Sustainability is no longer a niche concern or an afterthought. It has become a foundational expectation for businesses operating in today’s marketplace. Yet, as organizations rush to meet this demand ...

Learn how economists measure externalities using equilibrium models, cost assessments, and qualitative methods. Gain insight into real-world and theoretical impacts.

Higher education is awash in data. Whether it’s the indicators the college rankings industry uses to compare institutions, the metrics faculty and administrators employ to gauge the importance of ...

As the old saying goes, if you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it. But of course, what you measure is important too. In this episode of The Development Podcast, we explore how the World Bank Group ...

Philanthropy plays a special role in the betterment of society. Its flexibility allows for intervention and experimentation in line with—and often ahead of—government policy and private sector ...

Minneapolis — What’s the right metric to measure a news organization’s success? A panel of news leaders, most representing small, local outlets, proposed answers to this question in a breakout session ...

Imagine this: At a gathering someone asks, “Has exposure to the internet been good for society or bad?” The ensuing debate reveals varied opinions, yet the conclusion suggests that everyone agrees the ...

How can we account more fully for the impact of a faculty member’s research? There are of course the obligatory publications in respected journals with a high impact rating. Official awards from ...

People across the country are taking part in a movement to make corporations uncomfortable. Adriene Kershaw joined the ...

The Pentagon still lacks clear ways to measure if the organizations charged with innovation in the Department of Defense actually work. In 1964, the federal government funded 67 percent of research ...

This resource is part of our Exiled Media Toolkit, produced in partnership with the Network of Exiled Media Outlets (NEMO), and with the generous support of the Joyce Barnathan Emergency Fund for ...

Measuring how materials respond to different deformation speeds is imperfect, leaving gaps and uncertainties across strain rates. A single, self-consistent method to measure hardness across 11 orders ...