Economic education research has taught us a lot over the years about pedagogy and student learning, but most of what we know comes from studies and experiments run at single institutions in classes usually taught by just one or two instructors. These studies have two big weaknesses: low precision and limited generalizability. We believe we have an opportunity to address both of these and make a big leap forward in research productivity. 

The Economic Education Network for Experiments (EENE) is a new collaboration of economics instructors and researchers around the world that cooperate to develop and run synchronized studies in their classrooms. Each EENE study (or "Projects") moves through several phases during its life cycle:

• Phase 1: Idea. All the projects we started work on at the first Annual Meeting are at this stage. Everyone in the work group that conceptualized the idea is associated with the project at the beginning of this stage, but members can leave and new members can join.
• Phase 2: Development. A leader is chosen, and a plan for funding is made. Small projects could potentially be “self-funded,” but most will require external funding. For these, a proposal will have to be written and submitted. This will require a lot of fleshing out. Even small projects will require the same kind of forward thinking that would go into a proposal.
• Phase 3: Implementation. Time to actually implement the study!
• Phase 4: Analysis. Analyze the data and write up the results

Economics instructors are welcome to participate in projects at all levels--They can help develop studies, collect data in their classrooms, analyze data, and/or write up results. We now have over 200 members from a diverse set of institutions including public schools, private schools, US R1's, liberal arts colleges, and HBCU's.

EENE was founded in Summer 2023 by Doug McKee (Cornell), George Orlov (Cornell), Emily Marshall (Denison), Brandon Sheridan (Elon), and Bill Goffe (Penn State). The founders now make up the EENE Steering Committee which makes organizational policy and guides each EENE project through its life cycle. 

Our public-facing website is eene.org.