📣 Mobile Money has been transformational -- what about *Mobile Education*? Check out Jenny Aker and my new JPAL evidence synthesis. We cover 3 areas: ➡️ Student instruction ➡️ Teacher behavior & education monitoring systems ➡️ Engageing parents www.povertyactionlab.org/policy-insig...

A wonderful week with the @jacobsfoundation.bsky.social and 10 years of Jacobs Research Fellows across disciplines -- from economics to education to psychology. A rich and rare exchange!

📣 Apply to lead research at one of the most important global education foundations: the Prevail Fund. Feel free to reach out if you're interested -- happy to discuss the role. www.prevailfund.org/careers?ashb...

👏 Congrats on an inspiring, insightful event in honor of the 10-year anniversary for the Laboratory for Effective Anti-Poverty Policies (LEAP) at Bocconi University: leap.unibocconi.eu. Great to exchange on the latest & greatest research in dev econ + to see scale-ups in action too!

📣 Join the growing world-class @youthimpactorg.bsky.social research team in South Africa and work on real-time evidence generation & use with the Department of Basic Education. Applications due June 14th ➡️ www.youth-impact.org/vacancies/re...

Day-long nerd-fest at MIT in honor of the life and work of Josh Angrist, my grad school advisor A wonderful turnout of Josh’s colleagues, students, grandstudents, great-grandstudents…

So proud to celebrate my father, Josh Angrist, at his Festschrift -- a gathering of people and presentations in honor of his career and legacy. He has influenced so many: generations of Angrists and a rockstar student family tree. An impressive array of causal effects!

📣 We're hiring a postdoc to join us on education research projects at Oxford @oxfordecondept.bsky.social @oxfordcsae.bsky.social. Join me @gamblingondev.bsky.social @roccozizzamia.bsky.social on multiple exciting projects! Applications due June 7th. www.economics.ox.ac.uk/csae-postdoc...

➡️ Our panel now online: "The Science of Scale and Implementation: New Frontiers for Research" @oxfordcsae.bsky.social conference @deankarlan.bsky.social @gamblingondev.bsky.social @wwhglobaled.bsky.social @blavatnikschool.bsky.social @youthimpactorg.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-5H...

📣 Join the all-star and growing @youthimpactorg.bsky.social research team in India! Apply by May 15th. www.youth-impact.org/vacancies/re...

💡 A growing consensus is emerging across the social sector: iterative experimentation is becoming essential to scaling impact effectively. Read more: www.wwhge.org/resources/a-... #IterativeLearning #ScalingImpact #ABTesting @wwhglobaled.bsky.social @noamangrist.bsky.social

@noamangrist.bsky.social, Kevin Winseck, @hpatrinos.bsky.social, & Joshua Graff Zivin (2024). Human Capital and Climate Change. The Review of Economics and Statistics 1–28. doi.org/10.1162/rest...

Watch 'The Science of Scale & Implementation' panel from the CSAE Conference 2026. @noamangrist.bsky.social chairs a panel on scaling interventions, adapting across contexts, and sustaining impact. 🗣️James Habyarimana, Dean Karlan, Nompumelelo Nyathi-Mohohlwane www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-5H...

"It has been interesting to be challenged about the cases I'm thinking of, why I should value certain things, & address some concerns I have on measurement in general" Nompumelelo Nyathi-Mohohlwane, CSAE Fellow 2025. Full interview 👇 ⏰Apply for 2027 by 15 May 2026 www.youtube.com/watch?v=6N1-...

🔎 Are aid agencies paying attention to the evidence? See our new analysis of project documents at the World Bank & FCDO tracking references to “smart buys." A steady increase in mentions of two of the best buys - “structured pedagogy” + “targeted instruction”. www.cgdev.org/blog/are-aid...

📣 Ubongo is looking for a new Director of Education & Research. Fantastic opportunity to embed rigor and learning in a rapidly scaling and growing organization which leverages the power of mass media to provide educational content to over 48 million students: ubongo.bamboohr.com/careers/184

📣 Just 2 days left for submissions to the What Works Hub for Global Education flagship conference: www.wwhge.org/events/2026-... @wwhglobaled.bsky.social @blavatnikschool.bsky.social @betterpurpose.bsky.social @oxfordcsae.bsky.social

In our webinar with @hundredorg.bsky.social, we explored how mEducation is moving from pilot to policy—showing how evidence-based innovations can be scaled, sustained & embedded into public education systems.

Take a look at this great webinar featuring the What Works Hub for Global Education's @noamangrist.bsky.social!

📣 Don't miss two exciting workshops at #CIES2026 today and tomorrow! 📏 Sat, 28 March, 4:30 to 5:45pm: Implementation measurement ⚖️ Sunday, 29 March, 9:45 to 11:00am: A/B testing #CIES2026WWHGE | #ImplementationScience | #ABtesting

⏰ It's not too late to register for our Community of Practice networking event alongside #CIES2026! Opening remarks from Armando Ali, Janice Dolan, Jonathan Stern & @noamangrist.bsky.social. Register: bit.ly/4biDwnA 📅 Sunday, 29 March, 6–8pm 📍 Only 4 minutes’ walk from the CIES conference hotel

📏 When budgets are tight, regular & systematic implementation measurement is more essential than ever. Join us at a #CIES2026 workshop where we'll outline a practical approach with useful tools to help researchers & implementers track & compare implementation across a range of education programmes.

😭It's almost over Join us for the final panel of #OxCSAE2026 'Science of Scale & Implementation: New Frontiers for Research' with @noamangrist.bsky.social, James Habyarimana, Dean Karlan, & Nompumelelo Nyathi-Mohohlwane. @wwhglobaled.bsky.social Watch live: us02web.zoom.us/j/81884170412

⏳ Only 4 days until the 2026 CSAE Conference’s exciting closing panel on ‘The Science of Scale and Implementation: New Frontiers for Research’ with James Habyarimana, Dean Karlan, Nompumelelo Nyathi-Mohohlwane & noamangrist.bsky.social! #OxCSAE2026 #ImplementationScience @oxfordcsae.bsky.social

⏳Not long to go until the CSAE Conference 2026 & our closing panel 'Science of Scale & Implementation: New Frontiers for Research'. Not attending #OxCSAE2026? Watch live online here: csae.web.ox.ac.uk/csae-confere...

📣 Join us for the Closing Panel on March 24th 16:30 - 18:00 at the annual CSAE conference @oxfordcsae.bsky.social. We're hosting a joint panel with the @wwhglobaled.bsky.social on the "Science of Scale and Implementation: New Frontiers for Research"

✨ New piece live at the Development Policy Centre building on our Australasian AID Conference keynote panel on the science of scale and implementation. devpolicy.org/the-science-...

A treat to host @nobelprize.org winner James Robinson in Botswana last week 🇧🇼. I read James's pioneering work when I first started working in Botswana. Hosting him was a full circle moment.

📍 Webinar: Iterative A/B Testing — A Practical Toolkit to Optimise What Works at Scale | 11 March 👉Register: www.wwhge.org/events/itera... @wwhglobaled.bsky.social @poverty-action.bsky.social @theagencyfund.bsky.social @noamangrist.bsky.social #IterativeTesting #Education #ImplementationScience

📣 Join us for practical how-tos on A/B testing on March 11 w/ @wwhglobaled.bsky.social @youthimpactorg.bsky.social @poverty-action.bsky.social Gates Foundation The Agency Fund and the South Africa Department of Basic Education: www.wwhge.org/events/itera...

💡 How can large-scale government and World Bank programmes be improved in real-time? A partnership between the World Bank and @wwhglobaled.bsky.social used A/B testing to keep implementation on track in the context of a large-scale TaRL programme in Ghana. www.wwhge.org/resources/im...

📈Scaling What Works: Institutionalizing mEducation in Public Education Systems Join this webinar hosted by @hundredorg.bsky.social and @poverty-action.bsky.social , featuring our co-founder @noamangrist.bsky.social, to explore what it takes to institutionalise what works.

Speakers: 🔹James Habyarimana (Georgetown University) 🔹Dean Karlan (Northwestern University) 🔹Nompumelelo Nyathi-Mohohlwane (National Department of Basic Education, South Africa) Chair: @noamangrist.bsky.social (University of Oxford) #OxCSAE2026 @wwhglobaled.bsky.social @blavatnikschool.bsky.social

In the social sector, waiting years for evaluation results can mean missed opportunities. Iterative A/B testing bridges the gap between measurement and implementation delivering causal evidence in weeks, not years to improve programs as they roll out. 🧵 @ssir.org @noamangrist.bsky.social

📣 New piece on the core components of teaching at the right level combining insight from RCTs + adjacent fields + implementer views. To scale programs, we need to know their core components - what can't be removed to preserve impact & what can be removed to lower cost: www.wwhge.org/resources/co...

“Teaching to the individual level of the child is more effective than teaching a one-size-fits-all curriculum.” @noamangrist.bsky.social evaluates what works in education systems around the world. Aisha Schnellmann finds out more. #EducationEvidence boldscience.org/the-economis...

🎉Our new piece on Iterative A/B Testing is out in @ssir.org with @noamangrist.bsky.social @mandabeat.bsky.social & Tendekai Mukoyi. A case & toolkit for rigorous, rapid, and regular testing to improve cost-effectiveness at scale👇 💡 ssir.org/articles/ent... 🛠️ www.youth-impact.org/insights/a-b...

📣 Passionate about closing the gap between evidence and day-to-day implementation? Check out our new article "Iterative A/B testing for Social Impact: Rigorous, Rapid, and Regular" now out in @ssir.org w/ @mandabeat.bsky.social @ccullen.bsky.social Tendekai Mukoyi ssir.org/articles/ent...

I only recently learned that the first significant antisemitic massacre in Europe was in France and the Rhineland, 1096 by Crusaders who took a detour on their way to the Holy Land to slaughter 2000 Jews. We keep thinking it’s past history but it never seems to be. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhinela...

👉 How do we scale up interventions without losing effectiveness? 📺 Watch the full keynote panel from the Australasian Aid Conference 2025 featuring our co-founder @noamangrist.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/live/tv-xZJl... #ImplementationScience #AAC2025

Our new Iterative A/B Testing Toolkit is live 🥳 A decade of A/B tests distilled into practical tools for rapid, rigorous learning. ⬇️Download: youth-impact.org/insights/a-b-testing-toolkit @noamangrist.bsky.social @j-pal.bsky.social #YouthImpact #ABTesting

👇 We've distilled a decade of lessons on A/B testing in the social sector in a new toolkit hot off the press to enable others to do the same. Check it out and keen to hear feedback -- we always continue to iterate & improve! Thanks to so many who enabled this learning culture & tangible techniques.

✨A stimulating panel on the science of scale at the Australasian AID Conference. An honor to share reflections alongside movers & shakers in government in Australia, the Philippines, and PNG. ➡️ Link to the recorded panel here: lnkd.in/eTjE5dFz ➡️ Link to the conference page here: lnkd.in/eUnhjHju

📢 #EdWorkingPapers: Tutoring is powerful but expensive to scale. Across 12 rapid A/B tests, @noamangrist.bsky.social, @ccullen.bsky.social, & @janicalapati.bsky.social optimize a tech-enabled tutoring program, boosting efficiency & finding low-cost ways to double learning impact. 📄 bit.ly/49MbmC8

What are academic incentives and how do they relate to policy and practice? Can incentives be aligned? Check out today's article to learn about the different incentives in academia vs policy ⤵️

'Academic incentives' are often raised as a reason for research not impacting policy - but what actually are they? Academia remains a black box for most - academics just know how stuff works, and rarely write it down. So we asked @noamangrist.bsky.social for his thoughts ⤵️

An amazing opportunity, I recently used them in a presentation as the example of evidence->practice cycle that all orgs in the field should aspire to

📣 @youthimpactorg.bsky.social is hiring a Learning Partnerships Lead, who will lead A/B testing partnerships & high-profile research-to-action partnerships: www.youth-impact.org/join-our-tea... ➡️ An exciting role for those who care about rigorous evidence being used in practice on a day-to-day basis

Getting implementation right: 12 experiments to refine tutoring at scale www.wwhge.org/wp-content/u... Evidence from Botswana by @noamangrist.bsky.social, Cullen, & Magat

Tutoring school children is effective, but hard to scale. Researchers @noamangrist.bsky.social, @ccullen.bsky.social, & @janicalapati.bsky.social used a novel A/B testing approach to enhance cost-effectiveness and scalability of a program in Botswana. 🔗 Read the new paper: https://bit.ly/3WYniJn