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About the MIT Applied Cooperation Initiative
We are a team of researchers who apply lessons from the social sciences to increase contributions to real-world public goods.
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Natalia Levina, PhD ’01, and Rumman Chowdhury, SB ’03, spoke at the second annual Social Media Summit@MIT, a virtual gathering hosted by the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy, in late March.
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The energy of the MIT Sloan alumnae community was palpable in 2022.
Getting people to adopt behaviors that increase energy conservation and reduce costs for the environment requires a multipronged approach.
How can we increase contributions to public goods—to get donors to give more to charity, citizens to vote, households to consume less energy, drivers to carpool, and patients to take all of their antibiotics? One of the best ways is to make contributions more observable.
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Perception of peer rank, or how we perform relative to our peers, can be a powerful motivator.