Programmable Donations: Exploring Escrow-based Conditional Giving

Chris Elsden; Ludwig Trotter; Mike Harding; Nigel Davies; Chris Speed; John Vines

doi:10.1145/3290605.3300609

Programmable Donations: Exploring Escrow-based Conditional Giving

Chris Elsden, Ludwig Trotter, Mike Harding, Nigel Davies, Chris Speed, John Vines

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Abstract

This paper reports on a co-speculative interview study with charitable donors to explore the future of programmable, conditional and data-driven donations. Responding to the rapid emergence of blockchain-based and AI-supported financial technologies, we specifically examine the potential of automated, third-party ‘escrows’, where donations are held before they are released or returned based on specified rules and conditions. To explore this we conducted pilot workshops with 9 participants and an interview study in which 14 further participants were asked about their experiences of donating money, and invited to co-speculate on a service for programmable giving. The study elicited how data-driven conditionality and automation could be leveraged to create novel donor experiences, however also illustrated the inherent tensions and challenges involved in giving programmatically. Reflecting on these findings, our paper contributes implications both for the design of programmable aid platforms, and the design of escrow-based financial services in general.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CHI 2019 - Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Subtitle of host publication	May 4–9, 2019, Glasgow, Scotland UK
Place of Publication	New York, NY, USA
Publisher	ACM
Number of pages	13
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450359702
ISBN (Print)	9781450359702
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3290605.3300609
Publication status	Published - 2 May 2019
Event	ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2019: CHI’19 Workshop: HCI in China: Research Agenda, Education Curriculum, Industry Partnership, and Communities Building - Scottish Event Campus, Glasgow, United Kingdom Duration: 4 May 2019 → 9 May 2019 https://chi2019.acm.org/ http://chi2019.acm.org

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Name	Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

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Conference	ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2019
Abbreviated title	CHI 2019
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Glasgow
Period	4/05/19 → 9/05/19
Internet address	https://chi2019.acm.org/ http://chi2019.acm.org

Keywords

Charity
Blockchains
Automation
Conditionality

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Elsden, C., Trotter, L., Harding, M., Davies, N., Speed, C., & Vines, J. (2019). Programmable Donations: Exploring Escrow-based Conditional Giving. In CHI 2019 - Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: May 4–9, 2019, Glasgow, Scotland UK Article 379 (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings). ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/3290605.3300609

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Elsden, C, Trotter, L, Harding, M, Davies, N, Speed, C & Vines, J 2019, Programmable Donations: Exploring Escrow-based Conditional Giving. in CHI 2019 - Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: May 4–9, 2019, Glasgow, Scotland UK., 379, Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings, ACM, New York, NY, USA, ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2019, Glasgow, United Kingdom, 4/05/19. https://doi.org/10.1145/3290605.3300609

Programmable Donations: Exploring Escrow-based Conditional Giving. / Elsden, Chris; Trotter, Ludwig; Harding, Mike et al.
CHI 2019 - Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: May 4–9, 2019, Glasgow, Scotland UK. New York, NY, USA: ACM, 2019. 379 (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings).

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Elsden C, Trotter L, Harding M, Davies N, Speed C, Vines J. Programmable Donations: Exploring Escrow-based Conditional Giving. In CHI 2019 - Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: May 4–9, 2019, Glasgow, Scotland UK. New York, NY, USA: ACM. 2019. 379. (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings). doi: 10.1145/3290605.3300609

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