2025-26 AY PT Research Fellowship: Mitigating Conflict and Polarization
The Stanford King Center on Global Development’s Academic Year Part-Time Research Fellowship Program connects King Center faculty affiliates and affiliated researchers with undergraduate students committed to providing research support during autumn, winter, and spring quarters.
Students have the opportunity to engage in world-class research that has real-world impact. Undergraduate student research fellows are paid $19/hour*. Students must be enrolled full-time to participate and must be able to commit to research 8-10 hours per week.
*Students must attend orientation and submit an I-9 form to verify employment and receive payment.
Research Project Description:
This project will involve studying organizational and economic approaches to mitigating violent conflict and political polarization, both historically and in contemporary settings.
Primary Research Mentor: Saumitra Jha, Associate Professor, GSB - Political Economy
Stanford undergraduate students in good academic standing and enrolled full-time are eligible to apply. Co-term students must have undergraduate student status; if co-terms are in graduate billing status (after 12 quarters) they are ineligible to participate.
All majors are welcome!
Students Responsibilities:
- Collecting and analyzing historical and contemporary data using Stata, ArcGIS, and OCR of original archives.
Students qualifications:
- Passion for economic development, social science history, and understanding the role of political processes in these.
- Knowledge of French, Japanese, Hindi or Spanish a plus.
- Knowing how to use or willingness to learn Stata and ArcGIS also great.
Time Commitment:
The time commitment is 8-10 hours per week (equivalent to a 3-unit course) each academic quarter. The expectation is that students will work the full academic year with their mentor (Autumn, Winter, and Spring quarters). Students planning on studying abroad are not eligible.
To Apply:
Along with the application, applicants are asked to submit:
- a cover letter
- resume or CV
- unofficial Stanford transcript (first quarter frosh do not need to submit transcripts for autumn quarter applications)
Research Mentor Questions for Applicants:
