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Country United States
Facebook username HumanProgress.org
YouTube username @HumanProgressOrg
Twitter username @HumanProgress
Website https://humanprogress.org
Team page https://humanprogress.org/about/
Hosting organization Cato Institute
Last recorded date when we made major data updates for this org 2025-02-14
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Positions count by year

Hover over a name to see the position and date range. This table only includes positions where at least the start date is known. The positions count can count the same person multiple times if they held different positions; similarly, the list of staff may include the same person multiple times if they held more than one position during a single year. For each year, a person is included if they were at the organization for any part of the year; this means the actual staff count at any point during the year can be lower (or higher, if some staff held multiple positions in a single year).

Year Positions count Researchers General staff Associates Board members Advisors
2012 1 Marian Tupy
2013 10 Marian Tupy, Stephanie Rugolo Deirdre McCloskey, Fred Smith, Ian Vásquez, Jesse H. Ausubel, Mark Perry, Matt Ridley, Mauro De Lorenzo, Roger Bate
2014 10 Marian Tupy, Stephanie Rugolo Angus Deaton, Deepak Lal, Deirdre McCloskey, Ian Vásquez, Jesse H. Ausubel, Mark Perry, Matt Ridley, Steven Pinker
2015 11 Chelsea Follett, Marian Tupy Angus Deaton, Deepak Lal, Deirdre McCloskey, Ian Vásquez, Jesse H. Ausubel, Mark Perry, Matt Ridley, Steven Pinker, Vernon Smith
2016 11 Chelsea Follett, Marian Tupy Angus Deaton, Deepak Lal, Deirdre McCloskey, Ian Vásquez, Jesse H. Ausubel, Mark Perry, Matt Ridley, Steven Pinker, Vernon Smith
2017 11 Chelsea Follett, Marian Tupy Angus Deaton, Deepak Lal, Deirdre McCloskey, Ian Vásquez, Jesse H. Ausubel, Mark Perry, Matt Ridley, Steven Pinker, Vernon Smith
2018 13 Chelsea Follett, Marian Tupy Angus Deaton, Deepak Lal, Deirdre McCloskey, Gale Pooley, Ian Vásquez, Jesse H. Ausubel, Johan Norberg, Mark Perry, Matt Ridley, Steven Pinker, Vernon Smith
2019 13 Chelsea Follett, Marian Tupy Angus Deaton, Deepak Lal, Deirdre McCloskey, Gale Pooley, Ian Vásquez, Jesse H. Ausubel, Johan Norberg, Mark Perry, Matt Ridley, Steven Pinker, Vernon Smith
2020 16 Chelsea Follett, Luis Ahumada, Marian Tupy David Behrens Andrew McAfee, Angus Deaton, Deirdre McCloskey, Gale Pooley, Ian Vásquez, Jesse H. Ausubel, Joel Mokyr, Johan Norberg, Mark Perry, Matt Ridley, Steven Pinker, Vernon Smith
2021 17 Chelsea Follett, Luis Ahumada, Malcolm Cochran, Marian Tupy David Behrens Andrew McAfee, Angus Deaton, Deirdre McCloskey, Gale Pooley, Ian Vásquez, Jesse H. Ausubel, Joel Mokyr, Johan Norberg, Mark Perry, Matt Ridley, Steven Pinker, Vernon Smith
2022 16 Chelsea Follett, Luis Ahumada, Malcolm Cochran, Marian Tupy Andrew McAfee, Angus Deaton, Deirdre McCloskey, Gale Pooley, Ian Vásquez, Jesse H. Ausubel, Joel Mokyr, Johan Norberg, Mark Perry, Matt Ridley, Steven Pinker, Vernon Smith
2023 17 Chelsea Follett, Luis Ahumada, Malcolm Cochran, Marian Tupy, Saul Zimet Andrew McAfee, Angus Deaton, Deirdre McCloskey, Gale Pooley, Ian Vásquez, Jesse H. Ausubel, Joel Mokyr, Johan Norberg, Mark Perry, Matt Ridley, Steven Pinker, Vernon Smith
2024 16 Chelsea Follett, Malcolm Cochran, Marian Tupy, Saul Zimet Andrew McAfee, Angus Deaton, Deirdre McCloskey, Gale Pooley, Ian Vásquez, Jesse H. Ausubel, Joel Mokyr, Johan Norberg, Mark Perry, Matt Ridley, Steven Pinker, Vernon Smith
2025 16 Chelsea Follett, Malcolm Cochran, Marian Tupy, Saul Zimet Andrew McAfee, Angus Deaton, Deirdre McCloskey, Gale Pooley, Ian Vásquez, Jesse H. Ausubel, Joel Mokyr, Johan Norberg, Mark Perry, Matt Ridley, Steven Pinker, Vernon Smith

Number of full-time staff at the beginning each year

The following table lists some dates and people who were at the organization on the given date (namely, the start of the year). The table may not list every person who worked for the organization (e.g. they could have joined and left in the middle of a single year). This table excludes associates, interns, advisors, and board members.

Date Staff count Staff
2012-01-01 1 Marian Tupy
2013-01-01 1 Marian Tupy
2014-01-01 2 Marian Tupy, Stephanie Rugolo
2015-01-01 2 Chelsea Follett, Marian Tupy
2016-01-01 2 Chelsea Follett, Marian Tupy
2017-01-01 2 Chelsea Follett, Marian Tupy
2018-01-01 2 Chelsea Follett, Marian Tupy
2019-01-01 2 Chelsea Follett, Marian Tupy
2020-01-01 2 Chelsea Follett, Marian Tupy
2021-01-01 3 Chelsea Follett, Luis Ahumada, Marian Tupy
2022-01-01 4 Chelsea Follett, Luis Ahumada, Malcolm Cochran, Marian Tupy
2023-01-01 4 Chelsea Follett, Luis Ahumada, Malcolm Cochran, Marian Tupy
2024-01-01 4 Chelsea Follett, Malcolm Cochran, Marian Tupy, Saul Zimet
2025-01-01 4 Chelsea Follett, Malcolm Cochran, Marian Tupy, Saul Zimet

Full history of additions and subtractions

This table shows the full change history of positions. Each row corresponds to at least one addition or removal of a position. Additions are in green and subtractions are in red. If a position name changed, it is listed simultaneously as an addition (of the new name) and removal (of the old name) and colored yellow. Additionally there are faded variants of each color for visited links.

Date Number of positions Number of positions added Number of positions removed Positions added Positions removed
2012-01-01 1 1 0 Marian Tupy
2013-11-01 10 9 0 Deirdre McCloskey, Fred Smith, Ian Vásquez, Jesse H. Ausubel, Mark Perry, Matt Ridley, Mauro De Lorenzo, Roger Bate, Stephanie Rugolo
2013-12-01 7 0 -3 Fred Smith, Mauro De Lorenzo, Roger Bate
2014-02-01 9 2 0 Angus Deaton, Deepak Lal
2014-12-01 9 1 -1 Steven Pinker Stephanie Rugolo
2015-01-01 10 1 0 Chelsea Follett
2015-07-01 11 1 0 Vernon Smith
2018-08-01 13 2 0 Gale Pooley, Johan Norberg
2020-01-01 13 1 -1 Andrew McAfee Deepak Lal
2020-08-01 16 3 0 David Behrens, Joel Mokyr, Luis Ahumada
2021-04-01 15 0 -1 David Behrens
2021-06-01 16 1 0 Malcolm Cochran
2023-03-01 17 1 0 Saul Zimet
2023-12-01 16 0 -1 Luis Ahumada

List of people (23 positions)

Person Title Start date End date Employment type Source Notes
Marian Tupy Editor 2012-01-01 [1], [2], [3]
Chelsea Follett Managing editor 2015-01-01 [4], [3]
Malcolm Cochran Digital Communications Manager 2021-06-01 [5], [3]
Saul Zimet Website and Data Coordinator 2023-03-01 [6], [3]
Jesse H. Ausubel Board Member 2013-11-01 board member [1], [3]
Angus Deaton Board Member 2014-02-01 board member [7], [3]
Deepak Lal Board Member 2014-02-01 2020-01-01 board member [7], [3]
Andrew McAfee Board Member 2020-01-01 board member [8], [3]
Deirdre McCloskey Board Member 2013-11-01 board member [1], [3]
Joel Mokyr Board Member 2020-08-01 board member [9], [3]
Johan Norberg Board Member 2018-08-01 board member [10], [3]
Mark Perry Board Member 2013-11-01 board member [1], [3]
Steven Pinker Board Member 2014-12-01 board member [11], [3]
Gale Pooley Board Member 2018-08-01 board member [10], [3]
Matt Ridley Board Member 2013-11-01 board member [1], [3]
Vernon Smith Board Member 2015-07-01 board member [12], [3]
Ian Vásquez Board Member 2013-11-01 board member [1], [3]
Stephanie Rugolo Managing Editor 2013-11-01 2014-12-01 [1], [11]
Roger Bate Board Member 2013-11-01 2013-12-01 board member [1]
Mauro De Lorenzo Board Member 2013-11-01 2013-12-01 board member [1]
Fred Smith Board Member 2013-11-01 2013-12-01 board member [1]
Luis Ahumada Producer 2020-08-01 2023-12-01 [9], [13]
David Behrens Research associate 2020-08-01 2021-04-01 [9], [14]

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