Associate Professor at Univ. of Hawaii. PhD from @MITsloan. econ of science & innovation, developing countries, immigration, int. collaborations.
Joined December 2019
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.@andrewmgerard and @fry_cv wrote up some reflections on science and innovation for development; strong recommend: laurenpolicy.com/p/science-f…
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Every country should get their own IFP. Big countries like India should get one for each state.
New blog post: The third wave of American philanthropy
Hundreds of billions of dollars in new philanthropic capital will soon become liquid. The OpenAI Foundation holds 26% of OpenAI, worth about $220B at today’s valuation. Anthropic’s seven co-founders have pledged to give away 80% of their wealth and have instituted the most aggressive donor matching program for employees in tech history.
How much does this all add up to? And how meaningful is that in the context of philanthropy today?
I was doing some simple napkin math to wrap my head around the scale of what’s coming, and radicalized myself in the process. I had dramatically underappreciated the scale of the philanthropic capital that’s about to become available and the corresponding gap in talent and organizations that will be needed to make the most of it.
This piece aims to directionally sketch the scale of what’s coming, the gap in operational capacity needed to absorb it, and what we can do to fill it.
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Caroline Viola Fry retweeted
American science is increasingly cautious and bureaucratic.
Our institutions feel rickety.
At the same time, political and technological change is accelerating. The government is canceling research grants, AI is taking off.
Can our scientific institutions keep up? Should they be redesigned? Rebuilt?
To answer those questions and more, we’re relaunching Macroscience.
macroscience.org/
Fortunately, we know more than ever about the structure of science.
Building from metascience evidence, scientists and policy entrepreneurs are experimenting with new models for funding and doing science. In the political and technological tumult, ideas are ready to be tested, opportunities are waiting to be seized.
Driven by writers who challenge assumptions and start friendly arguments, Macroscience will explore ideas for how to improve science and policy.
Macroscience will provide, I hope, an optimistic but plausible vision for the future of scientific progress.
Caroline Viola Fry retweeted
In light of the news that NIH is cutting support for lots of research abroad, posting @fry_cv and I’s recent piece arguing this kind of work has huge ROI, benefits the US, and is a small share of our R&D spend.
Changes to foreign aid and domestic science are making headlines — but changes to funding science in developing countries are getting far less attention. Our new post discusses why this matters for the U.S. and the world:
mattsclancy.substack.com/p/f…
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3/4 of R&D now happens outside the United States.
Despite the internet, advanced knowledge transfers is still a social function (person to person) to an astonishing degree.
Funding joint projects is one of the way America connects to that ¾. Foreign students are another. We are cutting vital links.
Changes to foreign aid and domestic science are making headlines — but changes to funding science in developing countries are getting far less attention. Our new post discusses why this matters for the U.S. and the world:
mattsclancy.substack.com/p/f…
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Despite grim headlines, it's not time to give up on aid, writes @leecrawfurd.
Instead, he argues that we need to do a better job at showing how effective aid can be:
bit.ly/4bRISWD
Hello twitter - anyone got a suggestion for a way to convert scopus Eid’s into DOIs that doesn’t rely on using scopus?
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🪧#TIM Division Ideas Development Workshop, March 18th, 2025
📢 Open to early-career scholars in Low and Middle-income countries studying #TIM topics.
🗓️ Apply Before March 3rd, 2025
Applicaion Link: forms.gle/UQx5cLugFmc4GHv9A
More info at: linkedin.com/posts/aom-tim-d…
Please help us circulate the call for applicants to the second workshop for LMIC early career researchers - a fun interactive event with great mentoring and networking opportunities
🪧Call for Applications: #TIM Division Ideas Development Workshop.
90-min interactive session to boost your research and connect with senior scholars.
📢 Open to early-career scholars in Low and Middle-income countries studying #TIM topics.
More info: linkedin.com/posts/aom-tim-d…
Caroline Viola Fry retweeted
A thread on USAID, and why it’s a long way from over…
The wanton disruption of US assistance has been murderous. By now, kids will have died from malnutrition or one of the afflictions of camp life –perhaps dehydrating diarrhea.
Caroline Viola Fry retweeted
USAID has been fighting disease, feeding children, and promoting goodwill around the world for six decades. As this article makes clear, dismantling this agency would be a profound foreign policy mistake - one that Congress should resist. nytimes.com/2025/02/06/opini…
Caroline Viola Fry retweeted
Best @ezraklein podcast ever. Listen and hope.
Another one for @PodSaveAmerica podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcas…
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The freeze on foreign aid has put millions of lives at risk, & waivers for certain programs meant to protect the most vulnerable aren’t working.
@charlesjkenny explains that if @SecRubio wants to avert needless deaths, he must fix the waiver process now:
bit.ly/4aTbrmk
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We need USAID now more than ever, writes @MathiasenKV.
As 2025 presents a bleak outlook for countries that rely on USAID for bilateral aid, she argues that now is the time to act, not pause:
bit.ly/3Q4JcY1
Caroline Viola Fry retweeted
I ran @USAID health programs for the last 3 years. Trump’s 90 day Stop Work Order on foreign assistance does serious damage to the world and the US. Examples:🧵
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REMINDER: Apply for the 2025 Migration & Organizations Conference by February 14!
Submit a paper or express your interest in attending here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
Apply for the doctoral consortium here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
last day to apply!
Looking for support in improving your ideas? 💡 Then our Idea Development Workshop is for you.
Organized by @_Susanne_Beck_ @tkretschmer_LMU and @fry_cv
⌛Deadline: Dec 6th
ℹ️More information:
linkedin.com/posts/aom-tim-d…
deadline to apply is this friday!
Please help spread the word about our AOM TIM event for researchers in the global south! Aiming to build a network, develop ideas and expand AOM benefits. linkedin.com/posts/susanne-b…
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Please help spread the word about our AOM TIM event for researchers in the global south! Aiming to build a network, develop ideas and expand AOM benefits. linkedin.com/posts/susanne-b…