Who builds WhereNext and how editorial decisions are made.
Founder & Editor
Jonas Samuelson
Founder & Editor
Founder of WhereNext. Builds the deterministic scoring engine that ranks 95 countries and 380 cities on cost, safety, healthcare, infrastructure, visa access, lifestyle, and economic stability using public-domain institutional data sources (World Bank ICP, UNDP HDI, IEP Global Peace Index, OECD PISA, EF EPI, Eurostat).
Editorial responsibility includes: ranking methodology, cluster-level content decisions, data-source verification, and the corrections log.
Methodology Stewardship
All composite country and city scores are produced by the deterministic scoring engine documented at /methodology. The engine uses 27 data sources from public-domain institutions; no individual editor can override a score without modifying the underlying weight, normalization, or persona-modifier code (which requires founder sign-off and an updated baseline file).
The drift-guard test suite enforces this: tests/scoring-baselines/ pins every score and fails CI if any unintentional change occurs.
Editorial Standards
No fabricated data.Every quantitative claim is traceable to a named, public-domain institutional source listed in the article’s sources field.
No paid placements. Country rankings, city scores, and tool recommendations are not influenced by affiliate partnerships, sponsored placements, or advertising relationships. Affiliate links (when active) are clearly disclosed inline.
No metadata rewrites on ranked pages. Per our published feedback log, page titles + descriptions are stable once a page is ranked. Content updates are additive (new H2 sections, AnswerCapsules, KeyFacts) so search rankings are not destabilized by editorial drift.
Corrections are public.Material errors are corrected in-place with a visible “Updated” date and (where the change is substantive) a corrections note appended at the bottom of the article.
Contact & Corrections
Found an error or have a methodology question? Email hello@getwherenext.com. Most corrections are addressed within 48 hours.
Cross-References
Scoring methodology — every weight, normalization step, and visa multiplier.