Ian Strang was the first President of INSOL International and was instrumental in creating INSOL International, laying the foundations of the association that we have today. To recognise his achievements INSOL International has created an award in memory of Ian. The Ian Strang Founders Award provides an educational opportunity for an academic or practitioner specialising in insolvency law to attend the Annual INSOL International Academic Colloquium. 

Winners of this award will be selected from the articles by early career scholars published in the previous year’s International Insolvency Review (IIR) Journal, by a panel from the journals editorial committee.

The best paper in 2025 was titled "The digitalization of insolvency proceedings" by Aurelio Gurrea Martinez, Singapore Management University.

Runners up to this award are:
Outstanding Paper: "A developing country's perspective: Reforming insolvency laws to encourage their useage?" by Phoebe Gatoto, Nottingham Trent University, UK
Exceptional Paper: "The goals and theories of the new Ethiopian insolvency regime against global benchmarks" by Samuel Biresaw & Mia Rahim, University of New England, Australia

Want to find out more about the journal and how to publish here? Visit the IIR website here, or submit a paper to [email protected]

Previous Winners:

The best paper in 2024 was titled "The purpose of directors' duties in the insolvency context: A critical assessment based on empirical data from Austria and Netherlands", by Jessie Pool, Leiden University, The Netherlands and Georg Wabl, Binder Grösswang, Austria.