Support the Lab
Independent research sustained by patrons
No advertising. No paywalls. No corporate influence. Sustained by patrons, mission-aligned grants, and public support — with every naira fully reinvested into research.
Support is optional and collaborative access stays open to everyone.
This lab produces rigorous, open-source investigations and tools on security, crisis resilience, technology, and complex Global South challenges. Your support keeps the entire platform free and independent.
Where it goes
Core experiments, data collection, field validation, and analysis.
Software platforms, AI compute, datasets, and the interactive lab environment
Materials, travel, hardware testing, and real-world validation
Per diems for peer reviewers and expert contributors
Legal compliance, reporting, and public allocation updates
Support tiers
Collaborating is always free — financial support is optional
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Collaborator
Free · AlwaysFull access to the lab — tools, briefings, and the community. No payment needed, ever.
- ·Lab AI assistant
- ·Experiment access
- ·Ideas & feedback channels
- ·Community briefings
Supporter
$15/moSupport the lab’s independent research and keep the work freely available to everyone.
- ·Name on the patron wall
- ·Access to patron-only Log updates
- ·Access to patron-only Log updates
- ·Monthly “What We’re Reading” briefing
Patron Collaborator
$50/moFuel active experiments
- ·Everything in Supporter
- ·Early access to datasets and tools
- ·Monthly methodology notes
- ·Fuel active experiments and gain early access to emerging findings and tools.
- ·Invitation to virtual lab briefings
Sponsor
$200/moSustain the lab's infrastructure
- ·Everything in Collaborator
- ·Direct line for questions
- ·Logo on support page
- ·Acknowledgment in published work
Custom amount
your choice / moSupport at whatever amount feels right. Minimum $1/mo.
Patron wall
No patrons yet — be the first to support the lab.
Your name will appear here as a founding supporter.
What patronage enables
Investigations
Long-form research threads — weeks of uninterrupted work from raw data through to publishable findings.
Experimental tools
Research instruments, scoring models, and analysis systems built in the open and made freely accessible.
Analytical briefings
Synthesised outputs, field notes, and datasets shared openly with no paywalls.
Open data systems
Curated archives, documented methodologies, and structured datasets that other researchers can build on.
Collaborating on the lab is always free. If the work means something to you and you’d like to support it financially, the options above are open — no obligation. Every contribution, no matter the size, directly advances independent research that matters.