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Title:
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CROWDFUNDING SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH:
A CASE STUDY BASED ON USER RESEARCH |
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Author(s):
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Chinasa Odo, Stefano De Paoli, Paula Forbes and Andreea Oniga |
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ISBN:
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978-989-8704-47-4 |
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Editors:
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Piet Kommers, Inmaculada Arnedillo Sánchez and Pedro Isaías |
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Year:
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2023 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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Crowdfunding, Crowdfunding Platform, Scientific Research, User Experience |
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Type:
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Full Paper |
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First Page:
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153 |
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Last Page:
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160 |
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Language:
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English |
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Cover:
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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Over the years, funding scientific projects have been the responsibility of traditional research funding institutions. Many
projects were not getting funded due to the difficulties of accessing government funds. Crowdfunding has provided an
alternative means of providing financial solutions to projects which ordinarily are not of interest to government funding
agencies and other major funders of research. A crowdfunding platform is an internet-based matchmaker where the citizens
(the funders) are matched with the researchers who are seeking funds to finance their projects. This paper investigates the
users of a nascent crowdfunding channel for Social Sciences and Humanities. The users are the Social Sciences and
Humanities researchers who seek financial support on scientific projects and the funders who are motivated to invest in a
project. The goal of this research was to find out about the user needs and preferences to help in the decision-making about
this nascent crowdfunding channel. We utilized the mixed method of research design to collect both qualitative and
quantitative data about the users and their needs. This included codesigning work and a Europe-wide questionnaire.
The outcome of this work was formalized in a set of practical recommendations for the new crowdfunding channel. |
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