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2026 Global Winners

Iman Akbar Ali
& Areebah Juned Siddiqui

American University of Sharjah
Architecture & Design

Leo (Han) Yang

Queen’s University at Kingston
Art History & Theory

Malavika Rajesh

New York University Abu Dhabi
Business & Economics

Lau Chung Hean

Nanyang Technological University
Chemical & Pharmaceutical Sciences

Max John Antoni Juszkiewicz

Durham University
Classical Studies & Archaeology

Andrew Ni

Brown University
Computer Science

Janebelle Koh

National University of Singapore
Earth & Environmental Sciences

Liu Yanzhi

Nanyang Technological University
Education

Victoria Kolmac

University of Sydney
Engineering

Michelle-Lynn Vandyke Balderston

Western University
Global Communications

Dailan Xu

Harvard University
History

Ida Katarina Opas

University of Helsinki
Law

Vitalii Pavlenko

University of Dundee
Life Sciences

Eugene Tan Yong Jin

Nanyang Technological University
Linguistics

Rose Marie Anderson

University of St Andrews
Literature

Zihe (Julia) Zhang

National University of Singapore
Mathematics & Physics

Leong Jing, Wesley

National University of Singapore
Medical Sciences

Lok Chun Yew Dexter

Nanyang Technological University
Music, Theatre & Film Studies

Aisling Georgina Thomas

Queen Margaret University
Nursing, Midwifery & Allied Healthcare

Robert Finan

Trinity College Dublin
Philosophy

Katelyn Sherry

Trinity College Dublin
Politics & International Relations

Abigail Thio Li Min

James Cook University, Singapore
Psychology

Avery Clarissa Huang

Yale-NUS College, Singapore
Social Science: Anthropology & Cultural Studies

Amelda Chu Qin Hui

Nanyang Technological University
Social Science: Sociology & Social Policy

Jian Wei Hoe

Nanyang Technological University
Visual Arts

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Robert Finan

Trinity College Dublin

Winning Paper: Against ‘Framelessness’ in Environmental Aesthetics

Robert graduated from Trinity College Dublin with a First Class Honours in Philosophy in 2026. Having begun his undergraduate degree studying Mathematics & Philosophy, his research is primarily focused on the analytic tradition, spanning philosophy of mathematics, philosophy of mind and language, logic, and metaphilosophy (with particular interests in infinity and cardinality, conceptual idealism, and questions of existential import and ambiguity). His secondary interests include ancient philosophy, aesthetics, and ethics.

Currently, Robert is running an endeavour to introduce Philosophy to Ireland’s Leaving Certificate curriculum, because of his view that education (especially in philosophy) is extremely important for students, now more than ever – philosophyforleavingcertificate.com.

He also works with the Modus Ponens Institute to bring philosophy extracurriculars to students in Ireland and beyond, and acts as an English language editor for the open-access journal MetaScientia.

He is presenting research at various conferences across the coming months. Alongside this, he is seeking funding to pursue postgraduate study in philosophy.

Katelyn Sherry

Trinity College Dublin

Winning Paper: Who Counts in the Postcolonial City? Citizenship Regimes and Political Representation of Ethnic Minorities in London and Paris

Katelyn Sherry graduated with First Class Honours in Political Science from Trinity College Dublin in 2026, having also studied at Sciences Po in Paris. Her research interests are driven by questions of who gains political representation, who does not, and how institutions shape those patterns.

Her winning paper, developed from her final-year dissertation, compared ethnic minority political representation in London and Paris. Faced with gaps in the available data, she built an original dataset covering 410 councillors and combined quantitative, spatial and qualitative analysis to examine how citizenship regimes and local political contexts help explain variation in representation.

Katelyn is also a Laidlaw Trailblazers Women in Leadership Scholar and recipient of the EIL Explore Award, which supported an eight-week teaching placement in Hanoi, Vietnam. She now works at European Movement Ireland on EU education and public engagement, and hopes to continue developing her research interests through further study and professional experience.

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