Trust and cooperation in online interaction

Amsterdam, Het Trippenhuis, May 2-4, 2005

Many of the cooperation problems that can occur 'in the real world' now have a virtual counterpart, but the conditions under which one is to solve cooperation problems online strongly differ from the conditions under which people are used to solve their issues of cooperation in the real world. For instance, online one cannot see the other party in person and single-shot encounters are very common on the Internet.

This creates challenges, also for scientists. How do people deal with trust and cooperation problems under these circumstances? What are the conditions under which trust and cooperation in online interaction can prosper? These are the main questions that the contributions to the conference will try to answer, with a focus on two fields of application: [1] interaction in online auctions, and [2] interaction for the purpose of knowledge sharing and social support.

Additional information on the conference topic is available as pdf here.