Careers & Fellowships
Join us in working toward more equal, inclusive, multiracial, and multiethnic democracy.
The Ash Center is a global and values-driven community that believes diverse perspectives are paramount to better understanding and addressing real-world problems. In fostering an environment of rigor, curiosity, and integrity, we value and respect different opinions, lived experiences, and diverse research and policy areas and approaches. We actively seek candidates who share our commitment and values.
Fellowship Opportunities
Allen Lab Fellowships
Research Fellowship: This fellowship is intended for emerging scholars, predoctoral students/ postdoctoral researchers within 5 years of degree conferred. Fellows will be in-person in Cambridge to work on a self-directed research project
Policy Fellowship: This fellowship is intended for faculty, mid-career practitioners, and policymakers with expertise and demonstrated interest in the research, development, and implementation of policy coinciding with the Lab’s research themes. Fellows will work on their own self-directed project. May be remote and part-time with expectation of several visits to campus per semester.
Reimagining Democracy Program Fellowships
Democracy Visiting Fellowship: The Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation invites faculty, doctoral, and postdoctoral students to apply to its Democracy Visiting Fellowship Program and further their research on substantive democratic governance issues.
Staff Opportunities
There are no staff opportunities available at this time.
Student Opportunities
Research Assistant, Race and Politics
The Ash Center’s Reimagining Democracy Program provides scholars and those on the frontlines of our democracy with a space for generating ambitious ideas and practices to make democracy more resilient, responsive, and inclusive. The Program is seeking a Research Assistant on work that explores questions of race and politics. This role requires statistical analysis of public opinion data. Writing, revision, and annotation are also expected. Basic and advanced regression analyses are desired. Input is valued.
To apply, please send submit a resume and brief statement of interest to: christina_marchand@hks.harvard.edu.
Communications Student Intern, Social Media
The Ash Center at the Harvard Kennedy School seeks an undergraduate student to support content creation for the Ash Center’s social media channels as a member of the communications team. The ideal applicant will have a passion for civic engagement and democracy, experience in content creation and communications, and the ability to generate new content for social media channels multiple times per week.
The position includes the following responsibilities: Drafting short-form written and graphic content for the Ash Center’s social media accounts, including X, Facebook, Bluesky, LinkedIn, and Instagram in a timely manner; Editing Instagram reels to highlight weekly episodes of the Ash Center’s Terms of Engagement livestream show; Regularly checking social media planning tracker to ensure consistent progress on ongoing projects; Helping with planning and implementation of the Ash Center’s communications strategy. The time commitment is 8 hours per week, and the position will ideally begin the first week of February.
Interested applicants should send a cover letter and resume to coletteanton@hks.harvard.edu.