Pop-up journals curate and synthesize evidence around specific, policy-relevant questions — assembling research, tracking expert views, and delivering accessible answers to the decision-makers who need them. Funded by Coefficient Giving and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
Decision-makers and scholars identify a specific, policy-relevant question where rigorous understanding is needed.
A host organization assembles a steering committee, commissions and curates research, and tracks expert views over a period of five years.
Annual issues provide an accessible synthesis of progress, highlight pivotal new data, and communicate the most likely answers to the key question.
What is the social return on investment of R&D?
The first pop-up journal takes on one of the most consequential questions in innovation economics: how much do societies benefit from investing in research and development? Over multiple years, this effort will assemble evidence, commission new research, and track how expert consensus is evolving.
Learn MoreA consortium of funders is supporting primary research on the Griliches Question. If your work can contribute to our understanding of the return on R&D, we encourage you to submit a letter of inquiry.
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