The Unjournal
The Unjournal

Our Team

The researchers, advisors, and field specialists advancing open evaluation of impactful research.

Management Team

The core team coordinating The Unjournal's operations, research prioritization, and evaluator network.

David Reinstein
Founding Director
Anirudh Tagat
Co-Director
Monk Prayogshala
Gavin Taylor
Management Team
RF Antivirals
Bob Kubinec
Management Team
University of South Carolina
Hansika Kapoor
Management Team
Monk Prayogshala
Ryan Briggs
Management Team
University of Guelph
Alexander Herwix
Management Team
Cologne Institute for Information Systems
AP
Management Team
University of Edinburgh
VK
Management Team
University Hospital Basel

Advisory Board

Distinguished researchers providing strategic guidance on evaluation standards, research priorities, and organizational direction.

Andrew Gelman
Columbia University
Sam Abbott
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Anca Hanea
University of Melbourne
Jordan Dworkin
Open Philanthropy
Lorenzo Pacchiardi
University of Cambridge
Stuart Buck
Good Science Project
Michael Harre
University of Sydney
Demetrius Floudas
Demetrius Floudas
University of Cambridge
Sarah Reynolds
UC Berkeley
Don A. Moore
Haas School, UC Berkeley
Kris Gulati
UC Berkeley
Tanya O'Garra
Imperial College London
RB
Founders Pledge
Emmanuel Orkoh
Nordic Africa Institute
JB
London Business School
DC
University of Chieti
JE
Asterisk
NT
GN
Karolinska Institutet

Field Specialists & Research Affiliates

Researchers across eight cause areas help us identify, prioritize, and evaluate impactful research. Some members span multiple areas or also hold Management Committee or Advisory Board roles.

Development Economics

Anirudh Tagat (Monk Prayogshala)
Ryan Briggs (University of Guelph)
Nathan Fiala (University of Connecticut)
Emmanuel Orkoh (Nordic Africa Institute)
Bob Kubinec (University of South Carolina)
Masyhur Hilmy
Wayne Sandholtz (Nova School of Business and Economics)
William Seitz (World Bank - PROGREEN)
Lachlan Deer (Tilburg University)

Global Health and Well-being

Jake Eaton (Asterisk)
Rosie Bettle (Founders Pledge)
Charlotte Lane (Food Security Evidence Brokerage, 3ie)
Shobhit Kulshreshtha (Tilburg University)
Jonah Goldberg (Harvard Dept. of Global Health and Population)
Valentin Klotzbücher (University Hospital Basel)
Priya Lall (University of Oxford)
Francesco Ramponi (Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health)
Sarah Reynolds (UC Berkeley)

Economics, Welfare, and Governance

Julian Jamison (Global Priorities Institute, Exeter)
Tabare Capitan (SLU - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences)
Joel Christoph (Effective Thesis project)
Andrei Potlogea (University of Edinburgh)
Greg Sasso (University of Chicago)
Bryan Weber (CUNY)
Daniel Horn
Moritz Hennicke (University of Bremen)
Sean Brocklebank

Psychology, Behavioral Science, Attitudes

Hansika Kapoor (Monk Prayogshala)
Jonathan Berman (London Business School)
Mattie Toma (University of Warwick)
Carina Ines Hausladen (ETH Zurich)
Eliana Hadjiandreou (Computational Affective and Social Cognition)
Rakefet Cohen Ben-Arye

Innovation, Meta-Science, Social Impact of Technology

Andrew Kao (Harvard University)
Gary McDowell (IGDORE)
Jordan Dworkin (Open Philanthropy)
Kris Gulati (UC Berkeley)
Gavin Taylor (RF Antivirals)

Environmental Economics

Tanya O'Garra (Imperial College London)
Ben Balmford (Exeter)

Animal Welfare (Markets, Attitudes)

Josh Tasoff (Claremont Graduate University)
Kevin J Kuruc (University of Texas at Austin)
Florian Habermacher (Lucerne University)
Nicolas Treich (INRAE)
Ash Meader (Faunalytics)
Brinda Poojary (Humane Society International - India)

Catastrophic Risks, AI Governance and Safety

David Manheim (ALTER, Technion)
Anca Hanea (University of Melbourne)
Alexander Herwix (Cologne Institute for Information Systems)
Tristan Williams (Center for AI Policy)

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