The National Science Foundation (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBE) program awarded a $114,810 Project Grant to the University of Vermont & State Agricultural College to conduct research on "Collaborative Research: HNDS-R: Altruistic Stress, Economic Networks, and Endogenous Organizational Change." The research project examines how cooperation dynamics can drive organizational outcomes, with a focus on understanding how cooperative organizations persist amidst volatile patterns of cooperation. The research team will analyze data from a network of consumer cooperatives, including surveys, behavioral cooperation measures, organizational history, and economic interaction networks, to test a novel theory of organizational change based on "altruistic stress." The project aims to improve understanding of the mechanisms that drive organizational cooperation, survival, and evolution, and will provide participating cooperatives with data-driven organizational health reports as well as a cooperation management toolkit for broader use. This research has the potential to contribute insights on growing cooperation to address societal challenges.
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