Investigate
Start with a focused question, then work from primary sources and raw or public data where possible.
Independent research
The Null Institute
Imagination explores.
Evidence decides.
We use public data, replication, reanalysis and explicit attempts to falsify competing explanations. Methods, limitations and negative results are part of the research record, not footnotes to it.
Challenge
Test alternative explanations, robustness and replication before treating a result as established.
Publish
Report conclusions together with uncertainty, methods, limitations and the evidence needed to scrutinise them.
Research principles
Methods before narrative
Public data first
We prefer auditable datasets and primary sources so that important steps can be checked independently.
Replication and robustness
Results are tested across reasonable specifications, datasets or follow-up periods when the evidence permits.
Falsification
We actively look for observations that could weaken our preferred explanation rather than only collecting confirming evidence.
Transparent uncertainty
Exploratory findings, null results, limitations and unresolved alternatives are reported explicitly.
Published research
Research reports
Published
Data Integrity in a 28-Country Political Image Study: Research Index
→Independent audit of 79,500 political candidate images identifies inconsistent happiness denominators and incompatible image-coordinate frames. Primary expression regressions reproduce; close-up analysis remains scale-sensitive. Includes…
Published
Blood Pressure Reclassification in NHANES 2021–2023: Research Index
→Research index entry: survey-weighted NHANES reanalysis of 6,100 adults, with 16.41% changing US category between first reading and mean of three. Read the full…
Published
Occupational Mortality in Spain: An Age-Standardised INE Reanalysis, 2022–2023
→Official INE reanalysis of employed adults aged 35–64. An elementary-to-scientific occupation mortality indicator ratio of 1.99 in men versus 1.30 in women, independently checked…
Transparency
Independence and disclosure
Funding
The Null Institute currently conducts independently funded research. External funding for future projects will be disclosed with the relevant research output.
Conflicts and corrections
Potential conflicts of interest are disclosed where relevant. Material corrections or changes to conclusions are documented rather than silently replaced.
About
Bold hypotheses, hard tests.
The Null Institute starts by exploring a wide range of possible explanations, including unconventional ones. Then we try to falsify them using public data, replication, reanalysis and competing models. The goal is not skepticism for its own sake: imagination expands the hypothesis space; evidence decides what survives.
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The Null Institute is an independent research initiative operated by IMT First Oy, Finland.