What makes people donate towards COVID-19 vaccines?

By Simon, Edwin Lock, and Michelle González Amador
Backed by Sebastian Seier, Genoveva Amador Fierros, René Gonzalez Chávez, Francisco Marmolejo, Austin K, Anthony Fox, Simon, Edwin Lock, Armando González Alvarez, Armando González Chávez, and 21 other backers
University of Oxford, Maastricht University UNU-MERITEconomics
DOI: 10.18258/19514
$6,906
Raised of $6,350 Goal
108%
Funded on 6/27/21
Successfully Funded
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  • 108%
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The COVID-19 pandemic has deeply changed our world. Learning from these changes is critical to overcoming the many challenges and difficulties humanity faces regarding the pandemic, such as the lack of enough vaccines to protect the overall human population. Understanding what makes people donate towards COVID-19 vaccines could provide critical information on how to articulate large-scale initiatives and efforts to maximize contributions to buy more vaccines for populations in need. I congratulate the team for bringing forward this project.
Salvador Ruiz Correa
Salvador Ruiz Correa
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National Supercomputing Center, Mexico
This research project is very timely and it tackles fundamental questions about attitudes and behaviors behind decisions in support of wider access to COVID-19 vaccines. The unfortunate inequality in access to the vaccine globally must be addressed, and the proposed research will provide a good understanding of rationales guiding decision-making.
Francisco Marmolejo
Francisco Marmolejo
Higher Education President
Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development

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Simon
Simon
Edwin Lock
Edwin Lock
PhD Candidate

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Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford
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Michelle González Amador
Michelle González Amador
PhD Candidate

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Maastricht University UNU-MERIT
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Simon

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Edwin Lock

Edwin is close to finishing his DPhil (PhD) in computer science at the University of Oxford. His work currently focuses on efficiently solving auctions and eliciting demand expressed in compact bidding languages. He is also a co-founder of Test and Contain, a project that aims to utilise limited testing resources to minimise the impact of COVID-19 on the health and livelihoods of those who are hardest hit in LMICs. He also co-organises the MD4SG development healthcare group, which is currently working on school reopening strategies in the Global South and understanding the impact of vaccine distribution inequities across the globe.

Michelle González Amador

Michelle is a PhD fellow at Maastricht University and United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT). Her research focuses on the influence of psychosocial factors and social networks on human capital investment choices of adolescents. Her methodological interests include impact evaluation and social and complex network analysis. She is also a co-organizer of the MD4SG Latin America and Caribbean working group, and the MD4SG Development Education working subgroup.

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  • 47Backers
  • 108%Funded
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  • $146.94Average Donation