2025 Student Paper Competition Winners
The following papers were selected by a committee of TPRC community members in a blind review. These papers will be presented at TPRC53 and awards will be announced at the luncheon on Saturday, September 20, 2025.
Sean Norick Long
So Yun Anh
Seungyeon Ha
Dongwook Joeong
Illan Barriola
Redha Chaba
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