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YEOTY 2023 Year Group Winners 1st Year Winners 1st Year Prizes 1st Place Name of Student: Eva Lowndes Teacher: John Lowndes School: Tullamore College Project Title: What is the financial comparison between Ladies' Golf and Men's Golf Click here to view the project 1st Year Prizes 2nd Place Name of Student: Harry O'Riordan Teacher: Mairead O'Sullivan School: Glenstal Abbey School Project Title: Curds and Why: Is import substitution creating more sustainability in the Irish Artisan Cheese Sector? Click here to view the project 2nd Year Winners 2nd Year Prizes 1st Place Name of Student: Rory Kinsman Teacher: James Doyle School: St Andrews College Project Title: Why did electricity prices in Ireland increase by so much in 2022. Click here to view the project 2nd Year Prizes 2nd Place Name of Student: Gavin Connolly and Stephen Byrne Teacher: John Lowndes School: Tullamore College Project Title: What is the impact of GAA sport on the Irish economy Click here to view the project 3rd Year Winners 3rd Year Prizes 1st Place Name of Student: Sophie O'Connor Teacher: James Doyle School: St Andrews College Project Title: An investigation and comparison of the Japanese and Irish fiscal policies Click here to view the project 3rd Year Prizes 2nd Place Name of Student: Hugo Griffin Teacher: James Doyle School: St Andrews College Project Title: Are national incentives to reduce carbon emissions likely to harm global trade? Click here to view the project 3rd Year Prizes 3rd Place Name of Student: Kiku Nakajima Teacher: James Doyle School: St Andrews College Project Title: How COVID affected Ireland's airline industry Click here to view the project TY/4th Year Winners TY/4th Year Prizes 1st Place Name of Student: Malavika Manoj Teacher: Ian Grace School: Loreto Secondary School, Wexford Project Title: 'An alarming comparison between now and the famine'. Has our relationship with the Irish economy changed? Click here to view the project TY/4th Year Prizes 2nd Place Name of Student: David Oskwarek Teacher: Colette O'Callaghan School: Davis College Project Title: The future of globalisation Click here to view the project TY/4th Year Prizes 3rd Place Name of Student: Lauren Meaney Teacher: Ellen Jones School: Coláiste Muire, Ennis Project Title: Fiscal Profligacy Click here to view the project 5th Year Winners 5th Year Prizes 1st Place Name of Student: ZiQi Ma Teacher: James Doyle School: St Andrews College Project Title: How inflation affects economic inequality? Click here to view the project 5th Year Prizes 2nd Place Name of Student: Tabib Haque, Calum Conway, Mobashir Ahadmanish and Cian Carr Teacher: Fergal Douglas School: Coláiste Phádraig, Lucan Project Title: African resource exploitation: De-globalisation and protectionism as future for African nations with consequences for all Click here to view the project 5th Year Prizes 3rd Place Name of Student: Valentina Baratta Teacher: James Doyle School: St Andrews College Project Title: How can renewables tackle the current inflation crisis? EU case study Click here to view the project 6th Year Winners 6th Year Prizes 1st Place Name of Student: Matthew Kelleher Teacher: Iain Cooney School: Midleton CBS Project Title: Is the current mechanism for purchasing wholesale energy fit for purpose and what can the Irish government do to improve it? Click here to view the project 6th Year Prizes 2nd Place Name of Student: Jamie O'Leary Teacher: Iain Cooney School: Midleton CBS Project Title: What effective actions can the Irish government implement to tackle rising gas prices? Click here to view the project 6th Year Prizes Joint 3rd Place Name of Student: Fabiola Grimmeisen, Mona Manno, Marlene Minch Teacher: James Doyle School: St Andrews College Project Title: Croatia and the Euro Click here to view the project 6th Year Prizes Joint 3rd Place Name of Student: Issac Lee, Luke Yang, Mathis Zeissig Teacher: James Doyle School: St Andrews College Project Title: What are the factors influencing NBA ticket pricing? Click here to view the project Northern Ireland Winners Northern Ireland Prizes 1st Place Name of Student: Isabella Morgan Teacher: Shane McComb School: Sacred Heart Grammar, Newry Project Title: Back to the Future: Is gold providing stability to central banks in unstable times? Click here to view the project Northern Ireland Prizes 2nd Place Name of Student: Lily Brannigan, Lucy Johnston and Orlaith Lambe Teacher: Shane McComb School: Sacred Heart Grammar, Newry Project Title: Unheard Consequences: Unveiling the economic implications of hearing impairment in today's society Click here to view the project

YEOTY Impact Stories is a project compiled by UCD School of Education and UCD School of Economics where they found out what previous winners of YEOTY are doing now and what impact YEOTY had on their lives. Below is a collection of videos from these past winners and some of their teachers. These short videos tell the story of what they have been doing since their wins at YEOTY. Stephen Fowler Stephen Fowler (YEOTY 2017 Awardee) talks about his experience participating in YEOTY and the impact it had on his life. Diane Sheehy Diane Sheehy (YEOTY 2018 Awardee) speaks about her experience participating in YEOTY and the impact it had on her life. Ellen McHugh Ellen McHugh (YEOTY 2018 awardee) talks about her experience participating in YEOTY and the impact it had on her life. Jake Weldon Jake Weldon (YEOTY 2017 Awardee) talks about his experience participating in YEOTY and the impact it had on his life. Alex Barry Alex Barry (YEOTY 2021 Awardee) talks about his experience participating in YEOTY and its impact it had on his life. Hugo Phelan Hugo Phelan (YEOTY 2021 Awardee) talks about his experience participating in YEOTY and the impact it had on his life. Amy Bellew Amy Bellew (YEOTY 2021 Awardee) talks about her experience participating in YEOTY and the impact it had on her life. Maksim Webb Maksim Webb (YEOTY 2021 Awardee) talks about his experience participating in YEOTY and the impact it had on his life. Shane Kirwan Shane Kirwan (Economics Teacher) talks about his experience guiding students through YEOTY and shares his thoughts about the competition. Martin Murphy Martin Murphy (Economics Teacher) talks about his experience guiding students through YEOTY and shares his thoughts about the competition.

YEOTY 2023 Winners Here you will find the complete archive of YEOTY 2023, including the programme, highlights video and the winning projects! YEOTY Programme 2023 To download a pdf of the Official Programme for the PDST Young Economist of the Year Awards 2023 please click the button below Download YEOTY 2023 National Awards Ceremony Below is a video showing the highlights of the National Awards Ceremony held in the O'Reilly Hall in UCD on 28th April 2023. Below is a video specially commemorating 10 years of YEOTY Click here to see the full photo gallery from the Awards Ceremony Winning Projects Scroll down to look at overall winning entries from 2023. Check back here in the coming weeks and months as we upload more entries from 2023! Senior Young Economist of the Year 2023 Name of Student: Holly Hewson Teacher: Fabian Mak School: Rathdown School Project Title: (P)in(k)flation: Do rapid inflation rates widen gender inequality in Ireland? Click here to view the project Junior Young Economist of the Year 2023 Name of Students: Benedict O'Sullivan, Michael Owens, Kevin Cooney Teacher: Mairead O'Sullivan School: Glenstal Abbey School Project Title: DRS- Can money back economics deliver change for good. Click here to view the project Click here to view the winners of the Special Interest Awards Click here to view the winners of the Year Group Awards See More Entries from previous years

YEOTY 2020 Virtual National Awards Ceremony Due to Covid-19, our planned awards ceremony in UCD could not take place. Instead, we will be holding our virtual awards ceremony 'live' on Friday 19th June @ 11 a.m. The live ceremony can be viewed on YouTube on the link below or you can watch it here! The winning entries can be found below. Click here to watch the Live Awards Ceremony YEOTY Programme 2020 To download a pdf of the Official Programme for the PDST Young Economist of the Year Awards 2020 please click the button below Download PDST Young Economist of the Year 2020 Winning Entries Overall Young Economist of the Year Faolán Ó Cathmhaoil from Coláiste Oiriall, Monaghan Project: The Economic Sustainability of Index-Funds for Equity Markets Teacher: Diarmuid Mac Cionna Description: A report which looks at the rise in popularity of passive index funds and ETFs as investment vehicles in equity markets in recent years. I look at why these funds have become so popular, the benefits they provide for investors, some risks they might pose in terms of price efficiency, liquidity, and governance, and whether they might play a role in the next financial crisis as some critics have claimed. Click here to view the project Central Bank of Ireland Award Giulia Baratta from St. Andrew’s College, Dublin Project: Pandemics and the Economy: How can Central Banks Respond? Teacher: James Doyle Description: An analysis of how major central banks reacted to the world economic crisis that happened in the wake of the COVID epidemic in China. How complex and interconnected world economies and supply chains are and how central banks can support demand and production through monetary channels. Click here to view the project IGEES Award Aoife Walshe, Meadhbh Quinn, Ella Seery & Elizabeth Hutchinson from Mount Sackville Secondary School, Dublin Project: The Impact of the use of Supermarket Vouchers on the Environment and our Economy Teacher: Olga Owens Description: Climate Change has become a huge part of our lives in the past few years. One contributing factor to climate change is food wastage. We wanted to take a look as an aspect we felt might have a knock-on effect: vouchers. We also wanted to investigate whether or not these vouchers are tricking the consumer into buying more than they necessarily want. Click here to view the project Junior Young Economist of the Year Tom Knoblauch from St. Brendans Project: Can Economics help to save our world? Teacher: Eimear Buckley Click here to view the project

YEOTY 2022 Winners Here you will find the complete archive of YEOTY 2022, including the programme, highlights video and the winning projects! YEOTY Programme 2022 To download a pdf of the Official Programme for the PDST Young Economist of the Year Awards 2022 please click the button below Download YEOTY 2022 National Awards Ceremony See below a video showing the highlights of the National Awards Ceremony held in the O'Reilly Hall in UCD on 28th April 2022. Click here to see the full photo gallery from the Awards Ceremony Winning Projects Scroll down to look at overall winning entries from 2022. Check back here in the coming weeks and months as we upload more entries from 2022! Senior Young Economist of the Year 2022 Name of Student: Grace Keaveney Teacher: Caitriona Nagle School: Loreto College, St Stephen's Green Project Title: Is the Fair Deal Scheme actually fair? Cash Prize: €500 Click here to view the project Junior Young Economist of the Year 2022 Name of Students: David Oskwarek Teacher: Colette O'Callaghan School: Davis College, Mallow Project Title: Circular Economic Models: Assessing the Proposed Circular Economy Bill 2021 and the Validity of the Implication of Circular Economies Cash Prize: €200 Click here to view the project See More Entries from previous years

Enter your project into YEOTY 2025, the Young Economist of the Year Competition 2025. Fill in the form for your year group, upload your entry and you are done! 2025 Project Entries Below are the links for the project submissions for Young Economist of the Year 2025. There is a separate submission form for each year group. Please ensure that you fill in the correct form for your entry. Please only complete this form once for each entry, even if there are multiple students that worked on the entry. Please ensure that all the students involved in the entry are included in the entry details. The information on this form will be included in the Programme. It is, therefore, your responsibility to ensure that you proofread all information that you include here prior to submitting the form. If you have any difficulties in completing your project submission, please email info@youngeconomist.ie for assistance. Deadline for entries: Monday 3rd March at 6 pm Important Documents before you submit your project Consent Forms Individual consent forms must be submitted for each student (whether an individual or group entry) and for the supporting teacher taking part. Unfortunately, any project submitted without the accompanying consent forms, completed in full for each person involved, cannot be considered. Download Competition Information Be sure to review the information sheet before submitting your entry! Download FAQ (Please read before submitting) What should be included on the title page of the project? The title page/start of the project must include: the name of the project, the year group of the students that did the project the name(s) of the student(s) that authored the project The project should NOT include: the name of the school the name of the mentoring teacher. These details are recorded in the submission form and should not appear on the project in the interests of ensuring anonymity and fairness in the judging process. Do you need a consent form for everyone in the group? Yes - if there is more than one person that took part in your entry than you must include a consent form for each person. The teacher consent form (included in the same document as the student consent form). Does the student or teacher upload the project? Either! It's up to you! When you complete the form, a copy of the form will be emailed to the person who completed the form. We advise that if the teacher fills in the form then they forward the email receipt to the student(s) that wrote the project and vice versa I made a YouTube Video/Prezi/Powtoon etc. How can I upload this?! Put the link on to a word document and upload the word document into the Submission Form. Remember, if its a YouTube video it needs to be set to Public or Unlisted. If you have it as Private we won't be able to see it! My project won't upload, what do I do!!! Don't worry, take a deep breath and relax! Send an email to info@youngeconomist.ie and explain the issue you are having. The more information you can give us, the more likely we will be able to help you solve the issue nice and quick! If you can send us screenshots of the problem, even better! Once you email us, don't worry, we will reply, but please bear with us, there are usually lots of questions emailed in the lead up to the deadline, so we might be a little slow to reply, but we will get back to you, don't worry! I have a question, but its not listed here! Then send us an email with your question: info@youngeconomist.ie . One of the team will get back to you as soon as they can! You never know, if its a really good question, then it might even get added here! Important: Please note the following with the consent forms: 1. A photo or scan of the consent forms should be taken and uploaded with your entry. Download the Consent Form YEOTY 2025 Project Submissions 1st Year Entry Form This link is for 1st Year Projects Only. 1st Year Project Submissions 2nd Year Entry Form This link is for 2nd Year Projects Only. 2nd Year Project Submissions 3rd Year Entry Form This link is for 3rd Year Projects Only. 3rd Year Project Submissions 4th Year (TY) Entry Form This link is for 4th Year/Transition Year Projects Only. 4th Year/TY Project Submissions 5th Year Project Entry Form This link is for 5th Year Projects Only. 5th Year Project Submissions 6th Year Project Entry Form This link is for 6th Year Projects Only. 6th Year Project Submissions Northern Ireland Entry Form This link is for Projects from Northern Ireland only. Northern Ireland Project Submissions International Entry Form This link is for projects from schools/students outside of Ireland only International Project Submissions

2015 YEOTY ARCHIVE Click the links below to view the entries from 2015 Click here for the 2015 Senior Category Entries Click here for the 2015 Junior Category Entries

OIDE YEOTY CPD November 2024 In case you missed the annual CPD event for teachers that are interested in entering students into the Young Economist of the Year Competition, you can find all the resources here! Below you will find recordings from all the speakers from the day, and their various presentations. We hope you find them useful in your preparations. If you have any questions regarding anything you see below or anything else relating to the competition, please email info@youngeconomist.ie and we will get back to you as soon as we can Click here for Information Flyer about YEOTY 2025 1. Introduction 2. Judges Perspective 3. Scarcity or Sustainability? The Role of Capitalism in the Climate Emergency 4. Using data, creating clear charts and using good/trusted sources 5. Inquiry Based Approach 6. Widening participation in economics Other Resources Below is a list of various links to other resources that you may find useful in your preparations to participate in YEOTY 2025 Click here for the slideshow from the CPD evening Click here for the Widening Participation in Economics Presentation Click here for the link CSO Trust and Transparency Page Click here for the link to the Fossil Group about Inquiry Learning Click here for the link to OurWorld in Data Click here for the link to the CSO Education Section Click here for the link to the CPD Padlet from YEOTY 2024

YEOTY Resources This page is to help teachers and students have the tools they need to complete their best possible entry to the Young Economist of the Year Competition. This page will provide a range of resources that not only will help in this competition but could also provide some useful stimuli for your Economics class! We hope you find the information useful. If you have any queries or any suggestions of resources that we could add please let us know by emailing info@youngeconomist.ie CPD November 2023 On Thursday 9th November a CPD webinar to support teachers planning to enter students into YEOTY 2024 took place. Click the link below to catch up on the recordings and presentations from the day Click here for resources CPD November 2022 On Saturday 19th November a CPD day for teachers took place in Hudson Bay Hotel Athlone. Click the link below to catch up on the recordings and presentations from the day Click here for resources YEOTY CPD Webinar 2021 We are delighted to bring you details of our live webinar for teachers in relation to the Young Economist(s) of the Year 2022 initiative. We have put together a fantastic lineup of guests for our teacher professional development webinar, Thursday, 18th November 2021 from 7.00 – 8.30 pm. If you are a teacher currently supporting students with their projects for entry to the PDST Young Economist(s) of the Year 2022 or your school is interested in getting involved in the future, this is a great source of information and ideas. Participants will hear from experts in the field of economics, ideas and tools for using data and research to support lines of inquiry along with members of the judging panel from previous years. So for a host of tips and information, we hope you can join us for the live event. Full details are available on the flyer. Flyer More Info and Recordings Teacher CPD Webinar 2020 Every year the PDST and Young Economist of the Year organise a CPD day for teachers looking to get involved in the Competition and enter their students. This year, due to Covid restrictions the event has moved online. To register your place to be part of this event, please log onto www.pdst.ie/onlinebooking Full details of the event are outlined in the attached flyer below. Registered participants will receive a link to access the recorded webinar that will be premiered on the YEOTY YouTube channel on Monday, 30th November 2020 at 7 pm and can be viewed here on www.youngeconomist.ie A recording of the event will also be available afterwards in case you miss it! CPD Webinar Info Post Primary Resources from Maynooth University Maynooth University has made some video resources to help support Economics Teachers in Post Primary Schools. To view the videos and find out more, click the link below Click here for more How to Conduct Research Conducting research can be difficult task. Where do you start? What sources can you trust? How can I make sure I'm not going to get accused of copying someones work? All of these are very important questions and essential to get right! Lucky for us, Professor Rowena Pecchenino from the Department of Economics in Maynooth University has produced some excellent resources for you below! Conducting Research Powerpoint Research Support Document Information Video on Income Inequality Special Interest Award Sponsored by Maynooth Unversity This short video gives an overview as to what the Income Inequality caused by COVID Special Interest Category is about. YEOTY Marking Rubric Students and teachers alike are always keen to know-how are the winners decided? Well, our team of judges, made up of the countries leading economics professors from Universities across the country and economists working with each of partners like the Central Bank of Ireland, IGEES and ESRI read through each project and grade them using a marking rubric. Each year the marking rubric is tweaked to take into account the feedback from the previous year's judging panel. The link below shows a sample of a draft rubric from last year's competition. Its important to note that this rubric may be altered slightly for the 2021 competition, but it should give you a general idea as to what is required! Click here for a Sample Marking Rubric Economic Inequality Keynote Address at YEOTY CPD Webinar 2020 Professor Miquel Pellicer from the Department of Economics at Maynooth University gave an inspiring keynote address at the YEOTY CPD Webinar on 30th November 2020. Attached below is his presentation from the evening and above you can re-watch his segment from the webinar (available after the webinar is first streamed). Click here for the Presentation Minimum Wage Discussions on the minimum wage is something regularly discussed in the media, by politicians and of course economists! Tuvana Pastine from Maynooth University has produced this really interesting video on the topic. In the first part, it teaches minimum wages in a perfectly competitive setting, and then there are two interviews with academics and policy influencers. Economics of Climate Change Protecting the environment is more topical now than ever before. Climate change affects all our lives, including economics! At the 2019 YEOTY teacher CPD day in Portlaoise, there were two fantastic presentations on Climate Change, one from Lisa Neary from the UCD Energy Institute and one from Kelly de Bruin from the ESRI. A copy of both their presentations can be found at the links below. Click here for Lisa Ryan of UCD's Presenation Click here for Kelly de Bruin of ESRI's Presenation

2019 YEOTY Archive Scroll down to look at overall winning entries from 2019. Check back here in the coming weeks and months as we upload more winning entries, the special interest awards and medal awarded entries from 2019! Senior Young Economist of the Year 2019 Name of Student: Sihoo Kim Teacher: Pat Egan School: Rockwell College Project Title: Investigating Human Rationality Through Behavioural Aspect Click here to view the project Junior Young Economist of the Year 2019 Name of Students: Ava Plunkett, Orlaith McGeough, Aoibhinn Lucid, Aisling Lavery and Davina Clerkin. Teacher: James Doyle School: St Vincent's Secondary School, Dundalk Project Title: The Rise in Demand For Online Shopping and the Effects it is having on High Street Stores. Click here to view the project See More Entries from previous years

YEOTY 2024 Winners Here you will find the complete archive of YEOTY 2024, including the programme, highlights video and the winning projects! YEOTY Programme 2024 To download a pdf of the Official Programme for the PDST Young Economist of the Year Awards 2024 please click the button below Download YEOTY 2024 National Awards Ceremony A video showing the highlights of the National Awards Ceremony held in the University Concert Hall in UL on 8th May 2024 will be shown here soon. Click here to see the full photo gallery from the Awards Ceremony Winning Projects Scroll down to look at overall winning entries from 2024. Check back here in the coming weeks and months as we upload more entries from 2024! Senior Young Economist of the Year 2024 Name of Students: Martha Burns, Ailbhe Gavin, Hristiana Tsarkova, Amy Wallace & Chloe Chambers Teacher: Anne Marie O'Malley School: Sacred Heart School, Westport, Mayo Project Title: Taylornomics Click here to view the project Junior Young Economist of the Year 2024 Name of Students: Daniel Keating, Luke Hanrahan, John O'Loughlin & Niall Egan Teacher: Pat Egan School: Rockwell College Project Title: Using economics to explain changing rituals associated with Irish Funerals Click here to view the project Special Interest Awards Coming Soon Year Group Awards Coming Soon See More Entries from previous years

Young Economist of the Year 2024 Photo Gallery