About
A research organisation, not an advocacy one
Baseline Institute is a non-profit research organisation registered in The Gambia. We produce evidence that did not exist before, and we publish it in a form anyone can check.
How we work
We preregister
The protocol, the analysis plan and the interpretation thresholds are published before data is collected. Changing them afterwards is recorded in a public deviation log.
We publish either way
A finding of no discrepancy is published as fully as a finding of one. Null results are not filed away.
We show the working
Datasets, analysis code, bench specifications and exclusion logs are published with every report.
We state what we cannot know
Where we cannot explain something we observed, we say so in those words rather than offering a cause we cannot evidence.
What we do with findings
Where the evidence supports it, we say what it implies and what could be done. Recommendations are published with the findings they rest on, and never without them.
A recommendation is a reading of evidence, not a demand. It is stated conditionally, it names the evidence it depends on, and it is open to the same right of reply as the finding itself.
The order, always
If the findings section is empty, the recommendations section does not exist.
What we will not do
- Take a position on anything we have not studied.
- Accept funding that dictates a finding or a recommendation.
- Run advocacy campaigns.
- Allege wrongdoing the evidence cannot support.
- Publish a finding about a named organisation before it has had a chance to respond.
- Sell, share or monetise contributor data in any form.
Governance
Names pending| Name | Role | Body |
|---|---|---|
| [Name] | Executive Director | Executive |
| [Name] | Research Lead | Executive |
| [Name] | Chair | Board |
| [Name] | Treasurer | Board |
| [Name] | Member | Board |
| [Name] | Member | Advisory council |
Team is published as names and roles. Headshots are not required to judge a method. The constitution is published in full and in plain language.
Funding
Funding is published annually by source and amount, including in-kind support. We accept no funding that restricts what we may publish or when.
Where a funder has an interest in a subject we study, that interest is declared on the report itself, not only here.
Annual statement
No funding received to date
The first annual funding statement is published at the end of the first financial year, whether or not there is anything in it.
Policies and contact
Published policies
Contact
Any organisation we study may respond to a finding or a recommendation. Responses are published alongside it, unedited.