Call for Research Assistants
Policy Research Laboratory Fall 2023
The Salem Center for Policy at McCombs is
looking for outstanding, curious, and driven students to participate in the Policy Research Laboratory (PRL) in Fall 2023. Students will take a semester long course in statistics, econometrics, and data science to learn the tools necessary for policy and social science research. In parallel, the students will apply these tools to real-world data and answer crucial policy questions.
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Career Opportunity: Economist
Career Opportunity: Economist The Texas Public Policy Foundation is seeking a dynamic, free-market economist with exceptional research and verbal-and-written communication skills to serve as staff Economist. This team member will work with TPPF’s Chief Economist and colleagues to develop goals and a research agenda intended to improve the well-being of people in Texas and the […]
Call for Research Assistants – Policy Research Laboratory Fall 2023
Call for Research Assistants – Policy Research Laboratory Fall 2023 The Salem Center for Policy at McCombs is looking for outstanding, curious, and driven students to participate in the Policy Research Laboratory (PRL) in Fall 2023. Students will take a semester long course in statistics, econometrics, and data science to learn the tools necessary for […]
I took the signature course from the Salem Center my very first semester at UT, and they helped me not only to discover interests I didn’t know I had, but also to see the world for more than what is shown on the surface. Everything has trade-offs, and I have been a better critical thinker since learning that.
Abby Sawyer, Sophomore
The Salem Center Reading Club
Curated readings to help students of all ages appreciate the difficulties of designing, enacting, and measuring policy interventions within complex systems.