Research and Thesis Work with OneFamily.uno
Solve real problems. Strengthen communities. Science with impact.
What is OneFamily.uno?
OneFamily.uno is a platform for coordinating time and material resources in your everyday environment — your neighborhood, your workplace, your community. It brings back something many of us have lost: the natural feeling of being surrounded by people who care about you. Not because you earned it. Simply because you belong. The platform is live, open source, and being piloted in Bamberg. We are looking for bright minds to research real questions with us.
Who is this for?
Students (Bachelor & Master)
Looking for a thesis topic that goes beyond theory? At OneFamily.uno you work on a live platform with real users. Your results have direct impact.
Research Associates
Researching digital transformation, social innovation, or community economics? OneFamily.uno offers a real research field with an active pilot, usage data, and a living community in Bamberg.
PhD Candidates
Want to build your dissertation at the intersection of technology and society? OneFamily.uno offers a unique research field: a blockchain-backed community platform in real-world use with measurable social impact.
Possible Research Topics
The following topics are suggestions — your own ideas are explicitly welcome.
UX Design for Cross-Generational Use
How do you design an app that a 75-year-old and a 16-year-old can both use? Investigating accessibility, simplified modes, and age-appropriate interaction in a real community platform.
Time-Based Economies and Reciprocity
Analysis of the ORE system as a time-based economy model: Does equal valuation of all hours work? How does help behavior change when every hour is worth 120 EUR?
Blockchain as Trust Infrastructure
Investigating the blockchain layer of OneFamily.uno: How does tamper-proof documentation affect trust in neighborhood help? Comparison with traditional exchange circles.
Digital Neighborhood Coordination and Loneliness Reduction
42% of Germans report loneliness. Can a structured platform with family cells (10-50 people, weekly meetings) measurably contribute to reducing social isolation?
Community Resilience Through Resource Sharing
Empirical investigation: How does a neighborhood's crisis resilience change when tools, vehicles, and skills are systematically shared?
Project Management in Non-Professional Communities
OneFamily.uno coordinates community projects with time and material booking. How does project management in volunteer structures differ from professional environments? What simplifications are needed?
Gamification and Motivation in Social Platforms
Investigating incentive mechanisms: How do ORE balances, performance scores, and community projects affect long-term usage motivation — without extrinsic rewards?
Privacy and Data Protection in Neighborhood Platforms
GDPR-compliant design of a platform where neighbors coordinate personal help: Where are the boundaries between useful transparency and necessary data protection?
Metrics for a Healthy Community
What measurable indicators show that a community is healthy to live in? Design a set of metrics — such as reciprocity, participation, crisis response time, social diversity — that can be validated with OneFamily.uno data.
Calculating the World in Hours
What does 1 kg of high-quality rice cost in work hours? An hour of therapy? A haircut? A car repair? Developing a model that values goods and services not in money but in human labor time — and what changes when we view the economy through this lens.
ORE-Trees: The Cumulative Value of Invested Hours
A surgeon does not deliver 1 hour of work — they deliver 1 hour built on top of 20,000 hours of study and practice. How can the cumulative value of invested life hours be modeled? And what happens when access to that value remains equal for everyone (1 ORE), while the provider still receives more value through the volume of people served?
Information Events
We are planning a series of information events in Bamberg where we present OneFamily.uno, discuss research opportunities, and answer questions. Dates and location will be announced here soon.
Dates will be announced soon
Interested?
Write to us — we look forward to the conversation. Whether a concrete idea or just a vague interest: every conversation is a good start.
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