Previous Award Winners

2025 Student Paper Competition

First Place:

"The Antitrust Stack: A Computational Analysis of Lina Khan's Legacy"
Sean Norick Long, Georgetown University Law Center & Harvard Kennedy School 

Second Place:

Why You Can't Use Google Maps in South Korea: A Case Study of Platform Power vs Digital Sovereignty
Soyun Ahn, University of Southern California 
Seungyeon Ha, Korea University

Third Place (Tie):

"Revisiting the Competition-Diversity Debate: A Comparative Study of Local Radio Playlists and Spotify’s Recommendation Algorithm"
Dongwook Jeong, The Pennsylvania State University

"The Death of Distance: Mobile Internet and Political Trust in Africa"
Redha Chaba, Paris Panthéon Assas University
Illan Barriola, Paris Panthéon Assas University