Research and Decision Science

Research and Decision Science

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Home for the Wikimedia Foundation's Research and Decision Science group (a part of the Product and Technology department).

Wikimedia knowledge transfer

Our work

• Provide data, analysis, and insights that support strategic and tactical decision-making in the Foundation and Wikimedia communities.
• Build algorithms and turn research questions into publicly shared knowledge.

Our teams

• Movement Insights
• Product Analytics
• Research
  • Design Research

Recent analysis and reports

• Wikimedia Foundation Annual Plan 2023-2024 Core Metrics: Q3 Report
• Community Insights 2023 Report
• Readers Survey 2023 Report
• Edit Check (References) impact report
• Historical Metrics for the Community Wishlist
• Increasing Participation with the Newcomer Homepage
• Content Quality Assessment across Languages

Movement metrics reports

Monthly report on Wikimedia movement metrics

For past movement metrics reports, see the archive.

Management Team

• 
  Kate Zimmerman, Senior Director of Decision Science
• 
  Leila Zia, Director, Head of Research
• 
  Mikhail Popov, Manager, Product Analytics
• 
  Miriam Redi, Manager, Research
• 
  Omari Sefu, Manager, Movement Insights
• 
  Xiao Xiao, Manager, Research