Development Economist - #190133
Alignerr
Date: 3 weeks ago
City: Edinburgh
Contract type: Contractor
Remote
Development Economist (AI Training)
About The Role
We're looking for development economists to help shape how AI understands global and development economics. Your expertise will directly influence the accuracy, depth, and nuance of AI systems tackling some of the world's most complex economic challenges — from inequality and poverty to growth and international development.
This is a fully remote, flexible contract role where your real-world or academic knowledge makes a meaningful difference.
About The Role
We're looking for development economists to help shape how AI understands global and development economics. Your expertise will directly influence the accuracy, depth, and nuance of AI systems tackling some of the world's most complex economic challenges — from inequality and poverty to growth and international development.
This is a fully remote, flexible contract role where your real-world or academic knowledge makes a meaningful difference.
- Organization: Alignerr (Powered by Labelbox)
- Type: Hourly Contract
- Location: Remote
- Commitment: 10–40 hours/week
- Review and evaluate AI-generated development economics questions, explanations, and reasoning
- Assess the quality and accuracy of content related to economic growth, inequality, poverty, and global development
- Identify errors, oversimplifications, or gaps in economic reasoning and provide structured, constructive feedback
- Apply your academic or field experience to validate real-world scenarios and case studies
- Help improve contextual nuance so AI handles complex development economics topics with greater precision
- Work independently and asynchronously — on your own schedule
- 3+ years of experience teaching, researching, or working in development economics
- Strong understanding of global economic issues, development frameworks, and data interpretation
- Able to critically evaluate written economic reasoning with clarity and precision
- Comfortable working through structured review tasks with minimal supervision
- Self-motivated and reliable when working remotely
- Graduate degree in Economics or a related field
- Experience in field research, NGO work, or international economic policy
- Familiarity with AI systems or content evaluation workflows
- Work on cutting-edge AI projects with top research labs
- Fully remote and flexible — work when and where it suits you
- Freelance perks: autonomy, variety, and global collaboration
- Contribute to work that helps AI better understand and communicate global development challenges
- Potential for ongoing work and contract extension
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