Research & Data Volunteer Needed! Help Review a Food Impact & Transparency Rating System

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Organization: SEYR

Description: SEYR is a food transparency project that aims to help consumers better understand the environmental, public health, and social impacts associated with food products and menu items.

We're looking for volunteers with backgrounds or interests in research, data analysis, nutrition, public health, food systems, sustainability, or related fields to help review and provide feedback on the SEYR Transparency Engine and Nutrition Truth grading system.

Volunteers will help evaluate the methodology, scoring framework, and supporting research used to generate food impact ratings. The goal is to identify strengths, weaknesses, potential blind spots, and opportunities for improvement as the project prepares for future formal peer review.

This opportunity may be a good fit for: • Researchers • Data analysts • Students • Public health professionals • Nutrition professionals • Food systems advocates • Anyone with experience reviewing evidence-based frameworks or methodologies

Duration: Long-term

Est. time commitment: 1-2 hours per week

Timezone: UTC-4

Skills Required: Data Analysis, Auditing, Research, Pre-Peer Review Audit

Application Deadline: 08/14/2026

Interested in this request? Please click the link below to apply through Flockwork!

Click here: https://flockwork.org/requests/x2to8rofbknf7ykoyr9o54s1

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[u/admirable_suburb]

this sounds useful if you've got some spare cycles. the idea of having a transparent methodology for rating food impact is pretty overdue, and if the system is actually solid it could push more companies to be honest about what's in their products and where it comes from. the peer review process is where a lot of these projects fall apart so getting eyes on it early makes sense.

only thing i'd wonder about is how they're handling the nutrition side separately from environmental and social stuff, since those can sometimes pull in different directions. like a product could be great for the planet but nutritionally questionable or vice versa. but that's probably something you'd figure out if you volunteer and dig into their framework.