Meet the Map the System Global Finalists 2025

Today the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship at the University of Oxford has announced the 2025 finalists of its flagship systems thinking learning programme and competition, Map the System.  

The global final competition, taking place in Oxford from 3rd – 6th July, is an immersive learning experience where students and educators come together to share and celebrate their research, compete for prizes, participate in workshops, learn from world-class systems thinking practitioners, and engage in networking opportunities.  

For the past two days in Oxford, 40 teams, drawn from a global cohort of more than 1,750 students across 50 institutions and 17 countries, have presented their ideas to systems thinking experts at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford.   

The judges have selected 6 projects to go through to Sunday’s Global Final: 

Finalists #1

Aminta Permpoonwiwat, Namuun Zolbadrakh, Garid Mendbayar & Anudari Naran-ochir  – Vanderbilt University

"Frozen Fates: Unravelling the Cycle of Vulnerability to Dzud in Mongolia" 

Finalists #2

Rosa Kejejian, Alexandre Nakad & Chelsea Saydi   – American University of Beirut

"Apathy and Political Disengagement Among Lebanese Youth: A Systems Thinking Approach" 

Finalists #3

Sunand Kannappan, Taro Lakra, Amy Chen, Howard Leong & Kapilan Panchendrabose   – University of Calgary

"Disjointed - Alberta's Hip & Knee Crisis" 

Finalists #4

Kebin Shrestha, Manan Pandey, Raunak Chakradhar, Upakar Dhakal & Nischaya Basnet   – King's College Nepal

"Policy, Power and Corruption: Diving Deep into the Political Economy of Solid Waste (Mis)management in Kathmandu Valley" 

Finalists #5 

Yangshu Jiang, Maharshi Trivedi,  – Humber Polytechnic

"Myanmar’s Cyberslavery Crisis: Illicit Networks and Human Exploitation" 

Finalists #6

Eowyna Hermawan, Marcus Leong & Miho Yamashita  – Wesleyan University

"Between Sinking & Scarcity: A Dual Crisis of Water in Jakarta Indonesia" 

These projects address challenges spanning from politics to health, demonstrating the multifaceted thinking required to tackle interconnected organizational and societal challenges. 

The winning team will be announced at tomorrow’s Grand Final. Prizes include £5,000 for first place, £4,000 for second place and £3,500 for third place. In addition, Excellence Awards will recognise outstanding contributions in narrative design, visual storytelling, and systems insight: three skill sets as crucial in boardrooms as they are in research. 

Map the System nurtures a global community of educators, students, and practitioners committed to applying the principles of systems thinking to complex social and environmental challenges. 

Nick Gregg, The Skoll Centre's Senior Manager for Impact Education, said: “We want to extend our heartfelt congratulations to the six finalist teams, and to celebrate every single one of the 134 teams who presented this year. Each of you brought thoughtful, rigorous analysis and a deep commitment to understanding complex challenges. Map the System is about more than a final stage – it’s about cultivating the curiosity and systems thinking that our world urgently needs. We are so proud of everything you have achieved.”

Don’t miss the final presentations and the announcement of the 2025 Map the System Global Final winner. 

Join us live on Sunday 6 July using this link: https://sbsox.zoom.us/j/91726284763?pwd=ETfu0R9YqssjpoRHPVvfO6qoiWxXoQ.1