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It's an exciting time at GPRL: we are hiring our first Senior (Executive) Director!

We are seeking a dynamic Senior Director for this new position to provide strategic direction and organizational leadership for GPRL. This role is an Executive Director-level role responsible for building fundraising strategies, establishing, and maintaining key partnerships - within and outside of the University, raising the profile of GPRL, finding avenues for effective communication and outreach, and identifying opportunities for multi-disciplinary collaborations.

If you are interested, please check out details here:
External Applicants
Internal (NU) Applicants

The lab actively builds research infrastructure. This includes methodological work on survey design, data depository, electronic data collection tools, application development for staff management and behavior modification, and big data tools/servers.

  • GPRL is hiring for the following positions:

  • We provide general research support to researchers (Northwestern faculty and students) wanting to conduct development research, in particular, but not exclusively fieldwork and randomized trials.
  • We provide general research support to researchers (Northwestern faculty and students) wanting to conduct development research, in particular, but not exclusively fieldwork and randomized trials.

    Rolling opportunities:

    Graduate students can get involved with development economics throughout the year in two ways:

    1. Join the Development listserv by emailing Poverty-Research@Northwestern.edu. This listserv is used to advertise research opportunities on a rolling basis throughout the year.
    2. Email the Lab-affiliated professor with whom you are interested in working.
  • In addition to the the opportunities above, the China research cluster hosts visiting scholars and offers travel grants. Explore opportunities offered through the China cluster by visiting the China Cluster page.

 

 

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Global Poverty Research Lab
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