UROP Project

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experimental economics, research including contests, public goods, land assembly

Research Mentor: Prof. Mark Isaac,
Department, College, Affiliation: Economics, Social Sciences and Public Policy
Contact Email: misaac@fsu.edu
Research Assistant Supervisor (if different from mentor):
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Faculty Collaborators:
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Looking for Research Assistants: Yes
Number of Research Assistants: 3
Relevant Majors: Economics Majors or minors preferred
Project Location: On FSU Main Campus
Research Assistant Transportation Required:
Remote or In-person: In-person
Approximate Weekly Hours: 5, Flexible schedule (Combination of business and outside of business. TBD between student and research mentor.)
Roundtable Times and Zoom Link:
Not participating in the roundtable

Project Description

I am a faculty member (actually, the senior scholar) in the experimental social sciences research cluster (XS/FS). In the coming year, I hope to be working on projects on land assembly, public goods provision, and market contests.

Research Tasks: 1 ) Following the pandemic, we (our research cluster, XS/FS) have noticed that traditional e-mail solicitations are falling short in our goals of getting undergraduate students to sign up through our ORSEE subject recruitment system. We would like to expand our outreach to include things like tabling on Wednesday, posting (legally) flyers, putting out and removing sandwich boards, and so forth.
2 ) There is some possibility of doing "coding" --- not computer coding, but text coding --- of some experiments this term; we don't know how much of this will be able to be handled by AI.
3 ) Having someone to proofread papers and check references would be very helpful.
4 ) FSU IT has been talking for years about abandoning the "myweb" hosting system. If they do, I will need a great deal of help in transitioning to a new system. I need a GoogleSites page in principle, but in practice GoogleSites may not be ideal for transitioning the links and info on my site.

Skills that research assistant(s) may need: REQUIRED: Because our research is controlled by the FSU Human Subjects Committee, we have very strict parameters about interacting with potential subjects. A UROP student would need to understand this and have excellent judgment, integrity, and character reflecting the international principles of human subjects protection. In fact, one of my first requirements would be that the students go through student CITI training for human subjects protection.
RECOMMENDED: Being tech savvy as in a typical "stem"-oriented undergrad.