1 | 4 Teams in debate: UAM A (OG) Phil B (OO) Bucharest A (CG) Leiden B (CO) | 3 | | | Roy SchulmanⒸ , Abhinav Mohanty , Shibhangi Ghose | Target vs Mean Based Regulation THW prioritise means-based[1] rather than target-based[2] regulation
[1] e.g of means-based regulations: setting standards that attempt to make the workplace more accessible or banning the use of polluting technologies
[2] e.g of target-based regulations: setting hiring quotas for employees from one particular group, or making companies reduce carbon emissions to X under threat of fines |
2 | 1 Teams in debate: IDC A (OG) Corvinus A (OO) Trivium A (CG) Bucharest A (CO) | 3 | | | Matt CaitoⒸ , Priyanka Das , Yash Chaturvedi , Fatma Gul YoldasⓉ | TH, as a University scholarship fund targeted at marginalized identity groups, W prioritize allocating funds based on merit rather than economic necessity. |
3 | 3 Teams in debate: AUTH/DUTH PP (OG) Bucharest A (OO) Technion B (CG) UCM IR (CO) | 5 | | | Miriam KalmanⒸ , Danyal Maqbool , Shaheer Shazib , Sneha Verma | THO the narrative that love (romantic, familial, etc.) is about sacrifice |
4 | 1 Teams in debate: Bucharest A (OG) Ljubljana HK (OO) BDU C (CG) Cambridge C (CO) | 5 | | | Hadar GoldbergⒸ , Chesta B , Harmen de Jong , Gilad ShermanⓉ | THBT societal narratives about recovery during crisis should be transformative (attempt to radically change society) rather than restorative (attempt to stabilise current crisis) |
5 | 4 Teams in debate: Rhetorica DJ (OG) Bucharest A (OO) Durham C (CG) Oxford D (CO) | 8 | | | Shaun LeeⒸ , Jamie Salem Dalgety , Molly Carroll , Njuguna Macharia | TH, as the Spanish government, would give Catalonia a chartered regime |
6 | 2 Teams in debate: NLU A (OG) Open A (OO) Bucharest A (CG) Haifa A (CO) | 9 | | | Nar Sher MayⒸ , Atara Kevelson , Tawfique Elahi | THBT social movements should follow social marxism |
7 | 3 Teams in debate: Technion C (OG) Phil B (OO) TCD Hist D (CG) Bucharest A (CO) | 11 | | | Mukhtar TashkenbayevⒸ , Rushdoon Ahmed , Tanvir Shahriar | THR Germany's decision to go ahead with the Nord Stream 2 deal with Russia |
8 | 2 Teams in debate: Bucharest A (OG) LawSoc B (OO) Durham A (CG) TAU B (CO) | 12 | | | Emma LucasⒸ , Danyal Maqbool , Devashish Trivedi , Izzie Blackburn | High Employment Rates vs Tech Advancement THBT states should prioritise high employment rates at the expense of significantly slowing down technological advancement (e.g. taxing automation, setting a minimum quota for human employees, or banning/limiting use of certain technologies) |
9 | 3 Teams in debate: GUU HM (OG) Oxford C (OO) Imperial D (CG) Bucharest A (CO) | 14 | | | Tal RatnerⒸ , Ahmed El Sammak , Atiya Al-Hammud , Carlos Montero HorrilloⓉ | In functioning democracies with one dominant political party, THP opposition parties to predominantly campaign on the basis of moral character (e.g. integrity, transparency, corruption) rather than predominantly on specific issues and policies (e.g. unemployment, education, the environment). |