The DAAD-Prize is given to international students and doctoral candidates who have distinguished themselves both through special academic achievements and through a particular social or intercultural commitment.

Sebastian Garcia-Torres will be awarded this prize for the 2023 edition. He earned his bachelor's degree in economics at Freie Universität Berlin. In addition to a remarkable intercultural social engagement, he is involved in student initiatives, as well as in university committees. He currently works as a Student Research Assistant at the Economics Department at the John-F.-Kennedy Institute.