I wish I could strong-upvote this three times over. It’s that good of a piece.
This reads very clearly to me today, and I think younger less-knowledgeable-with-research-world me would follow it too.
It’s a legible example of
how research is increasingly a team effort with many behind-the-scenes people (with Principal Investigators arguably deserving little of the credit in some cases)
what work there is to be done adjacent to research
a theory of change (make it possible → … → make it required)
how movement building and grant making rely more on heuristics than explicit cost-effectiveness
Also cool was the flavor you gave different fields, and the benefits meta-science might have in each. (I broke out laughing reading the anecdote of an economist objecting to the title slide of a presentation.)
I wish I could strong-upvote this three times over. It’s that good of a piece.
This reads very clearly to me today, and I think younger less-knowledgeable-with-research-world me would follow it too.
It’s a legible example of
how research is increasingly a team effort with many behind-the-scenes people (with Principal Investigators arguably deserving little of the credit in some cases)
what work there is to be done adjacent to research
a theory of change (make it possible → … → make it required)
how movement building and grant making rely more on heuristics than explicit cost-effectiveness
Also cool was the flavor you gave different fields, and the benefits meta-science might have in each. (I broke out laughing reading the anecdote of an economist objecting to the title slide of a presentation.)
Minor typo:
Much thanks! Also, the best way to find a typo is to hit “send” or “publish”. :)