Research Assistant (Temp)
Location: Washington, DC
Posting Number: T000327
Closing Date: December 1, 2023
The Program on Extremism’s paid, term-limited research assistant program offers undergraduate and graduate students, recent graduates, and post-grads an exciting opportunity to participate in the Program’s groundbreaking research by assisting full-time staff on a plethora of research projects. Specific tasks for research assistants vary based on the Program’s changing slate of projects; in general, research assistants are expected to be able to:
- Conduct open-source research on issues related to terrorism and extremism.
- Assist full-time staff in preparing and editing reports, policy papers, and other analytic products.
- Provide support for ongoing Program deliverables, research streams, and analytic products.
- Maintain primary source databases for ongoing research projects.
Successful research assistant candidates vary; we accept applications from current undergraduate and graduate students, recent graduates, and post-grads with backgrounds in various fields, including (but not limited to): political science, international relations, study of religion, social and forensic psychology, and data science/statistics.
- Applicants must demonstrate previous research experience on issues related to terrorism, violent/non-violent extremism, or political violence.
- Subject matter knowledge related to the nuances of extremism in the United States is preferred.
- Applicants must be proficient in standard Microsoft Office programs (Word/Excel/PowerPoint/etc.).
- Language skills are a plus, as is experience with social media analysis and/or use of data analysis software (including SPSS/Stata, R, Python, etc.).
