cross-generational debates: The St. Gallen Symposium.
Benefits
- Meet 300 of society’s brightest young minds. Present and debate your ideas with 600 senior leaders.
- Be inspired by some of the world’s
most impressive speakers. - Gain a unique and new perspective on this year’s topic. Become a member of a unique global community.
- Participate in the symposium with us. Win prize money of CHF 20,000 split amongst the three winners.
Topic Question
Striving for more or thriving with less – What pressing scarcity do you see, and how do you suggest to tackle it?
Scarcity generally refers to a situation where human needs exceed available resources. This year’s Global Essay Competition invites young leaders worldwide to focus on a specific contemporary or future challenge related to scarcity and propose an innovative way to address it.
Be creative in thinking about proposed solutions: do we need to strive for more and find ways to boost the availability of the resource in question? Or does it focus on ways to thrive with less and thus rethink our needs and demand?
Be free in choosing which scarce resource you focus on: examples include – but are NOT limited to – human labour, capital, natural resources, or intangibles like time, creativity, or care. Be bold and precise in describing a contemporary or future challenge of scarcity and the specific kind of resources you focus on, and offer a concrete and actionable idea of how we should confront it.
Prerequisite
For your contribution to be valid, the following criteria must be met
| Form | Essay (max. 2,100 words, excl. abstract, bibliography, and footnotes) |
| Language | English |
| Deadline | 1 February 2024, 11:59 p.m. last time zone (UTC-12) |
| Anonymity | Your name, e-mail address, university, or any identifying details must not be mentioned anywhere in the contribution file. |
| Individuality | Individual work expected, no group work allowed. The essay must be written exclusively for this contest. The idea must be the author’s own. |
| Citation | All sources must be cited and referred to the respective part in the essay. All contributions will be tested for plagiarism. |
| Template | Download Template for the Global Essay Competition |
Eligibility Requirements
To be eligible, you must fulfill all of the following criteria:
- Enrolled in a graduate or postgraduate programme (master level or higher) in any field of study at a regular university
- Born in 1994 or later
Application Documents
Make sure you can provide the following documents:
- Copy of passport or other identification (in English for non-Roman languages)
- Confirmation of matriculation/enrolment from your university which proves your enrollment in a graduate/postgraduate level programme as of 1 February 2024 (download sample document here)
- Your contribution file with no indication of your name in the file name, the file metadata or the file itself
For More Information:
Visit the Official Webpage of the St. Gallen Symposium Leader of Tomorrow Essay Competition 2024