Examples of 1000minds nonprofit applications.
Charities, donor behaviour and foreign aid
- Discovering the relative importance of characteristics of developing countries considered by people when choosing countries to donate money to
Responding to climate change
- Comparing the value for money of possible geo-engineering responses to climate change, such as space sun shades, cloud whitening and tree planting
- Researching how home owners value the various aspects of rooftop photovoltaic systems when they think about using them to power their homes
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Environmental impact assessments
- Prioritizing responses to pollution of streams and storm water drains based on assessing environmental, community, regulatory and logistical considerations
- Evaluating residents’ willingness to trade-off the expected costs and benefits associated with the construction of a cement factory in a rural area
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Environmental management and ethics
- Eliciting people’s preferences and willingness to make trade-offs with respect to choices related to marine reserves and customary fishing areas
- Identifying how ecologists prioritize ethically salient factors in research in order to improve ethical consistency and moral robustness
- Revealing the preferences of ecosystem experts with respect to plant attributes to prioritize species for restoring grassy woodland areas
- Creating a framework linking environmental and socio-economic considerations to develop resource management strategies for oceans
Sustainable building and engineering
- Discovering people’s preferences with respect to desirable characteristics of residential buildings made from large concrete panels
Awarding scholarships
- Creating a points system for awarding scholarships based on students’ grade point average, past research performance and ‘fit’ with department’s research programs
Helping students choose courses
- Tools to help young people – and their parents, teachers, etc – to rank subjects they might like to major in at university based on their skills and interests
NoMajorDrama software, Otago Choice software
Judging competitions
- Judging theatre awards entries for best design, promotion, visiting production, script, male and female performers, director and production of the year
- Ranking new business ideas and selecting finalists, based on quality of product or service, originality, and commercial potential or community good
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