| 1 | 3 Teams in debate:
UAM A (OG)
Phil B (OO)
Bucharest A (CG)
Leiden B (CO) | 2 | | | 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 | 3 Teams in debate:
Leiden B (OG)
Berlin LS (OO)
TCD Hist B (CG)
LSE A (CO) | 4 | | | Joseph LewisⒸ , David Brynley Hamer , Maya Tamir | 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:
GUU A (OG)
Rhetorica DJ (OO)
Leiden B (CG)
Open A (CO) | 6 | | | Dani GeorgievⒸ , Jessica Musulin , Siddharth Soneja , Mia HarrisonⓉ | THO the narrative that love (romantic, familial, etc.) is about sacrifice |
| 4 | 4 Teams in debate:
Vienna A (OG)
Leiden B (OO)
Vienna B (CG)
TCD Hist E (CO) | 9 | | | Aniket ChakravortyⒸ , Atiya Al-Hammud , Ilija Ivanišević | THBT societal narratives about recovery during crisis should be transformative (attempt to radically change society) rather than restorative (attempt to stabilise current crisis) |
| 5 | 3 Teams in debate:
TCD Hist C (OG)
UCD LawSoc A (OO)
Edinburgh A (CG)
Leiden B (CO) | 11 | | | Amrit AgastiaⒸ , Dani Georgiev , Devashish Trivedi | TH, as the Spanish government, would give Catalonia a chartered regime |
| 6 | 1 Teams in debate:
LSE A (OG)
Leiden B (OO)
Imperial B (CG)
Sheffield A (CO) | 11 | | | Ilija IvaniševićⒸ , Eirini Kolimatsi , Robyn O'Connell , Sharath Nambiar | THBT social movements should follow social marxism |
| 7 | 3 Teams in debate:
Leiden B (OG)
GUU B (OO)
St Petersburg A (CG)
TAU C (CO) | 13 | | | Amrit AgastiaⒸ , Anthony Galipeau , Rosy Raj , Gilad ShermanⓉ | THR Germany's decision to go ahead with the Nord Stream 2 deal with Russia |
| 8 | 1 Teams in debate:
Berlin LS (OG)
Cambridge A (OO)
Leiden B (CG)
Ljubljana HK (CO) | 13 | | | Neo Wei ShengⒸ , Jarrod Grant , Naomi Panovka , Sameer Shaikh | 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 | 2 Teams in debate:
Leiden B (OG)
Belgrade B (OO)
NLU A (CG)
Copenhagen PS (CO) | 14 | | | Liam OldreyⒸ , Pranav Kagalkar , Simon Luo | 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). |