Day: September 18, 2018

Game Economist Internship, Activision – Santa Monica, CA

Stephanie Jackson

Your Mission Run field experiments, determine causal inference, model demand, and build simulations of complex in-game economies. Support econometric analysis of experimental and observational data. Develop metrics and monitor the health of a live multimillion-dollar service business. Build economic models to forecast revenue and player activity. Spend a summer in Santa Monica, CA. Player Profile Currently enrolled in a bachelors, masters, or PhD program working towards a degree in both economics and applied math (coursework in econometrics and statistics preferred). Fluent in analysis software such as R or Python as…

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Full Time Internship, Haiti Development Institute, The Boston Foundation –

Stephanie Jackson

The Haiti Development Institute, an initiative of the Boston Foundation, works to increase the amount of philanthropic support to Haiti and its impact, by connecting donors directly with grassroots organizations in Haiti while building the capacity of those organizations and their leaders.  By connecting the nonprofit, philanthropic, and social enterprise sectors, we aim to promote development efforts that can finally achieve transformative, systemic impact in Haiti. One of the Haiti Development Institute’s key roles is to serve as a convener of leaders in philanthropy and development interested in sharing and…

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Research Internship, Partnership for Global Security -Washington, DC

Stephanie Jackson

PGS Research Assistants will primarily focus on researching nuclear security, nuclear energy, and transnational governance issues. Current research projects that interns will support include: exploring the nexus of climate change, nuclear power growth and global security; understanding the growth of nuclear energy in the Middle East and East Asia; tracking the evolution of nuclear security policies and governance structures; using existing voluntary frameworks as a model for nuclear security governance structures; and examining cybersecurity and other potential threats prompted by new technology developments. This internship is an excellent opportunity to…

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Paid Canvassing for the Stacey Abrams Campaign

Stephanie Jackson

The Stacey Abrams campaign is looking to hire additional part-time Paid Canvassers to talk to voters all across Atlanta and the immediate surrounding areas. Pay is $15 an hour, and the shifts are five hours long.  Typical shift times are 3:00-8:00pm on weekdays, 10:00-3:00pm on Saturdays, and 12:00-5:00pm on Sundays as well as additional shifts.  As little as two shifts a week should be great.  Paid Canvassers are crucial to the campaign in talking to as many Georgians as possible. Everyone who is interested can email wmarchant3@gatech.edu with their name, number,…

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Global Issues/EU Internship, UNHCR – Brussels, Belgium

Stephanie Jackson

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (the UN Refugee Agency, also known as UNHCR) is an intergovernmental organization with a mandate to protect refugees and stateless persons worldwide. Promoting respect for international protection norms in European Union (EU) law and policy is of vital importance to UNHCR, and the agency, accordingly, provides its views on a wide range of issues related to access to Europe, asylum, refugee protection, resettlement and integration in the Member States of the EU. UNHCR’s reports, proposals and observations on EU asylum law and policy…

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Stanford Law School Empirical Research Fellowship – Stanford, CA

Stephanie Jackson

Assist with the research of Professors John J. Donohue, Jacob Goldin, Daniel Ho, Daniel Kessler and Alison Morantz at Stanford Law School. Designed for graduating seniors or recent college or master’s program graduates, fellowships provide a unique opportunity for those considering graduate school, law school, and/or business school in the future. This is a full-time position that will start in Spring or Summer 2019 and will last for one year. Responsibilities Job responsibilities vary by position, but involve all aspects of the research process including: Conceptualization of suitable empirical methodologies and models Collecting, managing, and structuring quantitative datasets…

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