Initiative on the Sharing Economy

Discovery Grants

Initiative on the Sharing Economy discovery grants support transdisciplinary partnerships and collaborative research by University of Minnesota faculty and researchers on themes related to the sharing economy, especially shared mobility and shared transportation. Grants also may include efforts that explore the full range of sharing economy topics, including various applications of on-demand and peer-to-peer provisioning of products and services.

For additional information about the grants, please contact Saif Benjaafar, Initiative director, at saif@umn.edu.

Research projects

• Mapping Sharing Economy Opportunities
  (2018)
• Quantifying and Improving Market Efficiency in App Based Ridesharing
  (2018)
• Peer-to-Peer Sharing Economy with Application to Shared Mobility
  (2017)
• Collaborative Consumption in Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing: Models, Analysis, and Experiments
  (2016)
• Collaborative Consumption in Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing
  (2015)
• Demand Focused Smart Energy Management in End User Environments for Sustainable Cities
  (2013)