NYU Global Debates

Wonderful IPPF finals weekend with amazing students, excellent scholarship and a community that fully grasps the transformative power of debate and the importance of our ability to be in dialogue together to create change even when it's challenging.

Westwood High School Students Crowned Champion of International Public Policy Forum Debate Contest — Brewer May 5, 2024 – New York – A team of students from Westwood High School of Austin, Texas, bested a field of high schools from around the globe Saturday, winning the 23rd Annual Brewer Foundation/New York University International Public Policy Forum (IPPF) debate competition and a $10,000 gra

The NYU Global Debate Fund was delighted to continue its partnership with the Brewer Foundation on the 2024 International Public Policy Forum Championships. The IPPF is one of our longest partnerships and a crowned jewel of NYU's Community Service work. This year saw a record number of high schools from 26 states and 33 countries competing in the event. NYU debaters served as student ambassadors, essay graders, coaches and liaisons contributing over 400 hours of community service throughout the year. Congrats to the 2024 champions Westwood HS who defeated Ivy Bridge in the finals securing the $10,000 grand prize. and the more than 1000 students who benefit from this programming annually.

Westwood High School Students Crowned Champion of International Public Policy Forum Debate Contest — Brewer May 5, 2024 – New York – A team of students from Westwood High School of Austin, Texas, bested a field of high schools from around the globe Saturday, winning the 23rd Annual Brewer Foundation/New York University International Public Policy Forum (IPPF) debate competition and a $10,000 gra

Thanks to the NYU debaters who contributed hundreds of community service hours to grade these essays and help determine which schools will advance in each IPPF round.

Announcing the 2023-24 Sweet 16 | ippf The Brewer Foundation and New York University are proud to announce the “Sweet 16” teams for the 23rd annual International Public Policy Forum (IPPF) – the first and only contest that gives high school students around the world the opportunity to engage in written and oral debates on issues of...

Announcing the Top 64 Teams!!
The Brewer Foundation and New York University are proud to announce the “Top 64” teams for the 23rd annual International Public Policy Forum (IPPF) – the first and only contest that gives high school students around the world the opportunity to engage in written and oral debates on issues of public policy.

This year’s qualifying round involved submissions from a record 311 teams, representing schools in 26 countries and 33 U.S. states. This is the largest year in competition history.

The IPPF would like to thank all of its student competitors for the time you spent researching this year’s topic, “Resolved: Governments should provide a universal basic income.” The judges enjoyed reviewing your submissions, and we look forward to sharing their evaluations with you in the month ahead.



The judges were thoroughly impressed with the quality of the work product and written advocacy. Not advancing to the Round of 64 is not a negative reflection of your work – it just speaks to the number of entries, the caliber of the essays, and the overall competitiveness of the field.

Below, you will find a list of advancing teams in alphabetical order. Given that some schools entered more than one essay, the names of the students on the advancing teams are included below.


AfterSkool Learning Centre, Singapore
Students: Alina Su Ziying, Pan Haotian, Pui Jiin Loong, Darrell, Rupa Kinkara

Akademeia High School, Warsaw, Poland
Students: Ales Langr, Andreea Pascaru, Elina Zelenina, Maria-Rossa Hadjieva, Nathalie Wilewski, Pola Jancewicz

BASIS Scottsdale, Scottsdale, Arizona
Students: Saran Chockalingam, Ashton Dolce, Taejun Kim, Sophia Lin, Jessie Zhang

BC Forensic League, Langley, BC, Canada
Students: Shirui (Abby) Qu, Soobin Lee, Emily Kwon

Bellarmine College Preparatory, San Jose, California
Students: Arnav Aggarwal, Neil Alappatt, Aadi Chauhan, Akilan Dorairaj, Aarnav Nagabhirava, Vincent Nguyen, Derek Qian

Bellevue School District, Bellevue, Washington
Students: Sabina Kolovyansky, Samuel Maurer, Sanika Vishal, Kai-Wen Wu

Bergen County Academies, Hackensack, New Jersey
Alexander Choi, Aiden Chun, Allison Kim, Ryan Kwon, Flora Park

Bergen Debate Club, Fort Lee, New Jersey
Students: Sahaj Bhandari, Aarav Motivala, Brannon Zee

Blue Valley High School, Stilwell, Kansas
Students: Carter Hagen, Brett Jordan, John Perkins, Drew Schimmel

Break Debate, Greenwich, Connecticut
Students: Sachin Aggarwal, Arnav Arjula, Aiden Kim, Michael Meng, Ava Moon, Agastya Sridharan, Lula Wang

Brentwood College School (Team 1), Mill Bay, BC, Canada
Students: Emily Lee, Kennedy Peterson, Grace Stegall

Brentwood College School (Team 2), Mill Bay, BC, Canada
Students: Isha Courty-Stephens, Quin Bond, Kenedy Hoy, Jacob Bloudov

Chengdu Shude High School, Chengdu, China
Students: Sophie Maruochen Shu, Sabrina Yuchen Xiao, Alison Zhen Ren

Colegio Bilingüe New Horizons (Delta), Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Students: Ana Perez, Mia Rodriguez, Camila Santana

Concordia International School Shanghai, Shanghai, China
Students: Annelie Chang, Rachel Pan, Samantha Tong, Madelyn Tran

Coppell High School, Coppell, Texas
Students: Anushree De, Effie Shen, Tvisha Jindal, Aali Shah, Askhita Krishnan

Cornerstone Collegiate Academy of Seoul, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Students: Chaeyoung Kim, Choeun Lim, Hoonsung Lee

Dallas Urban Debate League, Dallas, Texas
Students: Andrew Mi, Leroy Tamfu, Steven Livingston

Damien Memorial School, Honolulu, Hawaii
Students: Sam Atuatasi, Jethro Bumanglag, Elodie Cummings, Nalani Dela Cruz, Julia Gonzales, Caitlin Hallares, Keanu Longboy, Leila Macapagal, Maryjoy Pacho

Davidson Academy of Nevada, Reno, Nevada
Students: Aadi Patwa, Julia Burnham, Garam O’Brien, Winston Yan

Dialogy, Shanghai, China
Students: Ruisi He, Chloe Ma, Angelina Jiang

duPont Manual High School, Louisville, Kentucky
Students: Arav Agarwal, Victoria Fu, Rahim Kahloon, Kevin Lin, Saveer Jain

East Ridge High School, Woodbury, Minnesota
Students: Daniel Song, Anuraa Venkat, Caroline Zhang

EEC Debate (Indigo), Toronto, ON, Canada
Students: Iris Lee, Lillian Li, Oriana Zhou, Yuefan Xu

FAU High School, Boca Raton, Florida
Students: Nicholas Ostheimer, Caroline Ribeiro, Michael Gomez

Grand Oaks High School, Spring, Texas
Students: Landon Coutee, Anisha Gupta, Parker Russo, Christopher Cartagena Serrano, MaKaila Ott

Hamilton High School, Chandler, Arizona
Students: Emma Xi, Jenny D**g, Marie Chen, Kevin Chen

Hankuk Academy of Foreign Studies, Yongin, Republic of Korea
Students: Taeoh Kim, Doeun Kim, Jaewon Lee, Hyerin Kang

Hathaway Brown Upper School, Shaker Heights, Ohio
Mahee Shah, Shrividya Regadamilli, Areesha Nouman, Haasini Sanisetty, Aanya Lakireddy, Siya Lakireddy

Hebron High School, Carrollton, Texas
Students: Nishan Chatha, Srikar Kotha, Kayla Fleming, Heather Wheeler

Hobby School of Ulaanbaatar, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Students: Khishigbuyan Bolorchuluun, Shandas Ankhbayar, Irmuun Delgersukh, Bolortsetseg Adiya

Ivy Bridge Academy, Johns Creek, Georgia
Students: Aanya Baddela, Alyssa Chen, Saanvi Kadiyala, Sanjana Kadiyala, Rajveer Nadkar, Ethan Nam, Claire Park, Sneha Ramineni, Rikhil Ranjit, Tessica Selvaganesan, Saanvi Sinha, Rithwik Tamilselvan, Olivia Tye, Gene Yoon

Jasper High School, Plano, Texas
Students: Aayush Appan, Kaitlyn Fan, Eric Qian, Amanda Yi

Kealakehe High School (Team 1), Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
Students: Lucy Cameron, Malina Chiddo, Sei Smith

Kealakehe High School (Team 2), Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
Students: Williene Cruz, Andries Ferreira, Sophie McIvor, Kayla Robertson

Kealakehe High School (Team 3), Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
Students: Mei Kanada, Ailani Cruz, JackOwen Zarley

Ladue Horton Watkins High School, St. Louis, Missouri
Students: Eric Fan, Emily Liu, Bohan Pan, Franklyn Yang, Jonathan Yao

Leaders Academy, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Students: Sean Chung, Bill Cho, Minnie Kim, Joseph Kang, Claire Lee, Shehwan Kim, Gunhee Lee

Lynbrook High School, San Jose, California
Students: Om Modi, Bolang Zhu, Juno Hong

Millburn High School (Team 1), Millburn, New Jersey
Students: Ryan Chen, Renee Ding, Nicky Wang, Caroline Cheng

Millburn High School (Team 2), Millburn, New Jersey
Students: Adiyta Gupta, Zain Jaffar, Arav Wahi, Sidharth Nambiar

Miramonte High School, Orinda, California
Students: Casey Scheiner, Cameron Berg, Alex Battersby, Ravi Sandhu, Park Briones

Mountain View-Los Altos Speech and Debate, Mountain View, California
Students: Timothy Lin, Calista Woo, Edwin Mu, Ethan Park

Notio Solutions, Houston, Texas
Students: Christine Seo, Edward Kang, Aaron Tian, Brian Liu, Claire Sim, Madhav Dua, Neil Kreibich

Nova 42 Academy, Pasadena, California
Students: Jiyoo Kim-Jung, Gavin Rossi, Jacqueline Fassbender

Novi High School, Novi, Michigan
Students: Nikhil Aerabati, Rohan Patil, Arvind Salem

Oak Park High School, Oak Park, California
Students: Lincoln Reyes, Catherine Cheng, Joy Chu

Oswego High School, Oswego, Illinois
Students: Jensen Coonradt, Andrew Medrano, Shriya Rao, Charles Wrage

Pine-Richland High School (Team 1), Gibsonia, Pennsylvania
Students: Udbhav Akolkar, Maura Flynn, Mackenzie Mercuri, Ian Hurt

Pine-Richland High School (Team 2), Gibsonia, Pennsylvania
Students: Jocelyn Curreri, Michael Lattari, Avyukta Nagrath, Mantavya Vashishth, Henry Wojcik

Plano West Senior High School, Plano, Texas
Students: David Cui, Kaaviya Shenbaharaman, Jesse He, Pranav Kalakuntla, Anuj Lohtia, Arrman Kapoor, Pranav Kalakuntla, Ananshi Patel, Sanjana Kumar, Aaryan Tomar

Potomac Oak, Rockville, Maryland
Students: Katherine Xue, Zack Lam, Cooper Li, Christopher Tang, Sherry Lin, Matthew Nam, Mahilan Guha

Rock Canyon High School, Highlands Ranch, Colorado
Students: Neel Avalareddy Siddhartha Aradhya, Harrison Lin, Aayan Khalfay, Adarsh Kalyan

Rowland Hall, Salt Lake City, Utah
Students: Marina Peng, Harris Matheson, Logan Fang, Eli Hatton, Aiden Gandhi, Andrew Murphy, Gavin Schmidt, Harris Lasater

Saigon South International School, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Students: Dale Chen, Hsuan-Yuan Kuo, Yu-Fei Li, Jack Weisblatt

Solon High School, Solon, Ohio
Students: Avneet Sohi, Luke Kim, Adhithiya Narayanan Balamurugan, Sudhiksha Ramesh

St. Mark's School of Texas (ABLS), Dallas, Texas
Students: Bennett Applbaum, Ekaksh Bansal, Andrew Liu, Liam Seaward

St. Mark's School of Texas (GMBPK), Dallas, Texas
Students: Anish Guddati, Ashrit Manduva, Ethan Bosita, Alex Pan, Justin Kim

Stamford High School, Stamford, Connecticut
Students: Tyler Denison, Princesse Hyppolite, Meher Jain, Sabrina Morency, Ryan Prem, Mey Silvey, Rihan Thajeer

Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Alexandria, Virginia
Students: Aben Bhattachan, Jaydon Sun, Ray Zhang

Wasatch Independent Debate, Woods Cross, Utah
Students: Eliza Broderick, Teancum Whitchurch, Jayden Duffin

Webb City High School, Webb City, Missouri
Students: Alexandra Tyndall, Camryn Klosterman, Kooper Newberry

West Anchorage High School, Anchorage, Alaska
Students: Ella Johanknecht, Mona Koko, Dane Lester

Westwood High School, Austin, Texas
Students: Ethan Andrew, Pranav Balakrishnan, Eric Gong, Ayush Deo Tripathi, Eric Zhu

NYU Global Debate is hosting the Clash of Scholars, an online high school PFD & BP tournament, on August 11th-13th. The invitation can be found on Tabroom.com under National Circuit with details on schedules, rules and logistics. Items of special interest include:
• A Night Owl schedule option to accommodate entrants on the West Coast, in Europe, or Asia.
• Partial scholarships included in the awards pool in each format.
• Pre-season prep opportunity on the NSDA Public Forum Debate topic.
• The BP Chief Adjudicator team will be led by top global educational consultant Miha Andric, the head of the Educational Center for Argument, Executive Board member of the International Philosophy Olympiad and Global Advisory Board member of the International Public Policy Forum.

Congrats to 2023 Global Debate Champions Sehan & Fhatima (aff) who defeated Neha & Chelsea (neg) on a 2-1! Thanks to all of our judges and competitors.

Finals underway in Tisch Hall UC-21: Sehan & Fhatima (aff) vs. Neha & Chelsea (neg) panel: Cisse, Murungi, Cammayo (chair)

2-1 Neg Chelsea & Neha over Callum & Shree 2-1 Aff Fhatima & Sehan over NYU London Nicole & Cameron

Quick notes for inquiring minds:
All Global debate elims are filp for side today.
The higher seed calls it.
NYU London was the top seed after prelims.
The NYU London team is in NYC so there will be no hybrid rounds or Zoom telecasts.
Study Away teams earn a free trip to the Big Apple as well as their cash prizes.
Feel free to come and watch the Global Debate Championship Round as they battle for more than $5000 in cash prizes. Please arrive by noon so you have time to get food as well.

Semifinals are well underway in Tisch Hall: UC 19 Fhatima & Sehan (a) vs. NYU London Nicole & Cameron (n) - panel: Samuels (c), Zheng, Cisse UC 21 Callum & Shree (a) s. Chelsea & Neha (n) panel Cammayo (c), Murungi, KIm Good luck to all!