Assistant Professor Karen Bernhardt-Walther, from the Department of Economics in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, won the 2024 European Economics Association's Award for Innovative Teaching for a joint virtual project developed in partnership with Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich, Germany. The LMU-York Virtual Journal Club for Undergraduates is a collaborative initiative credited to Karen Bernhardt-Walther and Mattias Lang, which was developed using new technologies to bridge undergraduate students from the two universities, creating a platform for multi-dimensional discussion regarding research in the field of economics.