https://www.unjournal.org/news Announcements and updates from The Unjournal, which commissions and publishes open expert evaluation of research informing global priorities. en-us The Unjournal https://www.unjournal.org/news/2024-25-evaluator-prize-winners https://www.unjournal.org/news/2024-25-evaluator-prize-winners Mon, 09 Feb 2026 18:04:49 GMT The winners of The Unjournal’s 2024-25 Evaluator Prize: eight evaluators across four tiers, sharing $6,500. https://www.unjournal.org/news/unjournal-2024-25-evaluator-prize-nominations-inviting-feedback https://www.unjournal.org/news/unjournal-2024-25-evaluator-prize-nominations-inviting-feedback Tue, 23 Dec 2025 18:09:33 GMT The evaluations in contention for our 2024-25 Evaluator Prize, and how to send feedback before the management team and advisory board vote. https://www.unjournal.org/news/stakeholder-feedback-help-unjournal-measure-amp-enhance-its-impact https://www.unjournal.org/news/stakeholder-feedback-help-unjournal-measure-amp-enhance-its-impact Thu, 04 Dec 2025 13:44:54 GMT Three questions for funders, NGOs, researchers, and practitioners: have you seen our evaluations, were they useful, and what would make them more useful? https://www.unjournal.org/news/a-hint-at-how-to-solve-the-puzzle-of-fondness-for-authoritarianism https://www.unjournal.org/news/a-hint-at-how-to-solve-the-puzzle-of-fondness-for-authoritarianism Mon, 03 Nov 2025 16:03:57 GMT One of our field specialists discusses our evaluations of Acemoglu et al. (2025) on misperceptions and demand for democracy under authoritarianism. https://www.unjournal.org/news/announcing-2025-evaluator-incentives https://www.unjournal.org/news/announcing-2025-evaluator-incentives Thu, 07 Aug 2025 12:50:48 GMT Incentive prizes of over $100 for the evaluations we found most insightful and useful, part of our commitment to pay evaluators $450 on average. https://www.unjournal.org/news/data-management-and-sharing-and-open-evaluations-workshop https://www.unjournal.org/news/data-management-and-sharing-and-open-evaluations-workshop Wed, 21 Aug 2024 08:48:10 GMT The Unjournal funded and presented at a BITSS workshop on data management, sharing, and open evaluation at the University of Cape Coast, Ghana. https://www.unjournal.org/news/announcing-two-new-pilot-projects https://www.unjournal.org/news/announcing-two-new-pilot-projects Tue, 20 Aug 2024 11:27:25 GMT Two pilot initiatives: Pivotal Questions, and an independent evaluations project open to academics, researchers, and students. https://www.unjournal.org/news/open-call-for-evaluators https://www.unjournal.org/news/open-call-for-evaluators Fri, 24 May 2024 09:53:49 GMT We are looking for quantitative social scientists, applied statisticians and empirical modelers to join our paid evaluator pool. https://www.unjournal.org/news/transparent-replications-and-open-science https://www.unjournal.org/news/transparent-replications-and-open-science Mon, 25 Mar 2024 17:52:24 GMT Amanda Metskas and Clare Harris of Transparent Replications will discuss incentivizing best practices at our Asia-Pacific online event on 25 March. https://www.unjournal.org/news/open-science-humanitarian-engagement-and-critical-social-media-appraisal https://www.unjournal.org/news/open-science-humanitarian-engagement-and-critical-social-media-appraisal Mon, 25 Mar 2024 16:57:48 GMT Jay Patel on critical appraisal of research on social media, and Safieh Shah on open science in humanitarian work, at our Asia-Pacific event. https://www.unjournal.org/news/cos-gary-charness-and-other-researchers-to-present-at-the-unjournals-event https://www.unjournal.org/news/cos-gary-charness-and-other-researchers-to-present-at-the-unjournals-event Fri, 22 Mar 2024 17:50:57 GMT Who is speaking at our first online event, co-hosted with the Center for Open Science and Effective Thesis on 25-26 March 2024. https://www.unjournal.org/news/blog-post-title-one-9n6cj https://www.unjournal.org/news/blog-post-title-one-9n6cj Tue, 19 Mar 2024 12:00:00 GMT Our first online event, 25-26 March 2024: an interactive workshop on innovations in research evaluation, replicability, and impact.