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A research lab that builds large open data platforms to help policymakers, researchers and the public in developing countries. Its projects include the SHRUG open data platform on India, work mobilizing data on 10 million criminal court cases, real-time Covid tracking, and research on Indian cities as engines of upward mobility.
Site of the economist and author of The Double Tax and The Black Agenda, a Harvard Kennedy School doctoral candidate and co-founder of The Sadie Collective, the first non-profit tackling the under-representation of Black women in economics. Collects her research, writing and talks on pay gaps and the extra costs women, especially women of colour, carry at work.
Why I recommend it: The research, essays and media appearances are free to read; her books are sold and she is bookable as a paid speaker. Strong source if you are building a case about pay or promotion inequity with numbers rather than anecdotes.
Stanford economist Charles I. Jones works out, in plain economic terms, how much money it would be worth spending to lower catastrophic risks from advanced AI — comparing it to the roughly 4 percent of GDP the U.S. effectively spent during Covid-19.
Job and internship board focused on nonprofits, international development, environmental advocacy, and public policy organizations.
Why I recommend it: If your work is mission-driven, most general boards bury these roles — Idealist is built around them specifically.
