the key objectives of GCET is the promotion of junior contributions and the fostering of state-of-the-art scientific research. Accordingly, any student or researcher younger than 35 years of age (as of 31 May 2026) may be considered for the "GCET27 Young Researcher Award" if their abstract has been accepted and they have registered for the conference.
To indicate that you would like to be considered for the Young Researcher Award, please tick the appropriate box when submitting your abstract.
To be eligible, a young researcher must send proof of age (scanned copy of a government identification) and the full paper to gcet27@pik-potsdam.de no later than August 15, 2026.
