2025 Student Paper Competition Finalists 

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

Redha Chaba

Illan Barriola

Dongwook Joeong

So Yun Anh

Seungyeon Ha

 

"The Antitrust Stack: Lina Khan’s Legacy from a Computational Antitrust Perspective"

Sean Norick Long, Georgetown University Law Center & Harvard Kennedy School 

 

"The Death of Distance: Mobile Internet and Political Trust in Africa"

Redha Chaba, Paris Panthéon Assas University

Illan Barriola, Paris Panthéon Assas University 

 

"Revisiting the Competition-Diversity Debate: A Comparative Study of Local Radio Playlists and Spotify’s Recommendation Algorithm"

Dongwook Jeong, The Pennsylvania State University

 

"You Can’t Use Google Maps in South Korea, Use Naver Instead”: A Case Study of Platform Power vs Digital Sovereignty"

Soyun Ahn, University of Southern California 

Seungyeon Ha, Korea University