Welcome to the Topicly Winter 2025-2026 Research Program! Topicly is a research organization that helps students publish their own research. This is our first 100% Schoolhouse-based research program. Anyone is welcome to join. If you fulfill all your expected responsibilities, you will also earn a certificate of completion from Topicly. In this series, we will have research lessons hosted by Claire A, which are mostly lecture-based with some discussion. We will also have workshops. These are more hands-on opportunities to build your research. We will also have office hours for you to receive tailored help with your research. And you will have structured homework to help you complete your own research. As long as your topic is Schoolhouse-safe, you can research whatever you’d like! We’ll help you perform original research or complete a literature review or meta-analysis! If you complete your paper and follow the attendance policy, you will be eligible for a certificate of completion. We will finish our series with a symposium presentation and informal peer review, and we hope to publish your writing on the Topicly blog (under the same name you use on Schoolhouse). Our tutors have experience! From a PhD student to participants in our previous research programs, everyone has a unique perspective and a love of research! TL;DR Version: This series helps you do your own research. You will present at a symposium and do informal peer review. You can turn your publication in to Topicly to be put on the internet. You will have homework (about 3 hours a week). Pay careful attention to your attendance. Not all sessions are the same!

Public Forum is a prepared debate style prevalent in the US and China. With the expertise of our PF coaches, you will learn how to debate in the PF format, how to cut cards, and more. These skills are highly applicable to any research or policy work. We highly encourage everyone to sign up for this course as it gives students a much stronger content base on global issues ranging from economics to international relations and more through application of rebuttal and impacting. Key Features: A unique exposure to Public Forum from experienced debaters Access to extensive case files High-level debate rounds Comprehensive feedback and coaching

For those with some prior debate experience, we will introduce the WSDC debate format (the most common debate format globally) and start going into the nuances of argumentation, characterizing key individuals in a debate motion, and doing regular mock debates. Key Features: WSDC debate format Advanced argumentation techniques Regular mock debates with feedback Exposure to diverse debate topics

We will introduce the British Parliamentary debate format (the most common debate format globally) and start going into the nuances of argumentation, characterizing key individuals in a debate motion, and doing regular mock debates. Learners are expected to be willing to speak up in class and try to understand both sides of motion topics.