Independent public-interest project · Scientific framework under active development · Live public pilot
UXR Documentation
Where Should I Start With UXR?
Choose a UXR path based on what brought you here, what you want to understand, and what you hope to do next.
UXR contains philosophy, methods, examples, terminology, development notes, decision-support concepts, and invitations to participate. You do not need to approach all of it in the same order.
Choose the path that best matches why you are here. Each doorway leads into the same framework from a different starting point.
I Am Trying to Accomplish Something Right Now, and the System Is Blocking Me
UXR does not yet provide live case intervention, emergency assistance, or direct resolution services.
It may still help you identify the type of burden you are facing, understand which system controls the next step, find relevant examples or resolution knowledge, and prepare a clearer record of what happened.
If you are facing an immediate medical, legal, safety, housing, or other time-sensitive crisis, use the appropriate emergency, regulatory, professional, or public-service channel first.
Then visit Recognizing Hidden Human Costs in Everyday Systems and begin with the situation closest to yours.
I'm Not Sure This Is Legitimate
Start with Evaluating UXR, then review UXR Independence and the One-Way Authority Rule, Current Project Status, and the Founding Declaration.
Someone Sent Me This Project
Begin with Welcome to UXR.
I Want to Understand UXR
Read UXR: Start Here, then continue to the Founding Declaration and What UXR Means by Human Agency.
I Am Researching Ethics, Morality, Human Agency, or Human Dignity
Read UXR for Ethics, Morality, Human Agency, and Human Dignity. It connects measurable system burdens with moral and institutional responsibility and invites scholars, clergy, researchers, advocates, and serious critics to help shape the framework before its ethical assumptions become scoring rules or public judgments.
I Lead, Own, Advise, or Work for an Organization
Read Why Organizations Should Want UXR.
I Work Inside an Organization and Want to Improve It
Read Improving an Organization From Within.
I Design, Build, Operate, or Maintain Systems
Read UXR for Designers, Builders, and System Owners.
I Am Researching, Teaching, or Writing
Read UXR for Researchers and Writers.
I Am a Journalist
Read UXR for Journalists.
I Study Social Media, Algorithms, Attention, or Relationships
Read Social Platforms, Attention, and Human Agency.
I Am a Caregiver, Proxy, or Advocate
Read UXR for Caregivers, Proxies, and Advocates.
I Evaluate Companies, Programs, or Institutions
Investors and funders can begin with UXR for Investors and Funders. Public officials and civic leaders can begin with UXR for Public Leaders and Policymakers.
I Want the Definitions
Use the UXR Taxonomy.
I Want to Evaluate the Framework's Credibility
Open the Complete UXR Reviewer Packet.
I Want to Help
Read Contributing to UXR.