Context
I'm working to build supporters and 'founding committee' for an 'Unjournal' ... funding journal-independent peer review, evaluation, and rating of projects and papers relevant to global priorities and EA. We'll have an initial focus on empirical work and on social science/econ/impact evaluation. And we have some funding now, thanks to the LTFF (and ACX)!
See:
- Looking to gain credible supporters and feedback, and build a 'founding committee' to set up rules and get things rolling,
- Scoping the potential coverage of the unjournal, and potential audiences and interested reviewers and editor-esque managers
- Looking for 'key examples of relevant research projects/papers', including projects to use as test-cases
Looking for lists (and suggestions)
I was going to build an Airtable/database for linked lists like...
- Researchers/academics who have spoken at EA conferences
- ... or who have affiliations with EA orgs or who are known to be
- EA-adjacent open-science advocates and publication innovators
- Academic research groups doing EA-adjacent work
But before I get started, maybe there are some existing lists. I'll compile whatever is shared with me, and probably use it as input to an Airtable (with acknowledged sources, obviously)
Additional note/suggestions
I'll soon put out a more prominent 'call for interest, applications, nominations, and suggestions' for both members of the founding/managing committee and for projects/papers to start with. ... But I welcome suggestions now too.
I also may put a 'bounty' on this (rewards for accepted suggestions) ... which will, of course, be retroactive if it happens.
Good point! I should have thought of that.