Who Can Participate?
Eligible participants include professors, researchers, and PhD and master students officially attached to the Graduate Institute on 13 May 2025.
Prizes
- Jury Prize: CHF 150 + surprise gift
- Public Prize: CHF 150 + surprise gift
Winning photos will be selected based on
– originality and creativity
– aesthetics and coherence
– promotion of the actors/objects/methods of the research field
– power of storytelling
- The jury is chaired by Julie Billaud, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Sociology, and includes the photographer Antoine Tardy, the visual anthropologist Elena Butti, and the anthropologist and photographer Tobias Marschall.
- An online voting system is available.
- All submissions will be posted on a dedicated webpage and screened during the Research Festival.
- Selected photographs may also be framed and displayed in the Centre relevant to the participant’s research.
Schedule
- Entry Deadline: 30 April 2025
- Watch the photos from 6 May to 13 May at 12:00PM and vote here!
- Official Display and Prize-Giving Ceremony on 13 May from 1:00 to 2:00PM
Submission Guidelines
Each participant must submit:
- Three photographs (free format)
Resolution: min. 2.5 MB–max. 20 MB
Accepted formats: JPG, TIFF, PNG
Please name your photo files as follows: 1_YourName_Title; 2_YourName_Title; 3_YourName_Title - In a separate text file:
– Title and caption for each photo
– A 100-word presentation of the participant and their research
Ethical Guidelines
- Participants must submit only their own photographs, for which they hold full copyright.
- Participants agree to allow the Geneva Graduate Institute to use the submitted images on its website and communication channels.
Contact & Submissions
All entries should be submitted via email to: Marc Galvin – marc.galvin@graduateinstitute.ch (Research Office)
Organisers
This competition is organised by:
- The Fab
- The Research Office
- The Research Centres
We look forward to your submissions and to celebrating the visual impact of research!