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  • 2026

    SoT Essay Competition Results

  • Economics

    First Prize

    Zhengfei Sun, Marshall School, USA

    When AI Meets Social Networks in Modern Markets: The Case of Online Retail

    Second Prize

    Nianzhi Yu, RGS Guildford Nanjing‌, China

    Markets Begin Before the Market

    Annie Wang, Hiba Academy Shanghai, China

    From Markets to Networks: New Sources of Economic Power and Value

    Third Prize

    Zirui Fan, Kang Chiao International School East China Campus, China

    From Scale to Trust: How AI and Networks Reshape Modern Economy and Human Connections

    Zhien Jia, The Canadian International School of Hefei, China

    Formative Network Models: The Modern Economy and Human Connection in the AI Era

    Sining Zhang, Ulink College of Shanghai, China

    To what extent are modern economies shaped by networks rather than markets?

    Zhize Li, Country Garden Silver Beach School, China

    In a world increasingly influenced by artificial intelligence, will human connections become more or less economically important?

    Yen Khang Dang, Foreign Language Specialized School, Vietnam

    Beyond the Market: How Networks and Human Connections Shape the Modern Economy

    Yiner Wang, Shanghai Southwest Weiyu Secondary School (International Division), China

    To what extent are modern economies shaped by networks rather than markets? In a world increasingly influenced by artificial intelligence, will human connections become more or less economically important?

    Honorable Mention

    Chengyu Yao, Beijing Veritas Prep School, China

    Minxuan Cai, Guangzhou SCA School, China

    Zixuan Yang, Shanghai Qingpu World Foreign Language High School, China

    Jinze Xue, High School Affiliated to Nanjing Normal University, China

    Zixuan Li, Lyceum - Alpinum Zuoz, Switzerland

    Xiuyu Bian, The Experimental High School Attached to Beijing Normal University, China

    Hamza Abdullah, International Academy West, USA

    Pinzhuo Liu, Beijing No.8 High School, China

    Yanzhi Xiao, Minhang Crosspoint Academy at Shanghai Wenqi Private Middle School, China

    Bao Chau Tran Nguyen, Wellspring Hanoi Bilingual School, Vietnam

    Youyou Bian, WLSA Shanghai Academy, China

    Rishab Ghai, Cheltenham College, UK

    Bui Quoc Anh Tran, Hanoi Amsterdam High School for the Gifted, Vietnam

    Hiu Ho Kwok, Mercersburg Academy, USA

    Jiayu Wang, The British School in Tokyo, Japan

    Nilani Sabarisan, Sishya, Adyar, India

  • Psychology

    First Prize

    Shenghao Yuan, Germantown Friends School, USA

    Cognitive Offloading or Cognitive Reshaping? The impact of Generative AI on student learning

    Second Prize

    Yixi Zhou, Xi'an Tieyi High School, China

    Who Controls the Offloading? Metacognitive Control in AI-Assisted Learning

    Andy Yao, Shenzhen College of International Education, China

    Losing the Reins: Executive, Verification, and Metacognitive Control in the Age of AI

    Yiran Zhu, Shanghai Starriver Bilingual School, China

    The Monitor You Cannot See: Cognitive Offloading, Metacognition, and the Student’s Unfinished Mind

    Third Prize

    Zihan Xu, United World College Changshu, China

    Cognitive Debt: When AI Extends Performance Beyond Independent Competence

    Jiani Lu, Saint Paul Diocesan Jr/Sr High School, USA

    Delegating cognition to AI: What is gained and lost?

    Chuyi Zhang, Minhang Crosspoint Academy, China

    What is gained and lost when students delegate cognitive labor to AI? Is this simply cognitive offloading, or something fundamentally different?

    Jiahao Gong, Crimson Global Academy, Online

    When AI think for us: From cognitive map to autopilot

    Fanzhen Shu, Chongqing BI Academy, China

    Artificial Intelligence and the Shift from Cognitive Offloading to Cognitive Deference in Education

    Anastasiia Sharkova, CPM, Russia

    What is gained and lost when students delegate cognitive labor to AI? Is this simply cognitive offloading, or something fundamentally different?

    Honorable Mention

    Viet Khue Ho, Sedbergh Vietnam - BCIS Campus, Vietnam

    Tianran Li, Shanghai Starriver Bilingual School, China

    Lucas Peng, Affiliated School Of JNU For Hong Kong & Macao Students, China

    Jiahui Huang, Guangdong Country Garden School, China

    Yan Li, Shanghai Starriver Bilingual School, China

    Yichen Lan, Guangdong Country Garden School, China

    Clarissa Zhang, The Wheatley School, USA

    Miaoyi Fu, Shanghai Starriver Bilingual School, China

    Xiaofan Luo, Shanghai New Epoch Bilingual School, China

    Shannon Tsang, German Swiss International School, Hong Kong, China

    Huong An Luong, Hoang Mai Star School, Vietnam

    Jiabei Shi, World Foreign Language Academy, China

    Judy Luo, Stevenson School, USA

    Shiruo Bian, Beijing Keystone Academy, China

    Zirui Yuan, St. Mary’s Online Academy, Online

    Xinyan Zhang, Shanghai Starriver Bilingual School, China

    Shiya Da, Veritas Collegiate Academy, USA

    Han Dinh, Vinschool Smart City Secondary and High School, Vietnam

    Guanjia Chen, Ji'nan Foreign Language School, China

    Trần Quỳnh Chi, Lương Thế Vinh High School, Vietnam

    Jinjia Chen, Guanghua Academy, China

    Zilin Song, Beijing Haidian Future Academy, China

    Onew Choi, St. Mark's School, USA

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