Celebrating the 2025 Wharton People Analytics Competition Winners and Finalists
We proudly recognize the exceptional teams whose data-driven insights and creative problem-solving stood out in this year’s Wharton People Analytics Case and White Paper Competitions.
From global submissions to final presentations, your work exemplifies the future of people analytics—and we applaud your dedication, innovation, and impact.
— 2025 Case Competition Winning Teams —
A^2 Analytics
Andrew Mao, Annie Wang
Path to Enhancing Job & Training Success
Team MetroMinds
Pallavi Janiani, Ananya Shah, Aasim Yacub, Anway Agte
The SkillUp Effect: Turning Clicks into Career Triumphs
Commonwealth Insights
Muhammad Rizal Fadhli Wibowo, Ilham Phalosa Reswara, Kezia Tjandra, Muhammad Hafizt
Unlocking Potential Through Data: What’s Next for SkillUp?
In partnership with:
Founded in July 2020, SkillUp Coalition is an innovative nonprofit that connects workers with the right tools, resources, and support to make confident career shifts, find quality living-wage jobs, and position themselves for promising career growth without the need of a college degree. Through its cutting-edge technology platform and step-by-step career guidance options, SkillUp has connected nearly 3 million workers to career, training, and job support nationwide. The coalition brings together more than 100 leading organizations, including training and education providers, technology developers, policymakers, employers, and philanthropies.
SkillUp proudly advocates for an affordable, equitable, upskilling ecosystem that ensures every worker has high-opportunity employment.
— White Paper Competition Winning Teams —
The Narrative AI Advantage? A Field Experiment on Generative AI-Augmented Evaluations of Early-Stage Innovations
Jacqueline N. Lane, Léonard Boussioux, Charles Ayoubi, Ying Hao Chen, Camila Lin, Rebecca Spens, Pooja Wagh, Pei-Hsin Wang
Consonance Versus Dissonance: How Exposure to Unfamiliar Colleagues Within and Across Network Communities Affects Social Belonging and Network Change
Paul Green, Matthew Yeaton, Grace Cormier, Lara Yang, Sameer B. Srivastava
Physical Proximity and Digital Ties: How in-Person Encounters Shape Online Connections Among Remote Workers
Victoria Sevcenko, Charles Ayoubi, Sujin Jang, Prithwiraj Choudhury
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2024 Case Winner
2024 White Paper Winner
— Questions? —
Contact WPACCompetitions@gmail.com to speak with our Competition Team.