Institutions
Who is running these trials.
The civic experiments in the registry are produced by a network of research institutions, government agencies, and nonprofits — many of them collaborating across borders and disciplines. These pages aggregate trials by organization so you can see the full body of work from each.
J-PAL (Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab)
Global research center at MIT that drives the use of randomized impact evaluations in policy. Anchored by a network of 250+ affiliated professors.
1 experiment →
IPA (Innovations for Poverty Action)
Nonprofit that designs and evaluates programs with rigorous research methods, with a particular focus on low- and middle-income countries.
7 experiments →
Behavioural Insights Team
Originally the UK government's behavioural insights unit ('Nudge Unit'), now an independent applied research organization running randomized trials with governments worldwide.
2 experiments →
MDRC
Nonpartisan US social policy research organization that has run large RCTs on welfare-to-work, education, and youth-development programs since the 1970s.
5 experiments →
World Bank
International financial institution that has funded and co-led some of the largest field experiments in development policy.
7 experiments →
GiveDirectly
Nonprofit operating large-scale unconditional cash transfer programs to people living in extreme poverty, paired with rigorous evaluation.
2 experiments →
BRAC
One of the largest NGOs in the world, founded in Bangladesh and the originator of the 'graduation' program model now replicated across dozens of countries.
1 experiment →
Harvard University
Researchers affiliated with Harvard's faculties of arts and sciences, public health, education, government, and the Kennedy School have led many of the registry's flagship trials.
11 experiments →
Stanford University
Researchers at Stanford's economics, education, medicine, and graduate school of business faculties have led trials in benefits design, schooling, and behavioral interventions.
2 experiments →
Yale University
Yale researchers — including Green & Gerber's foundational work on voter mobilization and Karlan's microfinance evaluations — have led trials across politics, finance, and development.
6 experiments →
MIT
Home institution of J-PAL and host of much of the modern development-economics RCT literature.
12 experiments →
University of Chicago
The Crime Lab, Becker Friedman Institute, Harris School of Public Policy, and the Booth School have led trials on policing, education, and behavioral economics.
8 experiments →
UC Berkeley
Berkeley researchers across economics, public health, and the Goldman School of Public Policy have contributed trials on tax, environment, and labor.
3 experiments →
University of Washington
UW researchers have partnered with city governments and health systems on randomized evaluations of policing, addiction treatment, and public-health interventions.
4 experiments →
RAND Corporation
Nonprofit policy research organization with a long history of randomized evaluation in health, education, and defense policy.
5 experiments →
US Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD has commissioned and funded landmark housing-mobility and homelessness trials, including Moving to Opportunity and rapid-rehousing evaluations.
1 experiment →
Princeton University
Princeton economists and political scientists have contributed trials on cash transfers, social-policy design, and political participation.
2 experiments →
Columbia University
Columbia researchers across the schools of social work, public health, and SIPA have led trials on poverty, child development, and urban interventions.
2 experiments →
Mathematica
US-based policy research firm that has executed many of the federal government's randomized evaluations in welfare, education, and health policy.
2 experiments →
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
Multilateral lender funding rigorous evaluation across Latin America and the Caribbean, including tax compliance, education, and conditional cash transfers.
1 experiment →