Guest post by Jeff Mosenkis of Innovations for Poverty Action. via European Commission ECHO The UK Behavioural Insights Team is hiring someone to commercialize behaviorally
Two research jobs of interest. One working with me in Uganda, and one working for my wife (and IRC) in NYC and Pakistan. The Uganda
Guest post by Jeff Mosenkis of Innovations for Poverty Action. Adapted from flickr.com/tinkerszone In a revealing and moving interview, two researchers describe their research into the
Guest post by Jeff Mosenkis of Innovations for Poverty Action. A new paper in Science has results from a collaboration by 270 researchers through the efforts
What organizations and donors are doing interesting or innovative programs in policing tactics, police/justice reform, or crime reduction in Kenya? Mainly I’m looking at crime
I’m headed to Nairobi this evening. I haven’t been back for 11 years. (In fact the last time I was there I met my wife
Guest Post by Jeff Mosenkis of Innovations for Poverty Action. via National Geographic National Geographic had a master taxidermist come up with a fake elephant
Guest post by Jeff Mosenkis of Innovations for Poverty Action. A positive milestone, no new cases of polio detected anywhere in Africa for a year (h/t Elettra). In
Guest post by Jeff Mosenkis of Innovations for Poverty Action. Worm Wars update: Michael Clemens and Justin Sandefur have the best explainer so far. Esther Duflo
I’ll be going offline until August 23rd, and then working in Kenya until Sept 4. So look for regular blog posts to restart after Labor
I find a strong relationship between the non-cognitive skills of grit, self control, behavioral control, and social skills measured in childhood and political participation in
Michael Clemens and Justin Sandfur at CGD weigh in: Suppose a chemistry lab claimed that when it mixed two chemicals, the mixture rose in temperature
Guest post by Jeff Mosenkis of Innovations for Poverty Action. With the debate over deworming in danger of overtaking actual worms in terms of lost productivity,
Clinical drug trials are conducted by pharmaceutical firms to establish the effectiveness and safety of new treatments, but failure to publish the results of all
I keep thinking how much more powerful the Spiderman origin story would be if Peter Parker was an African American kid, whose Uncle Ben was
If you have no idea what I’m talking about, either count yourself lucky or see yesterday’s post. The rest of you, carry on. One of
Guest post by Jeff Mosenkis of Innovations for Poverty Action. Our apologies, the links are a bit late, but you’ll never believe what happened this
One of my favorite science writers, Ben Goldacre, enters the so-called Worm Wars. He’s not alone, with a flurry of new articles today. The question
Neal is probably horrified by my slightly inaccurate title, but we all know this blog ain’t the New York Times. In 2010 I was on
Above, the periodic table of Muppets Oxfam wants you to be its HoR (or Head of research, a leading candidate for worst job acronym ever)
Peter Singer has a Boston Review piece telling us we should all be “effective altruists”—to make a difference by giving our time and our money,
