Support the Lab
Independent research sustained by patrons
The research output on this platform is public. The articles, structured data tables, and published reports are available without a paywall or registration requirement because the point of building an empirical record is that people can actually use it. Patronage funds the production side of that: the time spent in archives, the tools for structured data extraction, field reporting costs, and the infrastructure that keeps everything accessible. If the work is useful to you, supporting it directly is how it continues at this scale.
Patron contributions are not subscriptions in the commercial sense. There is no content held back from the public record as an incentive. What patronage provides is the independence to pursue research on a sustained basis, outside of grant cycles that often shape what gets studied and what gets written.
What this funds
Research time
Archival access fees
Data infrastructure costs
Support tiers
Patron Collaborator
$50/mo
Fuel 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/mo
Sustain the lab's infrastructure
Everything in Collaborator · Direct line for questions · Logo on support page · Acknowledgment in published work
Supporter
$15/mo
Support 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
Custom amount
Where it goes
Research Operations — Core experiments, data collection, field validation, and analysis.
Tools & Infrastructure — Software platforms, AI compute, datasets, and the interactive lab environment
Field Work & Prototypin — Materials, travel, hardware testing, and real-world validation
Collaborator Support — Per diems for peer reviewers and expert contributors
Administration & Transparency — Legal compliance, reporting, and public allocation updates
Patron wall
The lab is free to use and always will be. If the work is useful to you and you want to support it, the options above are open.