Among the scientific distinctions received by CORE members are: Lanchester Prize, Francqui Prize, Francqui Chair, EURO Gold Medal, Honoris Causa Doctorate, Dantzig Prize, John von Neumann Theory Prize, European Prize in Regional Science, Robert C. Witt Award, De la Vega Prize, Walter Isard Award, Kulp-Wright Book award, Wernaers Prize, Social Choice and Welfare Prize, Emile de Laveleye Prize, William Alonso Memorial Prize, Ferdinand de Lesseps Prize, Risques–Les Echos Prize, SIAM Activity Group on Optimization Prize, etc., various thesis awards (Savage Award, Ernst Meyer Prize, Sogesci-BVWB Prize, Orbel Award, etc.) as well as (honorary) memberships and fellowships within different academic, research and other institutions.
Jacques Drèze: University of Essex, United Kingdom, 1980
Jacques Drèze: Université Paris 1 (Panthéon-Sorbonne), France, 1980
Jacques Drèze: Université de Liège, Belgium, 1983
Jacques Drèze: Universiteit Antwerpen, Belgium, 1985
Jacques Drèze: Norges Handelshoyskole, Bergen, Norway, 1988
Jacques Drèze: Università di Bologna, Italy, 1988
Jacques Drèze: Université de Genève, Switzerland, 1988
Jacques Drèze: Universität Basel, Switzerland, 1988
Jacques Drèze: University of Chicago, USA, 1991
Jacques Drèze: Université d'Aix-Marseille, France, 1992
Jacques Drèze: Université Cergy-Pontoise, France, 1999
Jacques Drèze: Universita di Bologna, Italy, 2000
Claude d'Aspremont: Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France, 2002
Jacques Drèze: European University Institute, Firenze, Italy, 2002
Jacques Drèze: Universidade Catolica Portuguesa, Lisboa, Portugal, 2003
Jean J. Gabszewicz: Université d’Aix-Marseille II, France, 2003
Jacques Drèze: Universiteit Maastricht, The Netherlands, 2005
Jacques Drèze: Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain, 2008
Jacques Thisse: Université Paris-Panthéon-Assas, France, 2010
Jacques Thisse: Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan, France , 2010
Jacques Thisse: Université Jean Monet, Saint-Etienne, France, 2011
Jacques Drèze: Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2015
Jacques Drèze: Université Paris 1 (Panthéon-Sorbonne), France, 1980
Jacques Drèze: Université de Liège, Belgium, 1983
Jacques Drèze: Universiteit Antwerpen, Belgium, 1985
Jacques Drèze: Norges Handelshoyskole, Bergen, Norway, 1988
Jacques Drèze: Università di Bologna, Italy, 1988
Jacques Drèze: Université de Genève, Switzerland, 1988
Jacques Drèze: Universität Basel, Switzerland, 1988
Jacques Drèze: University of Chicago, USA, 1991
Jacques Drèze: Université d'Aix-Marseille, France, 1992
Jacques Drèze: Université Cergy-Pontoise, France, 1999
Jacques Drèze: Universita di Bologna, Italy, 2000
Claude d'Aspremont: Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France, 2002
Jacques Drèze: European University Institute, Firenze, Italy, 2002
Jacques Drèze: Universidade Catolica Portuguesa, Lisboa, Portugal, 2003
Jean J. Gabszewicz: Université d’Aix-Marseille II, France, 2003
Jacques Drèze: Universiteit Maastricht, The Netherlands, 2005
Jacques Drèze: Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain, 2008
Jacques Thisse: Université Paris-Panthéon-Assas, France, 2010
Jacques Thisse: Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan, France , 2010
Jacques Thisse: Université Jean Monet, Saint-Etienne, France, 2011
Jacques Drèze: Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2015
Pierre Pestieau: Université de Neuchâtel, 2016
François Maniquet: Poverty, Resource Equality, and Social Policies , June 2011-May 2017
Yurii Nesterov: Accelerated Convex Optimization, September 2018-September 2023
Anthony Papavasiliou: Scalable Optimization of Power Systems with Flexible Demand and Renewable Supply, November 2020-November 2025
Yurii Nesterov: Accelerated Convex Optimization, September 2018-September 2023
Anthony Papavasiliou: Scalable Optimization of Power Systems with Flexible Demand and Renewable Supply, November 2020-November 2025
Pierre Pestieau: 1989
Claude d'Aspremont: 1995
François Maniquet: 2010
Claude d'Aspremont: 1995
François Maniquet: 2010
Yurii Nesterov: 2009
Laurence Wolsey: 2012
Laurence Wolsey: 2012
Yurii Nesterov: 2000
Laurence Wolsey: 2012
Laurence Wolsey: 2012
Yurii Nesterov: 2016
Maurice Queyranne: 2016
Maurice Queyranne: 2016
Anthony Papavasiliou : Francqui Foundation Research Professorship, 2018-2021
Jacques Drèze : Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium, 1970-1971
Jacques Drèze: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium, 1982-1983
Louis Phlips: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium, 1988-1989
Victor Ginsburgh: Université de Liège, Belgium, 1992-1993
Jacques Thisse: Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix, Namur Belgium, 1999-2000
Laurence Wolsey: Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix, Namur Belgium, 2001-2002
Luc Bauwens: Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix, Namur Belgium, 2004-2005
François Maniquet: Facultés Universitaires Saint-Louis, Bruxelles, Belgium, 2010
Paul Belleflamme: Université de Liège, Belgium, 2013
Isabelle Thomas: Universiteit Antwerpen, Belgium, 2015
Jacques Drèze: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium, 1982-1983
Louis Phlips: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium, 1988-1989
Victor Ginsburgh: Université de Liège, Belgium, 1992-1993
Jacques Thisse: Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix, Namur Belgium, 1999-2000
Laurence Wolsey: Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix, Namur Belgium, 2001-2002
Luc Bauwens: Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix, Namur Belgium, 2004-2005
François Maniquet: Facultés Universitaires Saint-Louis, Bruxelles, Belgium, 2010
Paul Belleflamme: Université de Liège, Belgium, 2013
Isabelle Thomas: Universiteit Antwerpen, Belgium, 2015
Jean J. Gabszewicz: 1979
Jean-François Richard: 1980
Paul Champsaur : 1981
Jean-François Mertens: 1981
Claude d'Aspremont: 1984
Jean J. Gabszewicz: 2004
Jean-François Richard: 1980
Paul Champsaur : 1981
Jean-François Mertens: 1981
Claude d'Aspremont: 1984
Jean J. Gabszewicz: 2004
Jacques Drèze: Prix des Alumni, Belgium, 1964
Jacques Drèze: Honorary member of the American Economic Association, 1976
Jacques Drèze: Foreign Honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1978
Jean-François Richard: Prix des Alumni, Belgium, 1964
Jacques Drèze: Foreign Member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1980
Luc Bauwens: Leonard J. Savage Thesis Award, 1984
Anton Barten: Erik Kemps Prize in Memory of T. Palander, 1986
Laurence Wolsey: Triennal Orchard-Hayes Prize of the Mathematical Programming Society, 1988
Laurence Wolsey: Lanchester Prize of Operations Research, 1989
Henry Tulkens: Prix Ferdinand de Lesseps, Paris, 1990
Jacques Drèze: Prix Emile de Laveleye, Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux Arts de Belgique, 1993
Jacques Drèze: Foreign Associate, National Academy of Science, Washington, 1993
Yves Smeers: Award for “Outstanding Contribution to the Profession” of the International Association of Energy Economics, 1995
Yves Smeers: Honoray Research Fellow at the Centre for Petroleum and Mineral Law Policy at the University of Dundee, United Kingdom
Jacques Drèze: International Prize for the Economics of Insurance funded by Istituto Nazionale delle Assicurazioni, Roma, Italy, 1999
François Maniquet: Social Welfare Prize, 2004
François Maniquet: Annual Koç University Prize for the best paper published in the Review of Economic Design, 2004
Jacques Thisse: William Alonso Memorial Prize, Seattle, USA, 2004
Jacques Thisse: Prix Solvany, FNRS, Belgium, 2005
Sébastien Van Bellegem: Prix Marie-Jeanne Laurent-Duhamel, 2005
Pierre Pestieau: Prix Risques - Les Echos, 2006
Jacques Thisse: European Prize in Regional Science, 2007
Jacques Thisse: Walter Isard Award, 2010
Claude d'Aspremont: Economic Theory Fellow of the Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory (SAET), 2011
Pierre Pestieau: Honorary Degree at Uppsala Universiteit, Sweden, 2011
Paul Belleflamme: Prix Wernaers, 2012
Isabelle Thomas: Compagnie du Bois Sauvage Prize, Fondation Louvain, Belgium, 2012
Yves Smeers: Informs fellow, 2012
Jean Hindriks: Expert of the year 2014, Magazine Lobby
Luc Bauwens: SoFiE Fellow, 2015
François Maniquet: Walloon Officer of Merit, 2015
Isabelle Thomas: Distinguished speaker at the Transport Lecture Series, University of Hong Kong, 2015
Leopold Simar: Fellow of the Journal of Econometrics, 2015
Julio Davila: Fernand Braudel Fellow, European University Institute, 2016
Léopold Simar: Econometric Theory Multa Scripsit Award, 2016
Jacques Drèze: Honorary member of the American Economic Association, 1976
Jacques Drèze: Foreign Honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1978
Jean-François Richard: Prix des Alumni, Belgium, 1964
Jacques Drèze: Foreign Member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1980
Luc Bauwens: Leonard J. Savage Thesis Award, 1984
Anton Barten: Erik Kemps Prize in Memory of T. Palander, 1986
Laurence Wolsey: Triennal Orchard-Hayes Prize of the Mathematical Programming Society, 1988
Laurence Wolsey: Lanchester Prize of Operations Research, 1989
Henry Tulkens: Prix Ferdinand de Lesseps, Paris, 1990
Jacques Drèze: Prix Emile de Laveleye, Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux Arts de Belgique, 1993
Jacques Drèze: Foreign Associate, National Academy of Science, Washington, 1993
Yves Smeers: Award for “Outstanding Contribution to the Profession” of the International Association of Energy Economics, 1995
Yves Smeers: Honoray Research Fellow at the Centre for Petroleum and Mineral Law Policy at the University of Dundee, United Kingdom
Jacques Drèze: International Prize for the Economics of Insurance funded by Istituto Nazionale delle Assicurazioni, Roma, Italy, 1999
François Maniquet: Social Welfare Prize, 2004
François Maniquet: Annual Koç University Prize for the best paper published in the Review of Economic Design, 2004
Jacques Thisse: William Alonso Memorial Prize, Seattle, USA, 2004
Jacques Thisse: Prix Solvany, FNRS, Belgium, 2005
Sébastien Van Bellegem: Prix Marie-Jeanne Laurent-Duhamel, 2005
Pierre Pestieau: Prix Risques - Les Echos, 2006
Jacques Thisse: European Prize in Regional Science, 2007
Jacques Thisse: Walter Isard Award, 2010
Claude d'Aspremont: Economic Theory Fellow of the Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory (SAET), 2011
Pierre Pestieau: Honorary Degree at Uppsala Universiteit, Sweden, 2011
Paul Belleflamme: Prix Wernaers, 2012
Isabelle Thomas: Compagnie du Bois Sauvage Prize, Fondation Louvain, Belgium, 2012
Yves Smeers: Informs fellow, 2012
Jean Hindriks: Expert of the year 2014, Magazine Lobby
Luc Bauwens: SoFiE Fellow, 2015
François Maniquet: Walloon Officer of Merit, 2015
Isabelle Thomas: Distinguished speaker at the Transport Lecture Series, University of Hong Kong, 2015
Leopold Simar: Fellow of the Journal of Econometrics, 2015
Julio Davila: Fernand Braudel Fellow, European University Institute, 2016
Léopold Simar: Econometric Theory Multa Scripsit Award, 2016
Anthony Papavasiliou: Bauchau Prize 2017
Isabelle Thomas: Ullman L. Award, 2017
Isabelle Thomas: Member of the Academia Europaea, 2017
Christian Hafner: Econometric Theory Mutta Scripsit Award, 2018
Christian Hafner: Distinguished Fellow of the International Engineering and Technology Institute, 2018
Johannes Johnen: 2018 Young Economists' Essay Award, 2018
Daniele Catanzaro: Elsevier Recognized Review Award, 2018
Isabelle Thomas: Fellow of the Regional Science Association International (RSAI), 2019