2021-22 "Can Economics and Finance Reduce Ethnic Conflict and Political Polarization?"
The Stanford King Center on Global Development’s Academic Year Part-Time Research Assistant Program connects King Center faculty affiliates and affiliated researchers with undergraduate and master's students committed to providing research support for up to 15 hours per week during fall, winter, and spring quarters.
Students have the opportunity to engage in world-class research and have real-world impact. Undergraduate student research assistants earn $17.50 per hour and master's student research assistants earn $25 per hour. Research assistants can work a maximum of 15 hours per week. Students must be enrolled full-time to participate.
RESEARCH PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
This project uses historic natural experiments and contemporary field experiments to understand how economic approaches, including financial innovations, can empower individuals, reduce ethnic conflict and mitigate political polarization. The research assistant will work with historical source materials, gather and analyze data from around the world.
Research mentor: Saumitra Jha (Associate Professor of Political Economy, Graduate School of Business)
- Weekly meetings with the research mentor
- Gather and analyze historic data
- Stanford undergraduate and master's students in good academic standing are eligible to apply
- All majors are welcome
- A passion for political economy, history and their links to contemporary economic development
- Language skills in French desirable but not essential
Time Commitment:
15 hours per week during the academic year
To Apply:
Along with the application, applicants are asked to submit a cover letter, resume or CV, and a Stanford transcript (if an incoming freshman, applicants need not submit a transcript for fall quarter applications).
