The Cooperation Puzzle: What really drives people to cooperate?

This is my summer research project report written with co-author Shrey. We research cooperation in public goods games, investigating what factors drive us to cooperate the most after conducting a 20-article meta analysis. We explore complex questions about human behaviour and their implications.
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Ivanna Piven
Undergraduate Student , University of Cambridge
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Ivanna Piven
Undergraduate Student , University of Cambridge

I am a Biological Anthropology undergraduate at Newnham College, University of Cambridge. I am interested in human behaviour, especially cooperation and how it has evolved. 

Summer 2025 I worked on a project titled 'The Cooperation Puzzle: What drives people to cooperate?' with my project partner Shrey Patel. We completed a meta-analysis on behaviours observed during Public Goods Games, providing an answer to this broad question by intersecting anthropology and economics. 

Summer 2026, I completed my LIA at Refugee Legal in Melbourne, Australia, where I volunteered as a paralegal assisting refugees trying to relocate. 

Feel free to get in touch! My email: pivenivanna100@yahoo.com my Instagram: @ivanna_piven 

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