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The International Philosophy Olympiad (IPO) is an annual philosophy competition for high school students from around the world, one of the International Science Olympiads. It is organized under the auspices of the International Federation of Philosophical Societies (FISP) and supported by UNESCO.

History

The International Philosophy Olympiad was founded through an initiative by Ivan Kolev from Sofia University in Bulgaria. [1] The idea was to help replace the Marxist–Leninist subjects taught in schools throughout Eastern Europe between 1947 and 1990. The first Olympiad was held in 1993 in Smolyan, Bulgaria, with three participating countries: Bulgaria, Romania (led by Elena Florina Otet), and Turkey (led by Nuran Direk). The second edition of the Olympiad, in 1994 in Petrich, Bulgaria, two additional countries joined: Poland (led by Władysław Krajewski) and Germany (led by Gerd Gerhardt). [2] Together with Hungary (led by Katalin Havas) these countries founded the IPO. [3] The IPO received welcome by UNESCO. [4] Since 2001 the International Philosophy Olympiads have been organized under the auspices of International Federation of Philosophical Societies (FISP) and with the recognition and support of UNESCO.

In 2009 the number of participating countries rose from under 30 to about 40. The IPO 2020 originally scheduled to be held in Lisbon had to be cancelled because of measures against the COVID-19 pandemic. An electronic IPO (e-IPO) is organized by Slovenia. [5]

Regulations

Objectives

According to the regulations, the objectives of the IPO are the following:

  • to promote philosophical education at the secondary school level and increase the interest of high school pupils in philosophy;
  • to encourage the development of national, regional, and local contests in philosophy among pre-university students worldwide;
  • to contribute to the development of critical, inquisitive and creative thinking;
  • to promote philosophical reflection on science, art, and social life;
  • to cultivate the capacity for ethical reflection on the problems of the modern world; and,
  • by encouraging intellectual exchanges and securing opportunities for personal contacts between young people from different countries, to promote the culture of peace. [3]

Administration

The IPO is run by the following bodies: the International Committee, consisting of the delegation leaders having already organized an IPO, the Steering Board, consisting of members from the FISP, UNESCO and the International Committee, the National Organizing Committee, and the International Jury, consisting of all delegation leaders and teachers. [3]

Competition

Students competing in the Olympiad are given four hours to write a philosophical essay on one of four topics given. The topics are provided in the four official languages of the IPO – English, Spanish, French, and German – and the student must choose to write in a language other than his/her own; that is, a native French speaker would not be allowed to write in French.

There are five criteria of evaluation.

  1. Relevance to the topic
  2. Philosophical understanding of the topic
  3. Coherence
  4. Power of argumentation
  5. Originality

Evaluation proceeds in three stages:

  1. International Jury composed of teachers from different delegations form groups of about 4–5 to read certain number of the essays. Each member of a group reads the same 5-6 essays, then compares notes with other members of the same group and gives his mark/score on a scale of 10. Those above average score of 7.0 from being thus read make it to the next level. No teacher is allowed to read the essay of a student from his/her own country.
  2. About four members of the International Jury then individually reads those essays which are according to the criteria below:
    1. Those getting average 7.0 or above in previous stage
    2. Those having a difference in marking by two jury members of more than 3.0 point
  3. Those finally making a new average of 7.0 or above are recommended by the international jury to the steering board with five members from the FISP and the international committee. Each person in this board reads each essay individually. The steering board then decides the medals and honorable mentions to be given. They need not accept the ranking of essays as given by the international jury. [6]

National selection processes

According to the regulations, the selection of the candidates participating for a particular country are chosen through a selection process which should be organized or be under the auspices of a national philosophical organization member of the FISP. [3] The precise structure of the national competition varies from country to country.

Austria

Austria first took part in the IPO in 2005. Since then they have two stages. In the first stage, every bundesland (state) sends the best two or three participants of the Landeswettbewerb to the philosophical akademie. There the second stage takes place and in this Bundeswettbewerb the two best will be sent to the IPO. The first Austrian participant were part of the German delegation in 2004.

Czech Republic

The Czech Republic's philosophical competition for high school students was established by Tomáš Nejeschleba at the Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts, Palacký University in Olomouc in 2011. [7] Since 2012, the competition, called Nebojme se myslet, [8] consists of two stages. In the first stage, students write an essay on one of four topics in Czech. The criteria are the same as in the IPO: relevance to the topic, philosophical understanding of the topic, coherence, power of argumentation, originality. The twenty best essays are qualified for the second stage in which students write a short essay in one of the four official IPO languages. The two best students qualify for the IPO. Since 2014, Jan Čížek from Palacký University has been the main organizer of the Czech philosophical competition. He is also the leader of the Czech delegation at the IPO.

Estonia

In Estonia, the selection process, which was initiated by philosopher Leo Luks, consists of two stages. In the first stage, students write an essay at home in their mother tongue. This means that Russian for the country's Russian minority is also accepted. The national jury (5 members) chooses the 10 best essays for the next stage. In the second round (4 days long), finalists first spend two days together where they participate in different lectures and workshops. After that, the final competition begins, which consists of four different parts:

  1. 4-hour essay in foreign language, as it is in IPO (maximum 50 points [9])
  2. Test of informal logic (10 points)
  3. Test of central philosophical notions and theories (10 points)
  4. Oral 1 to 1 debate on philosophical issue (10 points)

The two best students represent the country at the IPO.

Germany

In Germany, there are three stages:

  1. The best two or three essays of a class (written in German) are sent to the jury (until December, 6th); the good essays will be honoured by a certificate.
  2. The best 26 essay-writers are invited to Münster for four days in February, where they write again an essay (in English or French) and hear and discuss two philosophy lectures.
  3. The two best essay-writers in Münster represent the country at the IPO in May.

Hungary

The IPO selection procedure in Hungary is closely related to and based on the National Students Competition in philosophy, which is embedded in a wide range of National high-school competitions organized under the auspices of the Ministry of Education. All the competitions (mathematics, etc.) are organized in 3 levels, over January - April. The competitions in philosophy involve 11th and mainly 12th grade students, altogether approx. 300 students nationwide. The first, school-level round is based on testing knowledge in history of philosophy (thus emphasizing the relevance of the curricula and maturity criteria). Students with sufficient score are eligible to enter the 2nd round. The second round is about writing an essay, students are free to select one topic out of four. The best papers are selected by a jury of Academics, which consists of Faculty staff members invited by the ME, who will invite the students to the finals, i.e. an oral examination. Hungarian is the only official language all through the national competition levels. The IPO Selection invites the best 30 students after the 2nd round. Under the supervision of the Hungarian Philosophical Society, a new Jury are being invited who will propose the 4 quotations, and they should evaluate all the papers. Students will take part at the IPO selection where all the IPO rules and regulations are respected: essay-writing, bi-lingual dictionary, timing, evaluation criteria, languages, etc. Usually approx. 15 students take part at the IPO selection and the authors of best 2 papers are proposed to participate at the IPO. Students receive assistance from their teachers to participate at the competitions, however the Philosophical Youth Camps and the „Philosophical tea-house” movement (inspired by IPO colleagues in Turkey) may also help students to gain and deepen their interest in philosophy.

India

The Olympiad is non-funded and thus a totally voluntary effort for both the teachers and students. The selection process, which is organized by Kedar Soni, is in two stages:

  1. Abhinav Philosopher - objective and subjective tasks online to primarily gauge students logical and verbal reasoning. Held around beginning of December by Abhinav Vidyalay. (school which coordinates the process) Top 20% are selected to the next stage.
  2. Indian Philosophy Olympiad - Essay round similar in format to the IPO competition. It is held online around January in a time-bound manner.

The two best from the stage 2 represent the country, provided they can fund themselves. Then the training program is held for a couple of weeks, to orient students to systematic philosophy and argumentation. It runs for about 12 hours a day and students need to be accommodated at the venue. Those clearing stage 1 are also invited in order to prepare them for next IPO. After the program, until the IPO, students meet 2-3 times weekly for about 3–4 hours in an online lecture room (video + whiteboard) to discuss essay topics and their arguments.

According to Kedar Soni, the IPO's internal politicking has caused him to discontinue organising India's IPO selection. [10]

Norway

In 2005, the first year of Norway participating in the IPO, Thor Steinar Grødal just picked his two best philosophy students at Foss high school, in 2006 he and Olav Birkeland picked one each as Foss High School and Oslo Handelsgymnasium were the only ones in Oslo and possibly in the whole of Norway that offered a philosophy course for high school students. Since 2007 a new subject 'history&philosophy' (5 lessons per week in 2nd and 3rd grade) has been introduced to many high schools in Norway, and the selection process for IPO has been tied up to the Baltic Sea Philosophy Essay Competition. 100 Norwegian students from 14 schools participated in this competition in November 2011. In 2012 there was for the first time a 2nd round in Oslo March 23–24 for the 10 best Norwegian participants. These ten went to IPO Oslo 2012 on the extended quota of the host country.

Switzerland

The selection process was initiated in 2005 by Jonas Pfister, and 2006 was the first year Switzerland participated in the IPO. The selection process is organized by the association SwissPhilO, the president of which is Lara Gafner, a former IPO participant for Switzerland. From 2005 to 2012, the selection process consisted of two stages, a first round and a second round. Since 2013 the selection process consists of three stages. At the first stage, students write an essay at school or at home. Out of these, the authors of the best essays are invited to a second round, a semi-final, where they participate in workshops and write a second essay. Again, the authors of the best essays qualify for the next round, the national final, where the students again participate in workshops and write another essay. A jury of five members selects the two best who will represent the country at the IPO. [11]

United States

The United States participated in IPO competitions four times until 2003. In 2001, the IPO was hosted by the US in Philadelphia. From 2003 until 2011, however, the US did not participate. At the 2009 December conference meeting of the American Philosophical Association (APA), Eastern Division teacher Joseph A. Murphy met with APA executive director, David Schrader, and told him about the curriculum for a course 'A History of Western Philosophy' taught in Spanish for American high school students in their last two years before university. Over the next year, the course was approved by the Curriculum Committee at Dwight-Englewood School (D-E). David Schrader and William McBride had been discussing ways to reanimate the US philosophy community to re-enter the IPO competitions. Adding Spanish as an official IPO language was seen to be a possible key to doing this. Spanish was added to English, French and German on a trial basis before IPO Vienna 2011. In order to participate in IPO Vienna 2011, Murphy chose two of his best philosophy students who also studied Spanish at D-E. Together they formed the 2011 US Delegation with the blessing of APA. Since then, there has been a national competition for high school students called the American Philosophy Olympiad, in which high school students from around the nation submit philosophy essays in either Spanish, French, or German in response to a given prompt. The two top essays are chosen, and those two students represent the United States at the IPO.

Overview of competitions

Each year, the IPO is held in a different city around the world. The table below gives an overview of each competition since the inaugural competition in 1993. [12] [13]

No. Year City Country Theme Dates Participating countries
1 1993 Smolyan   Bulgaria May 3
2 1994 Petrich   Bulgaria May 5
3 1995 Stara Zagora   Bulgaria May 5
4 1996 Istanbul   Turkey May 6
5 1997 Warsaw   Poland May 7
6 1998 Braşov   Romania April 8
7 1999 Budapest   Hungary May 11
8 2000 Münster   Germany May 11
9 2001 Philadelphia   United States May 15
10 2002 Tokyo   Japan May 12 May 16 15
11 2003 Buenos Aires   Argentina May 7 May 10 18
12 2004 Seoul   South Korea May 19 May 23 17
13 2005 Warsaw   Poland May 19 May 23 18
14 2006 Cosenza   Italy May 13 May 18 15
15 2007 Antalya   Turkey May 18 May 21 22
16 2008 Iaşi   Romania May 18 May 22 23
17 2009 Helsinki   Finland May 22 May 26 22
18 2010 Athens   Greece May 20 May 24 23
19 2011 Vienna   Austria Power and Powerlessness of Philosophy May 26 May 29 28
20 2012 Oslo   Norway Limits of Freedom May 16 May 20 39
21 2013 Odense   Denmark Kierkegaard Today May 16 May 20 37
22 2014 Vilnius   Lithuania Emmanuel Levinas: Infinity and the Face of the Other May 15 May 16 40
23 2015 Tartu   Estonia Disagreement May 14 May 18 40
24 2016 Ghent   Belgium War and Peace May 12 May 15 44
25 2017 Rotterdam   Netherlands Tolerance May 25 May 28 45
26 2018 Bar   Montenegro Environment May 23 May 28 50
27 2019 Rome   Italy Cultural Heritage and Citizenship May 16 May 19 50
28 2020 Ljubliana   Slovenia Global Solidarity May 28 May 31 organized as online competition (eIPO) [14]
29 2021 Ljubliana   Slovenia Utopie May 27 May 30 organized as online competition (eIPO) [14]
30 2022 Lisbon   Portugal Identity and Person May 26 May 29 Originally planned for 2020 and then cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and reported to 2022 [a] [15]
31 2023 Olympia   Greece A Life in Fair Competition May 11 May 14
32 2024 Helsinki   Finland Unknown at this time May 16 May 19

Overview of Awards

Year Location Gold medal Silver medal Bronze medal Honourable mention
1993 Bulgaria
1994 Petrich, Bulgaria
1995 Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
1996 Istanbul, Turkey
1997 Warsaw, Poland
1998 Braşov, Romania
1999 Budapest, Hungary
2000 Münster, Germany Ognyan Kassabov   BGR
Gianluca Rossi   ITA
Boris Popivanov   BGR
2001 Philadelphia, EE. UU. Ute Scholl   DEU
Laura Lapierre   VEN
Felix von Lehmden   DEU
2002 Tokyo, Japan Silvia Crupano   ITA
Vasilescu Ion Gheorghe   ROU
Akse Pettersson   FIN
2003 Buenos Aires, Argentina Torsten Schoeneberg   DEU
Sergio Barberis   ARG
Gabriel Abelof   ARG
Sarah Helduser   DEU

Mete Tuczu   TUR
Hyun Lee   ROK
Francesco D'Acunto   ITA
Wojciech Orowiecki   POL
Andrei Poamă   ROU
Sezen Kayhan   TUR

2004 Seoul, ROK Leopold Hess   POL
Joanna Kusiak   POL

Lukas Steinacher   AUT
Mert Bahadir Reisoglu   TUR

Seungwon Chang   ROK

Matija Lavrinc   SVN
Germán Díaz   ARG
Valeriya T. Vitkova   BGR
Elena Bellodi   ITA
David Kovacs   HUN
Andreea Elena Simion   ROU

2005 Warsaw, Poland Mikolaj Ratajczak   POL

Tomasz Przezdziecki   POL
Alexandru Marcoci   ROU

Marta Sznajder   POL

Antti Saarilahti   FIN
Nora Labo   ROU

David Himler   AUT

Patricio Kingston   ARG
Woo Chan Lee   ROK
Jutta Obertegger   ITA
Jae Won Choi   ROK

Roberta Di Nanni   ITA

Agnieszka Kurzemska   POL
Marcin Kotowski   POL

2006 Cosenza, Italy Efe Murat Balikcioglu   TUR
Mateusz Chaberski   POL
Saila Kakko   FIN
Johann Alexander   DEU

Santiago Auat   ARG
Stefano Burzo   ITA
Margherita Busti   ITA
Anna Drozdowicz   POL
Florin-Radu Gogianu   ROU
Carmen Kautto   FIN
Conrad Krausche    CHE
Maximilian Huber   AUT
Sara Musi   ITA
Shapira Shiri   ISR
Andras Schuller   HUN
Joseph Steinlechner   AUT
Daniel Thoms   DEU
Peter Ujma   HUN
Christian Danielov Vatchkov   BGR

2007 Antalya, Turkey Zeynep Pamuk   TUR Daria Cybulska   POL

Stefan Stefanovic   SRB

Alexander Johann   DEU

Martin Hergouth   SVN
Soh Hyun-Min   ROK

Elena Alexandra Corbu   ROU

Matthias Hoernes   AUT
Milena Alexandrova Alexandrova   BGR
Filip Taterka   POL
Clara Kropivsek   SVN
Corina Cristine Lefter   ROU
Heidi Meriste   EST
Luca Vegetti   ITA
Bernát Iváncsics   HUN
Christoph Schachenhofer   AUT
Nanako Kurioka   Japan

2008 Iași, Romania Jan Seidel   DEU

Sergiu Matei Lucaci   ROU
Maria Alexandra Baneu   ROU

Conrad Krausche    CHE

Heta Nuutinen   FIN
Andrea Beghini   ITA
Michal Godziszewski   POL

Arina Cristina Baibarac   ROU

Helene Sorgner   AUT
Denis Tramonte   ITA
Tal Yankovitz   ISR
Kristina Kashfullina   RUS

Perczel János   HUN

Vallari Sawant   IND
Adrian Cristian Ardelean   ROU
Toth Olivér István   HUN
Maria Ciurchea   ROU
Antoine Vuille    CHE
Yuval David Hananel   ISR
Illia Gorbachev   RUS
Lukas Paltanavicius   LTU
Dalius Petrulionis   LTU
Sebastian Köthe   DEU

2009 Helsinki, Finland Sarri Nironen   FIN
Eliza Tymianska   POL

Petar Penev   BGR

Kristina Kashfullina   RUS

Luiza Pasca   ROU

Hyun-Kyu Kim  ROK

Ayse Dilek Izek   TUR
Pietari Kupiainen   FIN
Patrick Mujunen   FIN

2010 Athens, Greece Aljaž Jelenko   SVN Kacper Kowalczyk   POL

Jaehyun Yoo   ROK

Tibor Backhausz   HUN

Valeriu Alexandru Cuc   ROU
Josef Piras   ITA

Erik Ramberg   NOR

Ignas Rubikas   LTU
Anita Ignatova   BGR
Anna Smertina   EST
Alessio Rocca   ITA
Paul Kuuse   EST
Tae Heun Kim   ROK
Tapani Pulkkinen   FIN
Platias Nikolaos   GRC
Henning Rognlien   NOR
Irina Horodinca   ROU
Murel Leuenberger    CHE
Chitra Adkar   IND
Nikolina Budan   CRO
Firat Akova   TUR
Karoliina Juulia Pulkkinen   FIN [16]

2011 Vienna, Austria Nikolaj Møller   DNK Chang Hyun Choi   ROK

José Gusmão Rodrigues   PRT

Niklas Plaetzer   DEU

Sakari Nuuttila   FIN
Stavros Orfeas Zormbalas   GRC

Mustafa Ayçiçegi   TUR

Tibor Backhausz   HUN
Franziska Bahl   AUT
Miguel de la Riva   DEU
Cristina Costina Diamant   ROU
Vanessa Gstrein   AUT
Milana Kostic   SRB
Jwa Seong Lee   ROK
Luka Mikec   CRO
Dominykas Milašius   LTU
Patrick Mokre   AUT
Junho Oh   CAN
Thierry Schütz    CHE
Barbara Šoda   CRO
Marie Vestergaard-Thomsen   DNK
[17]

2012 Oslo, Norway Sarah Yoon   ROK

Tadas Kriščiūnas   LTU

Jeff Granhøj   DNK

Aleksi ROKpela   FIN
Myrto Vlazaki   GRC
Nishith Bharat Khandwala   IND

Niklas Plaetzer   DEU

Abhinav Suresh Menon   IND
Stian Follevaag Ersvær   NOR

Kasper Siim Viftrup   DNK

Vaclav Masek Sánchez   GTM
Guy Yassor   ISR
Sun Young Hwang   ROK
Justine Zepa   LVA
Michail Sklaskis   LTU
Djuro Ilic   MNE
Sadaf Soloukey   NLD
Lars Borge Hellesylt   NOR
Diogo José Martins Lopes   PRT
Corina Ezaru   ROU
Darko Peric   SRB
[18]

2013 Odense, Denmark Róbert Palasik   HUN
Theo Anders   AUT

Abhinav Menon   IND
Hye Jin Lee   ROK

Petra Požgaj   HRV
Juan Nigri   ARG

Esteban van Volcem   BEL
Martin Kamenov Iliev   BGR
Anton Thorell Steinø   DNK
David Therkildsen   DNK
Magnus Baunsgaard Kris   DNK
Ida Mosegaard   DNK
Märt Belkin   EST
Neal Graham   DEU
Jonathan Krude   DEU
Maria Oikonomoy-Makrygianni   GRC
Lauris Zvirbulis   LVA
Misa Skalskis   LTU
Dominika Pankow   POL
José Forte   PRT
Vraciu Cosmin Petru   ROU
Denis Horvat   SVN
Léonore Stangherlin    CHE
Patrick Côté    CHE
Estaban van Volcem   BEL
Patric Coté    CHE
Dominika Pankow   POL
[19]

2014 Vilnius, Lithuania Vulpe Dan Cristian   ROU

Elina Karstie   FIN
Jakob Gomolka   DEU
Lukas Jonuška   LTU

Jacob Karlsson Lagerros   SWE

Beatriz Santos   PRT
Iván György Merkei   BGR
Abhishek Dedhe   IND
João Madeira   PRT
Tadas Temčinas   LTU
Radosław Jurczak   POL
Chagajeg Soloukey Tbalvandany   NLD

Benedikt Zöchling   AUT

Rafail Zoulis   GRC
Maša Marić   HRV
Justinas Mickus   LTU
Janko Zeković   MNE
Francisco Ríos Viñuela   ESP
Bernt Johan Damslora   NOR
Jani Patrakka   FIN

Federico Aguilar   GTM

Chan Park   ROK
Sophus Svarre Rosendahl   DNK
Viviana de Santis   ITA
Yuki Kanai   JPN
Martin Molan   SVN
Marta-Liisa Talvet   EST
Rūta Karbauskaitė   LTU
Vraciu Cosmin Petru  ROU
[20]

2015 Tartu, Estonia Iván György Merker   HUN

Antti Autio   FIN

Chagajeg Soloukey Tbalvandany   NLD

Eleftherios Chatzitheodorides   GRC
David Gjorgoski   MKD
Martin Molan   SVN
Sandro Huber   AUT
Neven Borak   SVN
Abhishek Dedhe   IND
Öznur Hancı   TUR

Ludovico Machet   ITA

Dārta Paula Šveisberga   LVA
Rosaria Caddeo   ITA
Stanisław Jędrczak   POL
Teodora Groza   ROU
Anda Maria Zahiu   ROU

Ivona Janjic   SRB

Antonina Jamrozik   POL
Ana Paula Bellamy Orozco  GTM
Augustė Saladytė   LTU
Konstantin Krasimirov Tumanov   BGR
Lara Gafner    CHE
Helen Maria Raadnik   CHE
Liisi Voll   EST
Petar Soldo   HRV
Niklas Uhmeier   DEU
Fredrik Johnsson    CHE
Zsolt Hegyesi   HUN
Kyu Bo Shim   ROK
Ragna Heyne   DEU
Viachaslau Verashchahin   BLR
Nadal Abril Lucia Molina   ARG
Alžběta Vítková   CZE
Audun Rugstad   NOR
Deyan Kirilov Madzharski   BGR
[21]

2016 Ghent, Belgium Ihsan Baris Gedizlioglu   TUR

Eui Young Kim   ROK
Jungho Choi   ROK

Hana Samaržija   HRV

Teodora Groza   ROU
Johanna U. Marstrander   NOR
Drishtti Rawat   IND

Fabian Strobel   DEU

Svit Komel   SVN
Matthijs de Jong   NLD
Sarp Çelikel   TUR
Sara Pyykölä   FIN

Liwia Rogalewicz   POL

Anna Morandini   AUT
Tathagat Bhatia   IND
Sonja Stiebahl   DEU
Alexandre Eira   POR
Uladzislau Voinich   BLR
Ábrahám Horváth   HUN
Jan Brändle    CHE
Matija Pušnik   SVN
Roberta Del Pezzo   ITA
Andreea Ioana Aelenei   ROU
Matthias Verlinden   BEL
Emil Kotzev   BGR
Lilja Valtonen   FIN
Aistė Grušnytė   LTU
Helo Liis Soodla   EST
Tomoki Ishikawa   JPN
Daan Van Cauwenberge   BEL
Ruben Algoet   BEL
Pavel Belkevich   BLR
Polina Perova   RUS
Frederico Cardoso   PRT
Roberta Dell Pezzo   ITA
[22]

2017 Rotterdam, Netherlands Mor Divshi   ISR

Nóra Schultz   HUN
Milan Milenović   SRB

Mihnea Bâlici   ROU

Hrvoje Kožić   HRV
Rosalie Looijaard   NLD
Victor Mordhorst   DNK
Álvaro Salgado Carranza   ESP

Crista Erales   GTM

Arth Gupta   IND
Kaarel Hänni   EST
Michal Karlubik   SVK
Konstantinos-Marios Konstantinou   GRC

Karolina Bassa   POL

Tathagat Bhatia   IND
Edoardo Calvello   ITA
Reinis Cirpons   LVA
Franciszek Cudek   POL
Simon Derudder   BEL
Danilo Djukanovic   MNE
Laura Evers   NLD
Martina Fridl   SVN
Amanda Häkkinen   FIN
Leonie Hong   DEU
Matthias Verlinden   BEL
Boris Janevski   MKD
Lóránt Kiss   HUN
Carolien Krekt   NLD
Isaias Moser    CHE
Baoyi Ni   CHN
Antonio Piltcher   BRA
Arkadiy Saakyan   RUS
Vasilen Vasilev   BGR
Ajuna Soerjadi   NLD
[23]

2018 Bar, Montenegro Radka Pallová   CZE

Amanda Häkkinen   FIN
Michal Karlubik   SVK

Yastika Guru   IND

Freja Værnskjold Dzougov   DNK
Alvaro Lopes   PRT

Martina Fridl   SVN

Yoshiyuki ISHIKAWA   JPN
Sagnik Anupam   IND
Mihail Larkov   RUS
Daantje de Leur   NLD

Luis Anngel Meza-Chavarría   CRI

Monique Murer   BRA
Stefan Capmare   ROU
Tzu Kit Chan   MYS
Iulia Natalia Mitrache   ROU
Gaeun KIM   ROK
Martin Topić   SRB
Meggy Michaud   FRA
Tobias Heidenreich   DEU
Terachet Rojrachsombat   THA
Zhengyu Ging   CHN
Maria Sara Fraser   SRB
Paulina Kaczyńska   POL
Javier Sanz González   ESP
Paul Johannes Kalda   EST
Thomas Valerio   ITA
Valerija Baždar   MNE
[24]

2019 Rome, Italy Viktor Mršić   HRV

Kseniia Korotenko   RUS

Yanying Lin   CHN

Manya Bansal   IND
Bendik Sparre Hovet   NOR
Kenneth Martin   SVK

Noam Furman   ISR

Rei Yatsuhashi   JPN
Tuomas Ville Santeri Ansio   FIN
Duarte Lourenço Marcos Correia Amaro   PRT
Marija Brašanac   SRB
Tomaž Žgeč   SVN
Mehmet Tüfek   TUR
[25]

2020 Ljubljana, Slovenia Aybars Önder   TUR

Wang Dingzheng   SGP

Jiayi Ren   SGP

Faruk Šahat   BIH
Luiz Felipe Horta   BRA
Muhammad Amir Rafiq   MYS

Blaž Sušnik   SVN

Dimitrios Kouvaras   GRC
Rachel Börger   DEU
Una Iza Grandovec   SVN
Lyubomira Dimitrova   BGR
Oskar Ban Brejc   SVN
Deokhaeng Lee   KOR
Thomas Delmas   FRA

Anastasios Tsirigotis   GRC

Berkant Isaev   BGR
Đorđije Petrović   MNE
Elina Saarikoski   FIN
Emanuel Krajnc   SVN
Hana Ćatić   BIH
Jean-Baptiste Bonneville   LUX
Kristina Røstad Rosenvold   NOR
Krištof Ocvirk   SVN
Marcel Čarman   SVN
Marton Vida   HUN
Máté Héthelyi   HUN
Matevž Rezman Tasič   SVN
Paramott Bunnjaweht   THA
Sara Novović   MNE
Toma Gheorghe Tavares de Melo   BRA
Younghoon Seo   KOR
Yuto Koba   JPN
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2021 Ljubljana, Slovenia Andrej Jovićević   SRB

Luiz Felipe Horta   BRA

Jonathan Platzbecker   DEU

Paul Gruber   AUT
Rin Kuroda   JPN
Seoyoung Choi   KOR

Yared Alemán   CRI

Ozan Ölmez   TUR
Alexandra Khovrak   UKR
Blaž Sušnik   SVN
Džonatans Miks Melgalvis   LVA
Máté Héthelyi   HUN

Adian Roman   FIN

Ajna Ćuhara   BIH
Aleksandra Savova   BGR
Alon Loewenstein   ISR
Aslak Hellevik   NOR
Aurelie Fraichard   ISR
Dimitrios Kouvaras   GRC
Eirini Livieratou   GRC
En Hao Lim   SGP
Frederik Albl   CZE
Giovanni Maria D’Antonio   ITA
Kantanat Pridaphatrakun   THA
Karl Abiline   EST
Lena Wöß   AUT
Muhammad Amir Rafiq M. Rafee   MYS
Nitya Rajan    CHE
Pongsapak Waiwitlikhit   THA
Rick Wierenga   NLD
Salomé Pierre   FRA
Sara Tadic   MNE
Tibet Şahin   TUR
Usraat Fahmidah   BGD
Yeonwoo Sung   KOR
Yuhua Gao    CHE
[27]

2022 Lisbon, Portugal Giulia Pession   ITA

Tobias Willée   GER

Aleksandro Savova   BUL

Nemes Lavinia   LUX
Antoni Antoszek   POL

Patrick Seyfried   GER

Ilana Raizler Gandin   BRA
Sigve Wiedswang   NOR
Jonatan Toporowski   POL
Nate Triyananont   THA

Aino Satu Kujari   FIN

Ana Ribeiro   POR
Ana Wakabayashi   BRA
Andrei-Nicolae Radu   ROM
Andrija Iljukic   SER
Carl Scandelius   UK
Daniels Danilov   LAT
Ellen Roper   EST
Efraim Dahlén   HUN
Giovanni D'Antonio   ITA
Ivaylo Iliev Hristov   BUL
Joost Ouweneel   NLD
Josef Skolks   CZE
Junichiro Ikeda   JAP
Manyasiri Chotbun   THA
Maria Barroso   POR
María Díaz Ussía   SPA
Maria-D Gheorghe   ROM
Maša Kilibarda   MNE
Md Emil Hafiznizam   MYS
Mojca Ravnik   SLO
Nahye Lee   SKO
Noah Rosenbaum    SWI
Nuno Espírito Santo   POR
Oleksandra Khovrak   UKR
Paul Kaspar Nurk   EST
Pedro Silva   POR
Pir Servan Tutsi   TUR
Rita Brauna   LAT
Sebastián A-Vargas   CRI
Shiraz Medjahed   FRA
Viktoria Knoll   AUT
[28]

2023 Olympia, Greece Dimitrije Golubovic   SER

Pietari Kaaro   FIN

Marta Drelijowska   POL

Kenza Oughlane   NLD

Oskar Wienecke   GER

Bogdan Dannen   BUL

Judah Kang   SIN

Imyeongwoo Kang   KOR

Fabian Gydelund Møller   DEN

Ivan Petrić   CRO

Edwin Brattselius Thunfors   SWE

Jesko Veenema   GER

Inka Poikolainen   FIN

Alberts Roze   LAT

Bui Gia Khanh Pham   VIE

Charles De Belloy De Saint Liénard   USA

Demosthenes Tserikis   GRE

Dimitrios Karavasilis    GRE

Ellen Marigold Roper   EST

Fernando Jose Mendez-Castellanos   CRI

Gabriella Vida Troen   ISR

Genta Takasu   JAP

Ivaylo Hristov   BUL

Jia Xin Teng   MY

Joseph Beritzki   FRA

Marie Necsa   LUX

Matus Lehocky   BRA

Mia Schwarcz   AUT

Mircea Balas   ROM

Muhsin Emir Karabag   TUR

Olga Kerameos   GRE

Róza Mária Zolnai    HUN

Siim Laane   EST

Stavros Soropoulos   GRE

Teodora Tikveshanska   MKD

Yannis Müller    SWI

Yejoon Lee   KOR

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2024 Helsinki, Finland Results available on May 19, 2024 Not available Not available Not available

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Notes

  1. ^ The 28th IPO was originally scheduled to be held from May 21 to 24, 2020. [15]

References

  1. ^ Moufida Goucha, Philosophie. Une école de la liberté, Paris: UNESCO, 2007, p. 89.
  2. ^ Ivan Kolev (2016), International Philosophy Olympiad. In: Peters M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Educational Philosophy and Theory. Springer, Singapore, p. 1159.
  3. ^ a b c d "Olympiad".
  4. ^ UNESCO, “Conclusions of the International Study Days: Philosophy and Democracy in the World”, 15–16 February 1995.
  5. ^ http://www.philosophy-olympiad.org/
  6. ^ "International Philosophy Olympiad » Statute".
  7. ^ Hruška, Tomáš. "Katedra filozofie".
  8. ^ "Projekt - Nebojme se myslet".
  9. ^ https://www.teaduskool.ut.ee/sites/default/files/teaduskool/olympiaad/eesti/fio_2020_21_juhend_uus.pdf [ bare URL PDF]
  10. ^ "Why am I shutting down the Indian Philosophy Olympiad?".
  11. ^ "Philosophy".
  12. ^ "History". International Philosophy Olympiad. Archived from the original on March 27, 2020. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
  13. ^ "International Philosophy Olympiad 2019". ipo2019.sfi.it. Archived from the original on December 3, 2019. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
  14. ^ a b http://eipo2020.com
  15. ^ a b "IPO 2020". 2020 International Philosophy Olympiad. Archived from the original on March 27, 2020. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
  16. ^ IPO 2010 webpage
  17. ^ IPO 2011 webpage with list of awards
  18. ^ IPO 2012 webpage with list of awards and essays
  19. ^ IPO 2013 webpage
  20. ^ IPO 2014 webpage
  21. ^ IPO 2015 webpage
  22. ^ IPO 2016 Webpage
  23. ^ IPO 2017 webpage
  24. ^ IPO 2018 webpage
  25. ^ IPO 2019 webpage
  26. ^ eIPO 2020 webpage
  27. ^ eIPO 2021 webpage
  28. ^ IPO 2022 webpage
  29. ^ IPO 2023 webpage with list of awards
  30. ^ IPO 2024 webpage

Further reading

  • Jonas Pfister, "Les Olympiades de philosophie dans l'enseignement" (2009), Diotime. Revue internationale de didactique de la philosophie, 41 (07/2009). Online
  • Juha Savolainen, Pekka Elo, Satu Honkala, Rebecca Cingi (Hrsg.) (2010), IPO Helsinki Finland 2009, Publications of The Finnish National Commission for UNESCO no 85, 2010.
  • Moris Polanco (2015), Cómo escribir un ensayo de filosofía: Con especial referencia a la Olimpiada Internacional de Filosofía. Create Space. Independent Publishing Platform.
  • Ivan Kolev (2016), International Philosophy Olympiad. In: Peters M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Educational Philosophy and Theory. Springer, Singapore, 1158–1164.
  • Frank Murphy (2017), "International Philosophy Olympiad: A Writing Challenge for Young Philosophers. With an Appendix: How To Write a Philosophy Essay. A Guide for IPO Contestants", Journal of Didactics of Philosophy, Vol. 1, 2017, 49–66.

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