Development of Web-based 'Eco-money' Platform as a Volunteer Coordination Tool

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25381089
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Education
• Research Institution: Hachinohe University
• Principal Investigator: ISHIBASHI Osamu 八戸学院大学, ビジネス学部ビジネス学科, 教授 (90269233)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): KASHIWAYA Itaru 青森大学, 社会学部, 教授 (50316329) ; SASAKI Teru 青森大学, 社会学部, 教授 (70396597) ; KUSHIBIKI Motoo 青森大学, 社会学部, 准教授 (40707882) ; TANAKA Sachiko 青森大学, 社会学部, 准教授 (20315568) ; KOKUBO Atsushi 青森大学, ソフトウェア情報学部, 准教授 (50295953) ; SAKAI Yusuke 青森大学, ソフトウェア情報学部, 准教授 (10265134)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: ボランティア / エコマネー / 地域通貨 / 社会実験 / 郊外型住宅団地 / クラウドサービス

Outline of Final Research Achievements

‘Eco-money’ is a kind of local currency, mainly exchange human services each other. The purpose of the study is to develop a web-based eco-money platform for supporting volunteer coordination. Eco-money users can trade services and goods by using this platform.
Social experiment of eco-money exchange was conducted at the Koubata suburban housing estates in Aomori City, which developed from the mid 1960s, and now depopulation are progressing at a fast pace. Experiment with residents and university students, demonstrated some obstacles of eco-money exchange, such as accessibility to electronic devices, difficulty of understanding for human service exchange, uncertainty in transaction process, and users feeling of privacy invation.

Free Research Field

社会教育　生涯学習