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- Competition
- 2026 Essay Competition Results
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- 2025 Essay Competition Results
- 2025 Essay Competition
- 2024 Economics Contest Results
- 2024 Psychology Contest Results
- 2024 Economics Essay Contest
- 2024 Psychology Essay Contest
- 2023 Contest Results
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- Latin Challenge
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- Competition
- 2026 Essay Competition Results
- 2026 Essay Competition
- 2025 Essay Competition Results
- 2025 Essay Competition
- 2024 Economics Contest Results
- 2024 Psychology Contest Results
- 2024 Economics Essay Contest
- 2024 Psychology Essay Contest
- 2023 Contest Results
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- 2022 Contest Results
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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
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
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
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
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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