Teaching Effective Philanthropy through Giving Games. Giving Games are an innovative form of philanthropy education. Giving Game participants are introduced to a few pre-vetted charities, reflect on and discuss their relative merits, and are provided funds to make a real donation to their favorite. This model helps people learn about highly effective charities. And valuable donor resources, and encourages them to achieve as much impact as possible with their charitable giving. New online Giving Game! .

Economist and data scientist, currently working at Bombfell. I love data and I love code. I studied economics both for my undergrad in Germany and for my PhD at the University of Chicago. My PhD thesis investigates how disorder within schools affects later-life outcomes. I enjoy teasing causal claims out of observational data. Simple tools that make data analysis a little bit easier. I started with a tool to build predictive models from text. I use OLS too often.

Big Returns from Thinking Small. By night, they repurpose those tricks to improve their personal lives. They want to help you do the same.

Immigrants and the Illinois Tech Economy. Our affiliated Institute provides STEM-education programs that connect classrooms with companies to better prepare the next generation of problem-solvers.