Behavioural Economics · Nudges
Design a nudge and measure its effect
Change one small thing, such as a sign or the placement of a bin, and measure whether behaviour changes.
- Intermediate
- 2–4 weeks
- Under 250
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Accountancy · Ratio Analysis
Analyse the annual report of a listed company
Compute liquidity, profitability and solvency ratios for a company over five years and explain the trends.
- Intermediate
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
Political Science · Elections
Analyse election results in your constituency
Use official results from three elections to chart turnout, vote share and margins.
- Intermediate
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
Applied Mathematics + Sociology
Model the spread of a rumour
Build a logistic model of how a rumour spreads through a school and test it with a class game.
- Intermediate
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
Behavioural Economics · Experiments
Run the ultimatum game with classmates
Let proposers split ten tokens and responders accept or reject, and compare the results with theory.
- Intermediate
- 2–7 days
- Free
Behavioural Economics + Psychology
Test the anchoring effect on price estimates
Show two groups a high or low number first and compare their estimates of an unrelated price.
- Intermediate
- 2–7 days
- Free
Macroeconomics · Growth
Analyse your country's growth over 30 years
Chart GDP growth, sector shares and income per person, and explain three turning points.
- Intermediate
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
Macroeconomics · Inflation
Build your own inflation index
Price a household basket every month for three months and compare your inflation rate with the official figure.
- Intermediate
- 1–3 months
- Free
Finance and Banking + Development and Applied Economics
Track a virtual stock portfolio for a month
Invest imaginary money in five companies and an index, track them and explain what moved them.
- Intermediate
- 2–4 weeks
- Free
Public Health and Epidemiology + History
Map a disease outbreak like John Snow
Recreate the 1854 cholera map from public data and show how it pointed to one water pump.
- Intermediate
- 2–7 days
- Free
Environmental Science + Data
Analyse 50 years of your city's temperature data
Download long-term temperature records and test whether your city has warmed, and by how much.
- Intermediate
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
Public Policy and Governance + Macroeconomics
Analyse a government policy from start to result
Choose one policy and assess its goal, design, cost and results with published data.
- Intermediate
- 2–4 weeks
- Free
Entrepreneurship · Business Plans
Write a business plan for a school stationery shop
Plan a small campus shop from customer survey to break-even point.
- Intermediate
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
Microeconomics · Elasticity
Measure price elasticity with a classroom survey
Ask how many units people would buy at different prices and calculate elasticity along the curve.
- Intermediate
- 2–7 days
- Free
Agri-business and Food Science + Development and Applied Economics
Follow a crop from farm to market
Track the price of one crop at each step from farmer to consumer and find who gets what share.
- Intermediate
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
Entrepreneurship + Mechanical Engineering
Design a business around a science fair invention
Take a working model you have built and work out who would buy it, at what price and at what cost.
- Intermediate
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
Applied Mathematics + Behavioural Economics
Analyse a simple game with game theory
Play repeated prisoner's dilemma with classmates and compare what they do with the theory.
- Intermediate
- 2–7 days
- Free
Philosophy and Cultural Studies + Sociology
Study gender roles in school textbooks
Count how men and women are shown in the pictures and examples of two textbooks.
- Intermediate
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
Development and Applied Economics + Geography
Study rents and distance from the city centre
Collect rental listings and test whether rent per square foot falls with distance from the centre.
- Intermediate
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
Operations, HR and Supply Chain · Operations
Improve stock management in a small shop
Record a shop's sales for two weeks, classify items and set reorder levels.
- Intermediate
- 2–4 weeks
- Free
Marketing · Market Research
Do market research for a new product idea
Test a product concept with 60 people and decide whether it is worth launching.
- Intermediate
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
Industrial and Manufacturing + Operations, HR and Supply Chain
Analyse and reduce waiting time at the canteen
Time each step of the canteen queue, find the bottleneck and test one improvement.
- Intermediate
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
Finance and Banking · Personal Finance
Compare credit card, pay-later and loan costs
Calculate the true yearly cost of three ways to borrow ₹20,000.
- Intermediate
- 2–7 days
- Free
Data + Operations, HR and Supply Chain
Build a sales dashboard
Turn a public retail dataset into a one-page dashboard that answers a manager's questions.
- Intermediate
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
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