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The Growth Lab provides students with hands-on research experience, networking opportunities, and resources to help them develop their skills and achieve their academic and professional goals.

We aim to foster a culture of learning and innovation that contributes to the Growth Lab's mission of promoting economic growth and development around the world. In doing so, we hope to push the research frontiers of the Growth Lab by involving the knowhow, ideas, and energy of students.


OPPORTUNITIES

Ricardo Hausmann and Growth Lab researchers and interns pose for a photo dressed in formal attire

Summer Internships

The Growth Lab regularly recruits Master's level students for its Summer Internship Program. The students are embedded in our policy projects, working at various government ministries and closely with senior officials to conduct research as well as policy analysis.

Ricardo Hausmann speaks to a room full of students

Become a Research Assistant

This in-semester program allows students to apply for "research assistant-ships" with the Growth Lab where they'll have the opportunity to work closely with faculty and researchers on various projects, gaining hands-on research experience and skills.  


STUDENT STORIES AND RESEARCH BLOGS

Get to know our past interns! In this blog series, they share project research, challenges, experiences and advice for future interns.

Student Stories: Investigating the Housing Crisis in Wyoming

Yunxiao HanYunxiao Han is a second year MPA/ID student at Harvard Kennedy School. He was accepted into the Growth Lab's 2023 Summer Internship Program and contributed to the Pathways to Prosperity project, which touches upon the numerous challenges and opportunities facing Wyoming and western states.

... Read more about Student Stories: Investigating the Housing Crisis in Wyoming

See also: Wyoming, Inclusive Growth, Policy Research, Interns
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SEMINARS & EVENTS

The Growth Lab's Research Seminar Series (interdisciplinary exchanges between the social and natural sciences, and speakers are welcome to present early-stage or mature work) and Development Talks (series of conversations with policymakers and academics working in economic development) are open to all students. We hosted more than 35 events and 1,750 attendees in 2023.

Students crowd around UAE's Minister of EconomyHKS students converse with UAE Minister of Economy Abdulla Bin Touq Al Marri following his Development Talk.

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Sign up for the Growth Lab’s Research Newsletter, a quarterly publication featuring our team’s latest findings, papers, projects, podcasts, and more.  Learn more about our upcoming events and job opportunities by signing up for our weekly Events email.