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david_reinstein

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See davidreinstein.org

I’m the Founder and Co-director of The Unjournal; We organize and fund public journal-independent feedback, rating, and evaluation of hosted papers and dynamically-presented research projects. We will focus on work that is highly relevant to global priorities (especially in economics, social science, and impact evaluation). We will encourage better research by making it easier for researchers to get feedback and credible ratings on their work.


Previously I was a Senior Economist at Rethink Priorities, and before that n Economics lecturer/​professor for 15 years.

I’m working to impact EA fundraising and marketing; see https://​​bit.ly/​​eamtt

And projects bridging EA, academia, and open science.. see bit.ly/​eaprojects

My previous and ongoing research focuses on determinants and motivators of charitable giving (propensity, amounts, and ‘to which cause?’), and drivers of/​barriers to effective giving, as well as the impact of pro-social behavior and social preferences on market contexts.

Podcasts: “Found in the Struce” https://​​anchor.fm/​​david-reinstein

and the EA Forum podcast: https://​​anchor.fm/​​ea-forum-podcast (co-founder, regular reader)

Twitter: @givingtools

[Question] Find­ing ‘pivotal ques­tions’ from 80k pod­cast tran­scripts, sug­ges­tions, LLM ap­proaches/​ Is there already an “80k chat­bot”?

david_reinsteinJan 8, 2025, 5:16 PM
10 points
2 comments1 min readEA link

Un­jour­nal eval­u­at­ing 1+ re­search out­put per rele­vant ~EA-funded or­ga­ni­za­tion: next steps

david_reinsteinDec 29, 2024, 7:36 PM
30 points
3 comments3 min readEA link

Le­gal schol­ar­ship: Is it high-im­pact? Should Un­jour­nal eval­u­ate it? Call for par­ti­ci­pa­tion/​scoping

david_reinsteinDec 19, 2024, 10:44 PM
9 points
2 comments7 min readEA link

[Question] List of orgs/​peo­ple funded by ~EA to do re­search?

david_reinsteinDec 7, 2024, 3:19 AM
16 points
7 comments1 min readEA link

Should The Un­jour­nal eval­u­ate 1+ re­search out­puts per rele­vant EA org?

david_reinsteinDec 3, 2024, 11:37 PM
21 points
2 comments1 min readEA link

Un­jour­nal: Make re­search more im­pact­ful & rigor­ous via pub­lic ex­pert evaluation

david_reinsteinNov 15, 2024, 1:29 AM
13 points
2 comments7 min readEA link

Un­jour­nal’s eval­u­a­tions of “In­ter­gen­er­a­tional Child Mor­tal­ity Im­pacts of De­worm­ing”

david_reinsteinOct 25, 2024, 8:36 PM
11 points
0 comments1 min readEA link
(unjournal.pubpub.org)

Un­jour­nal: “Re­search with po­ten­tial for im­pact” database

david_reinsteinSep 24, 2024, 8:33 PM
31 points
3 comments1 min readEA link
(coda.io)

‘Chat with im­pact­ful re­search & eval­u­a­tions’ (Un­jour­nal Note­bookLMs)

david_reinsteinSep 24, 2024, 8:19 PM
8 points
1 comment2 min readEA link

[Question] Is there a cal­ibra­tion train­ing tool for ‘per­centile rank­ings from a refer­ence group’?

david_reinsteinSep 14, 2024, 9:55 PM
8 points
0 comments2 min readEA link

Up­date – Un­jour­nal wants YOU: to do an “In­de­pen­dent eval­u­a­tion”

david_reinsteinAug 27, 2024, 4:42 PM
11 points
0 comments1 min readEA link
(globalimpact.gitbook.io)

Un­jour­nal wants YOU: to do an eval­u­a­tion. Pilot­ing “In­de­pen­dent eval­u­a­tions” – (up­dated, with kick­starter bounty)

david_reinsteinAug 16, 2024, 8:26 PM
17 points
0 comments1 min readEA link
(docs.google.com)

“Pivotal ques­tions”: an Un­jour­nal trial ini­ti­a­tive

david_reinsteinJul 21, 2024, 4:57 PM
48 points
2 comments7 min readEA link

Plan­ning ‘re­sis­tance’ to illiber­al­ism and authoritarianism

david_reinsteinJun 16, 2024, 5:21 PM
29 points
2 comments2 min readEA link
(www.nytimes.com)

[Question] Find­ing EA-rele­vant eco­nomics sem­i­nars: cu­rated lists?

david_reinsteinMar 10, 2024, 11:23 PM
19 points
3 comments1 min readEA link

Pre­sen­ta­tion—The Un­jour­nal: Bridg­ing the gap be­tween EA and academia

david_reinsteinJan 22, 2024, 7:49 PM
14 points
2 comments4 min readEA link
(www.youtube.com)

[Question] Sugges­tions for non­profit bud­get­ing/​ac­counts/​le­gal courses/​MOOCs/​material

david_reinsteinJan 19, 2024, 6:34 PM
8 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] What is the most up­dated state­ment of GPI’s eco­nomics agenda/​when was it up­dated?

david_reinsteinNov 21, 2023, 3:57 PM
6 points
3 comments1 min readEA link

Un­jour­nal: Op­por­tu­ni­ties for re­searchers and re­search-driven prac­ti­tion­ers in eco­nomics, so­cial sci­ence, policy, and im­pact as­sess­ment

david_reinsteinAug 22, 2023, 3:34 PM
16 points
0 comments2 min readEA link

[Question] Are EA-al­igned eval­u­a­tors aware of 3ie’s ‘Devel­op­ment Ev­i­dence Por­tal’ and re­views of ev­i­dence?

david_reinsteinAug 17, 2023, 10:04 PM
11 points
0 comments1 min readEA link